Rulesets

Currently, there are two rulesets included:

• Custom Ruleset
• aXe Ruleset

For instructions on how to run these rulesets, visit the Examples.

Custom Ruleset

The rules of the custom ruleset are grouped into 5 main categories (see below). Each custom rule aligns with a WCAG 2.0 Technique. Next to each rule, we list the WCAG technique and success criteria.

• Objects and Alternative Text
  • H24 Image Map Alt Attribute, H24 (1.1.1, 2.4.4, 2.4.9)
  • H35 Applet Tag Alt Attribute, H35 (1.1.1)
  • H53 Object Tag Alt Attribute, H53 (1.1.1, 1.2.3, 1.2.8)
  • H64 IFrame Tag Title Attribute, H64 (2.4.1, 4.1.2)
  • H46 Embed Tag, H46 (1.1.1, 1.2.8)
• Anchors
  • H30 Opening New Windows, H30 (2.4.4, 2.4.9)
  • H30 Links Repeated, H30 (2.4.4, 2.4.9)
  • H75 Unique Anchor IDs, H57 (3.1.1)
• Forms
  • H44 Input Tag Label, H44 (1.1.1, 1.3.1, 3.3.2, 4.1.2)
  • H32 Form Submit Button, H32 (3.2.2)
• Images
  • H37 Image Tag Alt Attribute, H37 (1.1.1)
• Page Layout
  • H25 Title Tag, H25 (2.4.2)
  • H57 HTML Tag Lang Attribute, H57 (3.1.1)
  • H42 Heading Hierarchy, H42 (1.3.1)
  • H42 H1 Heading, H42 (1.3.1)
  • Validate Skip to Main Content, G1 (2.4.1)

aXe Ruleset

Deque Systems actively supports aXe and provides rule descriptions.

NPM Module

These rulesets are published to the Public NPM Registry at @ebay/accessibility-ruleset-runner.