Guideline 2:
Generate standard markup.
Conformance with standards promotes interoperability and accessibility by making it easier to create specialized user agents that address the needs of users with disabilities. In particular, many assistive technologies used with browsers and multimedia players are only able to provide access to Web documents that use valid markup. Therefore, valid markup is an essential aspect of authoring tool accessibility.
Where applicable use W3C Recommendations, which have been reviewed to ensure accessibility and interoperability. If there are no applicable W3C Recommendations, use a published standard that enables accessibility.
Checkpoints
| 2.1 [P2] | Use the latest versions of W3C Recommendations when they are available and appropriate for a task. |
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| 2.2 [P1] | Ensure that the tool automatically generates valid markup. |
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| 2.3 [P3] | If markup produced by the tool does not conform to W3C specifications, inform the author. |
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