11.3. Leveraging XForms Accessibility Features

This section details how various aspects of the XForms architecture can be leveraged in meeting the accessibility design principles covered in Section 11.2.

11.3.1. XForms Creates Accessible Content

The separation of model from view that is inherent in the XForms architecture is a key enabler with respect to creating accessible content. In addition, all XForms controls and user interface constructs have been designed to encapsulate relevant metadata such as 〈label〉, 〈help〉, and 〈hint〉 (see Section 3.2.1). XForms user interface controls encourage platform-independent eventing and support consistent keyboard navigation (see Section 3.2.1) for a description of attributes accesskey and navindex.