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Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format 1.1
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W3C Recommendation defining a common format for documenting automated and manual accessibility test rules; a test-rule format does not itself establish whole-site conformance.
Publisher, edition, and currentness
| Publisher | W3C |
|---|---|
| Claim status | CURRENT TECHNICAL STANDARD |
| Version or edition | ACT Rules Format 1.1 |
| Publication status | W3C Recommendation |
| Publication date | 2026-02-05 |
| Official location | https://www.w3.org/TR/act-rules-format/ |
| K03 revalidated | 2026-08-14T22:04:09Z |
| Currentness assessment | Current ACT Rules Format 1.1 Recommendation located at K03 revalidation. |
| Superseded by | No successor is assigned in the current source catalog. |
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| Section | Proposition supported in this corpus | Official location |
|---|---|---|
| Abstract | ACT Rules Format 1.1 defines a common format for documenting accessibility test rules used by automated tools and manual methodologies. | Official section |
| Status of this document | ACT Rules Format 1.1 is a W3C Recommendation published 2026-02-05; it coexists with 1.0 and is not fully backward compatible. | Official section |
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Current ACT Rules Format 1.1 Recommendation located at K03 revalidation.
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Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format 1.1 — Abstract
ACT Rules Format 1.1 defines a common format for documenting accessibility test rules used by automated tools and manual methodologies.
Support relationship
SRC-W3C-ACT-RULES-11· Abstract · DIRECT SOURCE-SECTION SUPPORT
Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format 1.1 — Status of this document
ACT Rules Format 1.1 is a W3C Recommendation published 2026-02-05; it coexists with 1.0 and is not fully backward compatible.
Support relationship
SRC-W3C-ACT-RULES-11· Status of this document · DIRECT SOURCE-SECTION SUPPORT