ATAG terminology
Two definitions are constantly present in the ATAG guidelines: authors and authoring tools.
On this page
Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0 glossary section on W3C has a lot more terminology explained.
Authors
Authors are people who use the authoring tools to create or modify web content. This can include roles such as designers, programmers, publishers, and testers, among others.
Authoring tools
Authoring tools are any applications (web-based or not) that can be used by authors to create or modify web content. A couple of examples of authoring tools are content management systems (CMS) like Drupal and WordPress, and WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get) editors.
Source Material
- ATAG 2.0: An Overview of the Authoring Tools Accessibility Guidelines on Best Website Accessibility
- What is ATAG? An overview of Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines in Bureau of Internet Accessibility's blog
- De-mystifying the ATAG 2.0 guidelines by Leonie Watson on Invotra
- Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0 on W3C