Manager checklist

Level A

Alternative

COD_A1:

Do emoticons, ASCII art or leetspeak have an accessible alternative?

COD_A2:

Does the EMBED element have a text alternative?

COD_A3:

Does the iFRAME element have an accessible alternative?

Content

COD_A4:

Has MathML been used for equations (i.e. not images)?

COD_A5:

Have short quotations been marked up with the Q element?

COD_A6:

Have blocks or sections of text quoted from other sources been marked up with the BLOCKQUOTE element?

COD_A7:

Have lists have been coded properly with UL, OL and LI elements?

DOCTYPE

COD_A8:

Do all pages specify a DOCTYPE?

COD_A9:

Is the DOCTYPE correct?

Forbidden

COD_A10:

Deprecated features (elements and/or attributes) have not been used?

COD_A11:

TABINDEX has not been used?

COD_A12:

ACCESSKEY has not been used?

COD_A13:

LONGDESC has not been used?

COD_A14:

ONKEYPRESS has not been used?

COD_A15:

The APPLET element has not been used to embed objects?

Improper use

COD_A16i:

Is the HTML valid (i.e. tags are closed properly)?

COD_A16ii:

Is the HTML valid (i.e. XHTML tags are self-closing)?

COD_A16iii:

Is the HTML valid (i.e. tags are closed in the order they are opened)?

COD_A16iv:

Is the HTML valid (i.e. block level elements are not nested inside inline elements)?

COD_A16v:

Is the HTML valid (i.e. compulsory tags are not omitted)?

COD_A16vi:

Is the HTML valid (i.e. character entities are coded correctly)?

COD_A17:

Has the FIELDSET element been used correctly?

COD_A18:

Has the LABEL element been used correctly?

COD_A19:

Has text been indented with style sheets (i.e. not using the BLOCKQUOTE element)?

COD_A20:

Do elements contain mandatory attributes?

COD_A21:

Have variations in the presentation of text been indicated in the content of the page?

Keyboard

COD_A22:

Is all moving or scrolling content keyboard accessible?

Language

COD_A23:

Has English or Australian English been coded as the default language?

COD_A24:

Is the LANG attribute correct on foreign language pages?

Links

COD_A25:

Inactive text has not been coded to visibly appear like links (i.e. not underlined)?

COD_A26:

Are email links active?

COD_A27:

Are website links active?

COD_A28:

Have links been used to reference supporting information (i.e. not asterisks and/or superscripts)?

COD_A29:

Do A HREF elements contain content (i.e. not empty)?

COD_A30:

JavaScript ONCLICK links have not been used?

COD_A31:

JavaScript ONKEYPRESS links have not been used?

Timing and movement

COD_A32:

A timed redirect has not been used?

COD_A33:

The BLINK element has not been used?

COD_A34:

The MARQUEE element has not been used?

COD_A35:

The general or red flash threshold has not been violated?

COD_A36:

Can all moving or scrolling content be stopped?

COD_A37:

Do animated GIFs stop within 5 seconds?

COD_A38:

Do all session time outs have a warning?

Level AA

Improper use

COD_AA1:

Images of text have not been used instead of text (except logos)?

COD_AA2:

Is the font type consistent?

Links

COD_AA3:

Are all links working (i.e. there are no broken links)?

Text size

COD_AA4:

Can the text be resized to 200% without loss of content or functionality?