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 # Accessibility quality contract
 
 ## pattern.accordion
 
+Standards:
+- [aria-apg accordion](<https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/accordion/>) — informative
+
 Requires: semantics.native-elements, semantics.accessible-name, semantics.expanded-state, semantics.keyboard, semantics.focus.visible.
 
+Activation: `{"contains":{"fact":"component.accessibility_pattern_ids","value":"pattern.accordion"}}`
+
+Scope: Grouped disclosure sections.
+
 Behavior:
 - Toggle only the controlled panel
 - Preserve DOM and focus order
 
+Product decisions: single_or_multiple_open.
+
+Functional Spec bindings: behavior, states, keyboard.
+
+Implementation outcomes: accordion-control, accordion-panel.
+
 Evidence: unit, axe, e2e, human.
 
 ## pattern.alert
 
+Standards:
+- [aria-apg alert](<https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/alert/>) — informative
+
 Requires: semantics.alert.
 
+Activation: `{"contains":{"fact":"component.accessibility_pattern_ids","value":"pattern.alert"}}`
+
+Scope: Urgent message.
+
 Behavior:
 - Announce once without moving focus
 
+Product decisions: urgency.
+
+Functional Spec bindings: messaging.
+
+Implementation outcomes: alert-announcement.
+
 Evidence: unit, human.
 
 ## pattern.carousel
 
+Standards:
+- [aria-apg carousel](<https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/carousel/>) — informative
+
 Requires: semantics.accessible-name, semantics.keyboard, semantics.focus.visible, semantics.motion-control, semantics.live-status.
 
+Activation: `{"contains":{"fact":"component.accessibility_pattern_ids","value":"pattern.carousel"}}`
+
+Scope: Rotating content set.
+
 Behavior:
 - Pause rotation on interaction
 - Provide named controls and current position
 
+Product decisions: auto_rotation, looping.
+
+Functional Spec bindings: behavior, states, controls.
+
+Implementation outcomes: carousel-controls, carousel-rotation.
+
+Evidence: unit, axe, e2e, human.
+
+## pattern.checkbox
+
+Standards:
+- [aria-apg checkbox](<https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/checkbox/>) — informative
+
+Requires: semantics.accessible-name, semantics.focus.visible, semantics.form-label, semantics.keyboard, semantics.name-role-value, semantics.native-elements, semantics.roles-states-properties.
+
+Activation: `{"contains":{"fact":"component.accessibility_pattern_ids","value":"pattern.checkbox"}}`
+
+Scope: Standalone, grouped, dual-state, or tri-state checkboxes.
+
+Behavior:
+- Use a native checkbox when it provides the required behavior; otherwise expose checkbox semantics and synchronize checked, unchecked, or mixed state
+- Space toggles the focused checkbox without changing unrelated controls
+- Associate logical groups and any relevant descriptions with programmatic group labels
+
+Product decisions: dual_or_tri_state, group_labeling, mixed_state_cycle.
+
+Functional Spec bindings: fields, states, keyboard.
+
+Implementation outcomes: checkbox-group-semantics, checkbox-state-machine.
+
 Evidence: unit, axe, e2e, human.
 
 ## pattern.combobox
 
+Standards:
+- [aria-apg combobox](<https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/combobox/>) — informative
+
 Requires: semantics.accessible-name, semantics.expanded-state, semantics.selected-state, semantics.keyboard, semantics.live-status.
 
+Activation: `{"contains":{"fact":"component.accessibility_pattern_ids","value":"pattern.combobox"}}`
+
+Scope: Input with selectable popup.
+
 Behavior:
 - Keyboard controls popup, option, and input independently
 
+Product decisions: editable, autocomplete, selection_commit.
+
+Functional Spec bindings: behavior, states, keyboard.
+
+Implementation outcomes: combobox-state-machine.
+
 Evidence: unit, axe, e2e, human.
 
