See Understanding Techniques for WCAG Success Criteria for important information about the usage of these informative techniques and how they relate to the normative WCAG 2.0 success criteria. The Applicability section explains the scope of the technique, and the presence of techniques for a specific technology does not imply that the technology can be used in all situations to create content that meets WCAG 2.0.
HTML and XHTML
This technique relates to:
The objective of this technique is to provide a mechanism for locating a glossary. When
terms in the content are defined on a separate glossary page, the glossary is referenced
using a link element in the head element of the document that
uses the glossary. The rel attribute of the link element is
set to "glossary", and the href attribute contains the URI of the glossary
page. User agents can then assist users in accessing the glossary quickly and
easily.
Example Code:
<link rel="glossary" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#glossary">Resources are for information purposes only, no endorsement implied.
Use <link>s in your document from W3C's Quality Web Tips
LINK - Document Relationship from Web Design Group
(none currently listed)
For any set of words and their definitions that are meant to serve as a glossary:
Check that the head section of the Web page that contains words,
phrases or abbreviations defined in a glossary contains a link
element
Check that the link element has attribute
rel="glossary"
Check that the href attribute of the link element
refers to the glossary page.
All checks above are true.
Note: The definition of abbreviation used in WCAG is : "shortened form of a word, phrase, or name where the original expansion has not been rejected by the organization that it refers to and where the abbreviation has not become part of the language."
If this is a sufficient technique for a success criterion, failing this test procedure does not necessarily mean that the success criterion has not been satisfied in some other way, only that this technique has not been successfully implemented and can not be used to claim conformance.