{"id":214,"date":"2020-11-24T11:29:43","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T11:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/?p=214"},"modified":"2025-10-20T10:49:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T10:49:32","slug":"know-your-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/2020\/11\/24\/know-your-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"Know your Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-469 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/nobills.jpg\" alt=\"'Post no bills' stencilled on a wall with a viking and lumberjack sticker below.\" width=\"1180\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/nobills.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/nobills-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/nobills-1024x432.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/nobills-768x324.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1180px) 100vw, 1180px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Updated<\/strong> 20\/10\/2025<\/p>\n<p>Regularly people link to or quote from some outdated version of a specification. This can be confusing and detrimental to understanding, if the information is no longer correct or relevant.<\/p>\n<p>Below are listed <em>some<\/em> references to Web Standards which should remain relevant and up to date for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>WCAG<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/WCAG\/\">https:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/WCAG\/<\/a> This URL should always point to the latest published version of WCAG, currently 2.2<\/li>\n<li><strong>WCAG 3<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/w3c.github.io\/wcag3\/guidelines\/\">https:\/\/w3c.github.io\/silver\/guidelines\/<\/a> Latest editors Draft<\/li>\n<li><strong>ARIA<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/wai-aria\/\">https:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/wai-aria\/<\/a> This URL should always point to the latest published version of ARIA, currently 1.2<\/li>\n<li><strong>HTML<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/html.spec.whatwg.org\/multipage\/\">https:\/\/html.spec.whatwg.org\/multipage\/<\/a> This URL should always point to the latest multi-page version of the HTML Standard<\/li>\n<li><strong>ARIA Authoring Practices Guide (APG)<\/strong> Home &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/ARIA\/apg\/\">https:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/ARIA\/apg\/<\/a> This URL should always point to the latest published version of the ARIA Authoring Practices<\/li>\n<li><strong>ARIA in HTML<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/html-aria\/\">https:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/html-aria\/<\/a> This URL should always point to the latest published version of ARIA in HTML<\/li>\n<li><strong>HTML Accessibility API Mappings<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/html-aam\/\">https:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/html-aam\/\u00a0<\/a> This URL should always point to the latest published version of HTML Accessibility API Mappings, currently 1.0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Core Accessibility API Mappings<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/core-aam\/\">https:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/core-aam\/<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>In the case of this spec<\/strong> I would be looking at the latest editors draft as the latest published recommendation is years old and implementations have moved on:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Core Accessibility<\/strong> <strong>API Mappings Editors draft<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/w3c.github.io\/core-aam\/\">https:\/\/w3c.github.io\/core-aam\/<\/a> This URL always points to the latest editors draft, currently a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/standards\/types#CRD\">W3C Candidate Recommendation Draft<\/a> 14 October 2025<em>.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>W3C Accessibility Guidelines Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM) 2.0<\/strong> &#8211; W3C Editor&#8217;s Draft 12 October 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/w3c.github.io\/wai-wcag-em\/\">https:\/\/w3c.github.io\/wai-wcag-em\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1EKCAE1vDzY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Know your Rights &#8211; Lyrics<\/summary>\n<pre>This is a public service announcement\r\nWith guitar\r\nKnow your rights\r\nAll three of them\r\nNumber one\r\nYou have the right not to be killed\r\nMurder is a crime\r\nUnless it was done\r\nBy a policeman\r\nOr an aristocrat\r\nOh, know your rights\r\nAnd number two\r\nYou have the right to food money\r\nProviding of course\r\nYou don't mind a little\r\nInvestigation, humiliation\r\nAnd if you cross your fingers\r\nRehabilitation\r\nKnow your rights\r\nThese are your rights\r\nHey, say, Wang\r\nOh, know these rights\r\nNumber three\r\nYou have the right to free speech\r\nAs long as\r\nYou're not dumb enough to actually try it\r\nKnow your rights\r\nThese are your rights\r\nOh, know your rights\r\nThese are your rights\r\nAll three of 'em\r\nHa!\r\nIt has been suggested in some quarters\r\nThat this is not enough\r\nWell\r\nGet off the streets\r\nRun\r\nGet off the streets\r\n\r\nSongwriters: Joe Strummer \/ Mick Jones \/ Paul Simonon \r\n\/ Topper Headon\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/details>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated 20\/10\/2025 Regularly people link to or quote from some outdated version of a specification. This can be confusing and detrimental to understanding, if the information is no longer correct or relevant. Below are listed some references to Web Standards which should remain relevant and up to date for the foreseeable future. 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