 ## pattern.consequential-submission
 
+Standards:
+- [wcag-2.2 3.3.4](<https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#error-prevention-legal-financial-data>) (Level AA) — normative
+
 Requires: semantics.consequential-action, semantics.form-error, semantics.keyboard.
 
+Activation: `{"contains":{"fact":"component.submission_consequence","value":"consequential"}}`
+
+Scope: Legal commitments, financial transactions, stored user-controllable data changes, or user test-response submissions.
+
 Behavior:
-- Support review, correction, confirmation, or reversal
+- Provide at least one declared safeguard: make the submission reversible; check user-entered data for errors and let the user correct them; or let the user review, confirm, and correct information before finalizing
+
+Product decisions: safeguard, reversal_window.
+
+Functional Spec bindings: submission, confirmation.
+
+Implementation outcomes: submission-safeguard.
 
 Evidence: e2e, human.
 
 ## pattern.dialog
 
+Standards:
+- [aria-apg dialog-modal](<https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/dialog-modal/>) — informative
+
 Requires: semantics.native-dialog, semantics.accessible-name, semantics.keyboard.escape, semantics.focus.initial, semantics.focus.return.
 
+Activation: `{"contains":{"fact":"component.accessibility_pattern_ids","value":"pattern.dialog"}}`
+
+Scope: Modal and non-modal dialogs.
+
 Behavior:
 - Manage initial, contained, and return focus
 - Dismiss topmost dialog with Escape
 
+Product decisions: modal, initial_focus, dismissal.
+
+Functional Spec bindings: behavior, states, focus, keyboard.
+
+Implementation outcomes: dialog-semantics, dialog-focus-lifecycle.
+
 Evidence: unit, axe, e2e, human.
 
 ## pattern.disclosure
 
+Standards:
+- [aria-apg disclosure](<https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/disclosure/>) — informative
+
 Requires: semantics.native-elements, semantics.accessible-name, semantics.expanded-state, semantics.keyboard.
 
+Activation: `{"contains":{"fact":"component.accessibility_pattern_ids","value":"pattern.disclosure"}}`
+
+Scope: Show and hide supplementary content.
+
 Behavior:
 - Control toggles one region
 
+Product decisions: initial_state.
+
+Functional Spec bindings: behavior, states.
+
+Implementation outcomes: disclosure-control.
+
 Evidence: unit, axe, e2e.
 
 ## pattern.dynamic-status
 
+Standards:
+- [wcag-2.2 4.1.3](<https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#status-messages>) (Level AA) — normative
+
 Requires: semantics.live-status.
 
+Activation: `{"equals":{"fact":"component.has_dynamic_status","value":true}}`
+
+Scope: Asynchronous status message.
+
 Behavior:
 - Announce meaningful changes once
 
+Product decisions: announcement_copy.
+
+Functional Spec bindings: messaging, states.
+
+Implementation outcomes: status-live-region.
+
 Evidence: unit, e2e, human.
 
 ## pattern.field
 
+Standards:
+- [wcag-2.2 3.3.2](<https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#labels-or-instructions>) (Level A) — normative
+- [wcag-2.2 4.1.2](<https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#name-role-value>) (Level A) — normative
+
 Requires: semantics.form-label, semantics.form-required, semantics.focus.visible.
 
+Activation: `{"any":[{"contains":{"fact":"component.accessibility_pattern_ids","value":"pattern.field"}},{"equals":{"fact":"component.has_form_fields","value":true}}]}`
+
+Scope: Labeled form input.
+
 Behavior:
 - Expose label, instructions, and requiredness before interaction
 
+Product decisions: required, instructions.
+
+Functional Spec bindings: fields, requiredness.
+
+Implementation outcomes: field-associations.
+
 Evidence: unit, axe, human.
 
 ## pattern.image
 
+Standards:
+- [wcag-2.2 1.1.1](<https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#non-text-content>) (Level A) — normative
+
 Requires: semantics.non-text-alternative.
 
