WCAG-EM Evaluation Methodology
How the W3C's WCAG-EM methodology works for evaluating a whole website, step by step.
Last reviewed by the WebsiteAccessibility.io team.
Key takeaways
- WCAG-EM is W3C guidance for evaluating how well a whole website conforms to WCAG.
- It has five steps: define scope, explore the site, select a sample, audit the sample, report findings.
- Grouping pages by template makes a representative sample much smaller.
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Sources
- W3C WAI — Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM)
- W3C — Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2