Labels Instructions

Accessibility rule handbook metadata

Rule: DET.A11Y.GENERIC.LABELS_INSTRUCTIONS · lane deterministic · scope generic
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Related WCAG success criteria

Indicative mapping for compliance reporting — not a conformance claim. Criteria: 3.3.2

Deterministic lane — scope generic. Detected by det-a11y-generic-*.check.js or the axe lane for WCAG-tagged violations.

Harness: auditor-tests/invoke-a11y-ruleset-harness.sh on the Before fixture.
Audit: analyze-website-a11y.mjs --only-deterministic-rule-ids DET.A11Y.GENERIC.LABELS_INSTRUCTIONS

Module: docs/design/a11y-audit/deterministic-a11y-rules.md#det-a11y-generic-labels-instructions. See Before / After below.

Deterministic accessibility check (generic scope).

DOM and/or repo signals satisfy the rule implementation in tools/website-a11y-auditor.
For axe-backed WCAG criteria, use --lanes axe,det with an appropriate --standard preset.

Auditor emits a finding with ruleId DET.A11Y.GENERIC.LABELS_INSTRUCTIONS on the crawled URL.
Harness: auditor-tests/invoke-a11y-ruleset-harness.sh DET.A11Y.GENERIC.LABELS_INSTRUCTIONS expects ≥1 finding on the Before fixture.

Before (failing example)

Form control labeling or error association is weak.

Rule: DET.A11Y.GENERIC.LABELS_INSTRUCTIONS · scope: generic

After (passing example)

Labels, instructions, and errors are programmatically associated.

Deterministic accessibility check (generic scope).

Reproduce with analyze-website-a11y.mjs --only-deterministic-rule-ids DET.A11Y.GENERIC.LABELS_INSTRUCTIONS when lane is deterministic.
Apply the After markup pattern (or fix generator source for KS rules).
Re-run harness or audit until the rule is clean on the target URL.