Responsibilities Matrix
Accessibility Roles and Responsibilities Mapping

This page shows what roles have primary, secondary, or contributor responsbilities for Web Content Accessibility Guielines (WCAG) 2 requirements, called “success criteria”. To learn about WCAG, see the WCAG Overview. For background and context on this table, a description of the roles, and alternative views of the information, see ARRM: Accessibility Roles and Responsibilities Mapping main page.

WCAG	Level	Role Ownership
		Analysis Role Group	Author Role Group	Design Role Group		Development Role Group
		Business	Content Authoring	Visual Design	UX Design	Front-End Development
1.1.1	A	C	P, S, C	P, S, C	P, S, C	P, C
1.2.1	A		P, S	S	P, S
1.2.2	A		P		P, S
1.2.3	A		P
1.2.4	AA		P		S
1.2.5	AA		P		P
1.2.6	AAA		P		S
1.2.7	AAA		P		S
1.2.8	AAA		P, S		P, S
1.2.9	AAA		P		S
1.3.1	A		P, S, C	P, S, C	P, S, C	P, S
1.3.2	A			S	P, S	P, S
1.3.3	A	P	P, S, C	P, S	P, S	P
1.3.4	AA			S	P
1.3.5	AA				P, C	P
1.3.6	AAA				C	P
1.4.1	A		S	P, S	P, S
1.4.2	A				P, S
1.4.3	AA			P
1.4.4	AA			C	P, S	P
1.4.5	AA		S, C	P, S		P
1.4.6	AAA			P
1.4.7	AAA		P		C	P
1.4.8	AAA			P	P	S
1.4.9	AAA		S	P
1.4.10	AA			P, S	P	S
1.4.11	AA			P
1.4.12	AA			P		S
1.4.13	AA				P	S
2.1.1	A			S	P, S	P
2.1.2	A					P
2.1.3	AAA				P	S
2.1.4	A				P
2.2.1	A	S			P
2.2.2	A			S	P
2.2.3	AAA				P
2.2.4	AAA				P
2.2.5	AAA				P
2.2.6	AAA				P
2.3.1	A			S	P
2.3.2	AAA			S	P
2.3.3	AAA				P, S
2.4.1	A		P, S, C		P, S	P
2.4.2	A		P		S
2.4.3	A			S, C	P, S, C	P
2.4.4	A		P			P
2.4.5	AA				P
2.4.6	AA		P		P, S	S
2.4.7	AA			P, S	S	P
2.4.8	AAA			P	S
2.4.9	AAA		P		S
2.4.10	AAA		P		S	C
2.5.1	A				P
2.5.2	A				P
2.5.3	A		P		S
2.5.4	A				P
2.5.5	AAA			P
2.5.6	AAA				P	S
3.1.1	A		P			P
3.1.2	AA		P			S
3.1.3	AAA		S, C		P
3.1.4	AAA					P
3.1.5	AAA		P, S	P, S	P, S
3.1.6	AAA		C		P	S
3.2.1	A				P	S
3.2.2	A				P, S	P, S
3.2.3	AA			S	P
3.2.4	AA		P	P	S
3.2.5	AAA		S	S	P	P
3.3.1	A			P, S	P, S
3.3.2	A		P	P, S, C	P, S	P
3.3.3	AA		P, S, C	S	P, S	P
3.3.4	AA	S			P	C
3.3.5	AAA		P		S
3.3.6	AAA	S			P
4.1.1	A					P
4.1.2	A		C		P, S	P
4.1.3	AA				P, S	P