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Registry · Robust

4.1.2 — Name, Role, Value

Level A Robust

Operational summary

FOR EACH control, expose a meaningful name and role, support programmatic setting of user-changeable properties, and expose changes in states/values to user agents and assistive technology. Evaluate dynamic behavior as well as initial markup.

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": "4.1.2",
  "level": "A",
  "name": "Name, Role, Value",
  "rule_definition": "../03-WCAG22-AA-REGISTRY.md#sc-4-1-2",
  "normative_source": "https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#name-role-value",
  "understanding_source": "https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/name-role-value.html",
  "applicability_status": "NOT_EVALUATED",
  "assessment_status": "NOT_TESTED",
  "owner": null,
  "test_instance_ids": [],
  "exception_evidence_ids": []
}

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