Deze term dient ter onderscheiding van andere door het World Wide Web Consortium/Web Accessibility Initiative ontwikkelde richtsnoeren, zoals de Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG), versie 1.0, en de User Agent Accessibility Guidelines.
This terminology is used to distinguish these guidelines from others that the World Wide Web Consortium/Web Accessibility Initiative has developed such as Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) version 1.0 and User Agent Accessibility Guidelines.