Exploring Exceptions in WCAG Success Criteria
3.1.2 Language of Parts (AA)
Summary of Language of Parts
Mark up uses of languages that aren't the default
Exceptions to Language of Parts
- Proper names
- Names of people or things
- Technical terms
- Terms used in a professional setting; jargon
- Words of Indeterminate Languages
- gibberish, non-human languages, etc.
- Words or Phrases that are associated with surrounding text
- words adopted into a language either by themselves or as part of a phrase
Examples
- Jane Doe
- Bigfoot
- Nicaragua
- Homo sapiens
- Alpha Centauri
- hertz
- habeus corpus
- Elvish words
- billywallop
- snarfleglade
- rendezvous
- taco
- Podcast (for non-English sites)