Principle 1 Perceivable · Guideline 1.3: Adaptable
1.3.1 Info and Relationships
Structure must exist in the code, not only in the visual design.
What this means in practice
A heading is a heading because it uses h1–h6, not because it looks big and bold. Lists need ul or ol, tables need th with scope, form fields need labels. Structure made only with CSS is invisible to screen readers.
What Wave Access contributes
Wave Access ergänzt fehlende Tabellenköpfe (scope), verknüpft unbenannte Formularfelder mit einer Beschriftung und benennt mehrere Navigationsbereiche unterscheidbar.
Normative wording
The binding text lives at the W3C. What you read here is our own faithful rendering – not a quotation.