Introduction
Ablebase is a platform for tracking accessibility across your digital products. It gives teams a structured way to record audits, manage issues surfaced by those audits, identify and mitigate risks, and measure progress against accessibility standards such as WCAG 2.2.
Who is this for?
Section titled “Who is this for?”These docs are for administrators and members of organizations using Ablebase:
- Owners and admins set up the organization, invite team members, configure standards and conformance targets, and manage which features are enabled.
- Members create and update issues, risks, and audits within the products they work on.
Core concepts
Section titled “Core concepts”| Concept | What it is |
|---|---|
| Organization | Your top-level workspace. Everything belongs to an organization. |
| Product | A digital product or service you are tracking for accessibility. |
| Area | A logical subdivision of a product (e.g. “Checkout”, “Navigation”). |
| Audit | A formal accessibility review of a product. |
| Issue | An individual accessibility problem discovered through an audit or other means. |
| Risk | A potential accessibility concern that has not yet become a confirmed issue. |
| Standard | An accessibility standard (e.g. WCAG 2.2) containing requirement groups and requirements. |
| Module | An optional feature that can be enabled or disabled per organization. |
What’s in these docs?
Section titled “What’s in these docs?”- Getting Started — Install, configure, and sign in for the first time.
- Guides — Task-oriented walkthroughs for every major feature.
- Reference — Detailed tables for environment variables, roles, and modules.