Bow Tie Kreative WCAG Grammar

Registry · Perceivable

1.1.1 — Non-text Content

Level A Perceivable

Operational summary

IF content is non-text, classify its purpose; supply a purpose-equivalent alternative, identify special sensory/test/media content, name controls, or make decoration ignorable. CAPTCHA has additional modality requirements. Review meaning, not merely alt-attribute presence.

This is an original implementation summary, not replacement normative text. The sources below supply the precise requirement, its definitions and its qualifications.

Primary sources

Registry record

Applicability and assessment start unset by design — no product has been evaluated. Instantiate the entry for an actual product, assign an owner and retain evidence.

data/wcag22-aa-registry.json
{
  "criterion_id": "1.1.1",
  "level": "A",
  "name": "Non-text Content",
  "rule_definition": "../03-WCAG22-AA-REGISTRY.md#sc-1-1-1",
  "normative_source": "https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#non-text-content",
  "understanding_source": "https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/non-text-content.html",
  "applicability_status": "NOT_EVALUATED",
  "assessment_status": "NOT_TESTED",
  "owner": null,
  "test_instance_ids": [],
  "exception_evidence_ids": []
}

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