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POUR

Abbreviation for Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, Robust

In short and in plain language

POUR sums up the main ideas behind the rules for web content without barriers.

The ideas are: perceivable, operable, understandable and robust.

Each rule belongs to one of them. So a report that checks a site for barriers often sorts its findings this way.

Definition
POUR summarises the core principles of the WCAG: perceivable, operable, understandable and robust. Every success criterion of the guidelines is assigned to one of these principles. Accessibility audit reports therefore often organise their findings by these principles.