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Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format 1.1

Source scope

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

Source identity and K03 revalidation
PublisherW3C
Claim statusCURRENT TECHNICAL STANDARD
Version or editionACT Rules Format 1.1
Publication statusW3C Recommendation
Publication date2026-02-05
Official locationhttps://www.w3.org/TR/act-rules-format/
K03 revalidated2026-08-14T22:04:09Z
Currentness assessmentCurrent ACT Rules Format 1.1 Recommendation located at K03 revalidation.
Superseded byNo successor is assigned in the current source catalog.

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SectionProposition supported in this corpusOfficial location
AbstractACT 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 documentACT 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.

Qualification: Official publication and exact-section support do not transfer authority beyond the source's scope or prove every external fact.

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.

Qualification: Official publication and exact-section support do not transfer authority beyond the source's scope or prove every external fact.

Support relationship