A merchant has asked you to make their site WCAG 2.0 sections A & AA compliant. What Kind of compliance should the website meet?

WCAG stands for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. These guidelines are an internationally recognized set of recommendations for making web content more accessible, particularly for individuals with disabilities. The levels of conformance (A, AA, AAA) specify the degree to which a website meets these accessibility standards. Therefore, making a site compliant with WCAG 2.0 sections A & AA is a direct implementation of Accessibility Compliance.

A. VAK (Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic) compliance is not a recognized web standard; it refers to a model of learning styles.
B. Accountability Compliance is a broad term for legal or financial responsibility and is not specific to web content standards for users with disabilities.
C. PCI Compliance (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) is a security standard for handling credit card information, unrelated to web accessibility.

1. World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Overview. W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). Retrieved from https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/.

Reference Point: The introductory paragraph explicitly states

"Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)... [are] for making Web content more accessible." This document is the primary source for the standard itself.

2. Adobe. Adobe Commerce Developer Guide: Accessibility. Adobe Experience League. Retrieved from https://developer.adobe.com/commerce/frontend-core/guide/themes/accessibility/.

Reference Point: The "Overview" section states

"Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source are committed to providing accessible sites

and we follow the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0." This directly links WCAG to accessibility within the Adobe Commerce context.

3. University of Washington. What are the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)? UW-IT Accessible Technology. Retrieved from https://www.washington.edu/accessibility/web/wcag/.

Reference Point: The first paragraph defines WCAG as "the international standard for web accessibility." This university resource corroborates the purpose and classification of WCAG.