Registry · Understandable

3.1.2 — Language of Parts

Level AA Understandable

Operational summary

IF a passage changes human language, identify its language programmatically. Review exclusions for names, technical terms, indeterminate-language words and expressions adopted into surrounding usage.

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

Primary sources

• Normative text — W3C WCAG 2.2 Recommendation
• Understanding 3.1.2 — explanatory guidance

Registry record

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  "criterion_id": "3.1.2",
  "level": "AA",
  "name": "Language of Parts",
  "rule_definition": "../03-WCAG22-AA-REGISTRY.md#sc-3-1-2",
  "normative_source": "https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#language-of-parts",
  "understanding_source": "https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/language-of-parts.html",
  "applicability_status": "NOT_EVALUATED",
  "assessment_status": "NOT_TESTED",
  "owner": null,
  "test_instance_ids": [],
  "exception_evidence_ids": []
}

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