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WAVE Changelog
Version 3.0 -> 3.1 Changes
API Specification Changes
Below are changes to the WAVE API Specification for v3.1 (released September 22, 2020).
- The WAVE API provides item text contrast data.
- When reporttype is set to 3 or 4, the WAVE API now returns a contrastdata item which includes the WCAG contrast ratio, foreground hex color, background hex color, and true/false indicator if the evaluated text is “large” text (per the WCAG definition) for each instance of Low Contrast Text.
- The following are new WAVE items (with categories):
- Figure
- figure (Feature) – Indicates the presence of <figure>.
- Generic region
- region (Structural element) – Indicates the presence of any role=”region” that is properly labeled with aria-label or aria-labelledby. Generic regions are identified in the “Structure” tab in the WAVE visual interface.
- YouTube video
- youtube_video (Alert) – An embedded or linked YouTube video is present.
- Possible list
- list_possible (Alert) – Indicates when text is used to generated a visual list that lacks proper list semantics.
- Select missing label
- select_missing_label (Alert) – Indicates when a <select> element is present but does not have an associated label. In this case, the default select option will define the accessible name for the select label. Overrides label_missing.
- Image with title
- image_title (Alert) – An image does not have an [...]