An accessible pedestrian space between elements, such as parking spaces, seating, and desks, that provides clearances appropriate for use of the elements.
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Access Aisle
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Authoring Tool
Any software, or collection of software components, that can be used by authors, alone or collaboratively, to create or modify content for use by others, including other authors.
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Assistive Technology (AT)
Any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of...
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Platform Software
Software that interacts with hardware, or provides services for other software. Platform software may run or host other software, and may isolate them from underlying software or...
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Audio Description
Narration added to the soundtrack to describe important visual details that cannot be understood from the main soundtrack alone. Audio description is a means to inform individuals...
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Telecommunications Equipment
Equipment, other than customer premises equipment, used by a carrier to provide telecommunications services, and includes software integral to such equipment (including upgrades).
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Camp Shelter
Camp Shelter—A small structure typically enclosed on three sides with a roof or overhang to provide campers and hikers cover from weather. Camp shelters do not contain plumbing...
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Pit Toilet
Pit Toilet—A primitive outhouse consisting of a toilet riser over a hole dug into the ground or receptacle to receive and naturally decompose human waste. Pit toilets are provided...
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Beach Nourishment
Beach Nourishment—Sometimes called beach restoration or sand replenishment—a process by which sediment (usually sand) lost through longshore drift or erosion is replaced from sources...
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Audio Description
Narration added to the soundtrack to describe important visual details that cannot be understood from the main soundtrack alone. Audio description is a means to inform individuals...
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Cross Slope
Cross Slope—The percentage of rise to length when measuring the trail tread from edge to edge perpendicular to the direction of travel. In other words, cross slope is the difference...
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Trail Class
The prescribed scale of development for a trail, representing its intended design and management standards.
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Alteration
A change in the original purpose, intent, or function of a trail.
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Cross Slope
Cross Slope. The percentage of rise to length, which is the difference in elevation, when measuring the trail tread from edge to edge perpendicular to the direction of travel...
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Minimum Trail Width
Minimum Trail Width. The width of the trail tread and the adjacent usable surface at the narrowest point on a trail.
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Limiting Factor
An extreme, uncorrectable environmental barrier that makes the trail beyond the barrier unreachable for many people with mobility limitations.
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Programmatically Determinable
Ability to be determined by software from author-supplied data that is provided in a way that different user agents, including assistive technologies, can extract and present the...
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Ground Floor
Any occupiable floor less than one story above or below grade with direct access to grade. A building or facility always has at least one ground floor and may have more than one...
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Structural Frame
The structural frame shall be considered to be the columns and the girders, beams, trusses and spandrels having direct connections to the columns and all other members which are...
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Assembly Area
A room or space accommodating a group of individuals for recreational, educational, political, social, or amusement purposes, or for the consumption of food and drink.
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Common Use
Refers to those interior and exterior rooms, spaces, or elements that are made available for the use of a restricted group of people (for example, occupants of a homeless shelter,...
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Accessible Route
A continuous unobstructed path connecting all accessible elements and spaces of a building or facility. Interior accessible routes may include corridors, floors, ramps, elevators,...
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Administrative Authority
A governmental agency that adopts or enforces regulations and guidelines for the design, construction, or alteration of buildings and facilities.
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Circulation Path
An exterior or interior way of passage from one place to another for pedestrians, including, but not limited to, walks, hallways, courtyards, stairways, and stair landings.