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Standards

Ablebase ships with built-in accessibility standards (such as WCAG 2.2). You can also create custom standards tailored to your organization’s needs.

Viewing standards

Section titled “Viewing standards”

Go to Settings → Standards to see all available standards — both built-in and any custom ones your organization has created.

Built-in standards

Section titled “Built-in standards”

Built-in standards are read-only. You cannot modify or delete them. To customize a built-in standard, duplicate it first (see below).

Creating a custom standard

Section titled “Creating a custom standard”

Only admins and owners can create, edit, or delete custom standards.

  1. Go to Settings → Standards.

  2. Click New standard.

  3. Fill in:

    FieldDescription
    NameThe standard’s display name.
    DescriptionOptional summary.
    Conformance levelsOptional named tiers, in order (e.g. “Level A”, “Level AA”, “Level AAA”).
    Cumulative levelsIf enabled, meeting a higher level implies meeting all lower levels.

  4. Click Create.

Adding requirements

Section titled “Adding requirements”

Open a standard and go to the Requirements tab.

  1. Click New requirement.

  2. Fill in:

    FieldDescription
    NameShort title for the criterion.
    DescriptionFull description.
    URLLink to an external reference.
    LevelThe conformance level this requirement belongs to (if the standard has levels).
    VersionsTags for tracking which version of a standard introduced or changed the requirement.
    AI testableWhether this requirement can be evaluated by automated tooling.

  3. Click Save.

Requirement groups

Section titled “Requirement groups”

Requirement groups organize requirements into a hierarchy within a standard. Groups can be nested. To create a group:

  1. On the standard’s Requirements tab, click New group.
  2. Enter a name and optionally select a parent group.
  3. Click Save.

Circular group references are prevented automatically.

Duplicating a standard

Section titled “Duplicating a standard”

Duplicating creates an editable custom copy of any standard — including built-in ones.

  1. Open the standard.
  2. Click Duplicate.

The copy includes all requirement groups and requirements and is immediately editable.

Deleting a custom standard

Section titled “Deleting a custom standard”

Open the standard and click Delete. Deleting a standard that is referenced by products, organizations, or audits clears those references.