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Core requirement

A summary is available for long-form text content and:

  • is identifiable visually and programmatically,
  • uses concise sentences, and
  • provides access to explanations of any uncommon words that are used in the summary.

Research is needed to determine the number of words that trigger the summary requirement and whether this threshold varies for different languages. If you are aware of research in this area, please email public-agwg-comments@w3.org.

Applies when a page/view with continuous long-form text content that is organized in paragraphs and has 300 or more words.

Except when long-form text content continues on multiple pages/views, only the first page/view requires a summary.

Tests

Procedure

For long-form text content that has 300 or more words:

  1. Check that a summary is present.
  2. Check that the summary can be identified visually and programmatically.
  3. Check that the summary explains uncommon words and uses concise sentences.

Expected results

Key Terms

accessibility support set

group of user agents and assistive technologies you test with

The AGWG is considering defining a default set of user agents and assistive technologies that they use when validating guidelines.

Accessibility support sets may vary based on language, region, or situation.

If you are not using the default accessibility set, the conformance report should indicate what set is being used.

accessibility supported

available and working in the user agents and assistive technology in the accessibility support set

The working group intended to include a default accessibility support set. See Default accessibility support set #277.

block of text

more than one sentence of text

human language

language that is spoken, written, or signed (through visual or tactile means) to communicate with humans

long-form text content

written material made up of multiple blocks of text, along with structural elements such as headings and lists, that work together to explain, inform, or convey a narrative

Long-form text content is meant to be read as a continuous piece of text, such as an article, report, essay, or guide, rather than as separate or standalone items like product listings on a shopping page.

programmatically determinable

meaning of the content and all its important attributes can be determined by software functionality that is accessibility supported

text

sequence of characters that can be programmatically determined, where the sequence is expressing something in human language