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Axe Monitor can test PDFs for accessibility issues. These are automated accessibility checks. Manual checks are also required.

WCAG 2.0 Level A & AA Rules

Success Criterion Issue Description Impact
1.1.1 Images/Figures in PDF documents must have alternate text Critical
1.3.1 Relevant table elements, properties, and associations must be utilized for data tables Critical
1.3.1 Heading content must be tagged with a heading tag and level Serious
1.3.1 Interactive form controls must have Labels/Tooltips associated Critical
1.3.1 Appropriate and relevant list tags must be used to tag list content Serious
1.3.1 Document must not contain untagged elements Critical
2.1.1 Links must be tagged with Link tags with appropriate text object association Critical
2.4.2 Document title must be provided Serious
2.4.4 Links in PDF documents must have alternate replacement text Moderate
3.1.1 Language definition in document Catalog Serious
3.1.2 Language for passages or phrases must be specified where it does not match with the document language Serious
3.3.2 Required fields must be identified both visually and programmatically Serious
4.1.2 Form fields in PDF documents must include their name, role, state, and value information Critical

WCAG 2.0 Best Practices

Success Criterion Issue Description Impact
2.4.5 Bookmarks should be utilized in long documents Moderate

PDF/UA Standards

Success Criterion Issue Description Impact
1:7.1-11 For a document that has correct reading order, the Suspects key must not be set to True Critical
1:7.1-8 Document must contain an XMP metadata stream Serious
1:5 XMP metadata stream in the Catalog dictionary must include the PDF/UA identifier Critical
1:7.1-8 XMP metadata stream must contain dc:title Serious
1:7.1-9 ViewerPreferences dictionary of the Catalog dictionary must contain a DisplayDocTitle key Serious
1:7.1-9 ViewerPreferences dictionary of the Catalog dictionary must contain a DisplayDocTitle key that has an appropriate value that is not false Serious
1:7.2-3 Natural language for document metadata must be specified Serious
1:7.4.2-1 First heading tag for the document must be <H1> Serious
1:7.4-1 Heading levels must be used in the correct order and are not skipped Serious
1:7.4.4-3 Document must not use both <H> and <H#> tags Critical
1:7.1-1 Content marked as Artifact must not be present inside tagged content Critical
1:7.1-1 Tagged content must not be present inside content marked as Artifact Critical
1:7.1-2 Content must be either marked as Artifact or tagged as real content Critical
1:7.2-1 Table-related structure element must conform to the syntax defined in ISO 32000-1, Table 337 Critical
1:7.2-1 List-related structure element must conform to Table 336 in ISO 32000-1 Serious
1:7.2-1 A TOC-related structure element must conform to Table 333 in ISO 32000-1 Critical
1:7.2-1 A Ruby-related structure element must conform to Table 338 in ISO 32000-1 Critical
1:7.2-1 A Warichu-related structure element must conform to Table 338 in ISO 32000-1 Critical
1:7.2-3 Natural language for text in page content must be specified Critical
1:7.2-3 Natural language for text in Alt, ActualText and E attributes must be specified Serious
1:7.2-3 Natural language in the Contents entry for annotations must be specified Serious
7.3-3 <Figure> tag alternative or replacement text must be present Critical
7.4.4-1 Nodes must not contain more than one <H> tag Critical
7.7-1 <Formula> tag must contain an Alt attribute Critical
1:7.7-2 Unicode mapping requirements must be met Serious
1:7.18.1-4 An annotation other than Link, Widget, or Popup and does not have a Contents key must have an alternative description Critical
1:7.18.1-4 A hidden form field that does not have a TU key must have an alternative description in the enclosing structure element Critical
1:7.18.5-2 A link annotation must include an alternate description in its Contents entry Critical
1:7.21.4.1-1 A font used by text in the document must be embedded in the document Serious