+Activation: `{"any":[{"contains":{"fact":"component.accessibility_pattern_ids","value":"pattern.image"}},{"equals":{"fact":"content.has_non_text","value":true}}]}`
+
+Scope: Informative, functional, complex, or decorative image.
+
 Behavior:
 - Alternative follows image purpose
 
+Product decisions: purpose, long_description.
+
+Functional Spec bindings: content.
+
+Implementation outcomes: image-alternative.
+
 Evidence: axe, human.
 
 ## pattern.listbox
 
+Standards:
+- [aria-apg listbox](<https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/listbox/>) — informative
+
 Requires: semantics.accessible-name, semantics.selected-state, semantics.keyboard, semantics.focus.visible.
 
+Activation: `{"contains":{"fact":"component.accessibility_pattern_ids","value":"pattern.listbox"}}`
+
+Scope: Single or multi-select option list.
+
 Behavior:
 - Arrow keys move active option
 - Selection follows declared model
 
+Product decisions: single_or_multi, selection_follows_focus.
+
+Functional Spec bindings: behavior, states, keyboard.
+
+Implementation outcomes: listbox-keyboard-model.
+
 Evidence: unit, axe, e2e, human.
 
 ## pattern.media-player
 
+Standards:
+- [wcag-2.2 1.2.1](<https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#audio-only-and-video-only-prerecorded>) (Level A) — normative
+- [wcag-2.2 1.2.2](<https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#captions-prerecorded>) (Level A) — normative
+- [wcag-2.2 1.2.3](<https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#audio-description-or-media-alternative-prerecorded>) (Level A) — normative
+- [wcag-2.2 1.2.5](<https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#audio-description-prerecorded>) (Level AA) — normative
+
 Requires: semantics.media-alternatives, semantics.accessible-name, semantics.keyboard, semantics.focus.visible, semantics.motion-control.
 
+Activation: `{"any":[{"contains":{"fact":"component.accessibility_pattern_ids","value":"pattern.media-player"}},{"equals":{"fact":"content.has_media","value":true}}]}`
+
+Scope: Audio or video playback.
+
 Behavior:
 - Provide keyboard-operable named controls and required alternatives
 
+Product decisions: captions, transcript, audio_description, autoplay.
+
+Functional Spec bindings: content, controls, behavior.
+
+Implementation outcomes: media-alternatives, media-controls.
+
 Evidence: axe, e2e, human.
 
+## pattern.menu
+
+Standards:
+- [aria-apg menubar](<https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/menubar/>) — informative
+
+Requires: semantics.accessible-name, semantics.expanded-state, semantics.focus.initial, semantics.focus.return, semantics.focus.visible, semantics.keyboard, semantics.keyboard.escape, semantics.roles-states-properties.
+
+Activation: `{"contains":{"fact":"component.accessibility_pattern_ids","value":"pattern.menu"}}`
+
+Scope: Command menus, submenus, and persistent menubars.
+
+Behavior:
+- Expose menu or menubar containers with menuitem, menuitemcheckbox, or menuitemradio children; synchronize submenu expanded state, checkable-item checked state, orientation, and disabled state
+- When a popup menu opens, move focus to its first item; when a persistent menubar receives focus through Tab or Shift+Tab, restore its declared last-focused item or use its first enabled item; Tab and Shift+Tab do not move among items and, from an item, exit the composite and close all open menus
+- For the default horizontal menubar with vertical popup menus, Right and Left move among menubar items, Down opens a submenu and focuses its first item, Up may open it and focus its last item, Down and Up move among popup items, Right opens a child submenu, and Left closes a child submenu and returns focus to its parent item; reverse the declared axes for alternate orientations
+- Enter opens an item's submenu and focuses its first item, or otherwise activates the item and closes the menu; declare whether Space mirrors Enter on plain items, toggles menuitemcheckbox without closing, and checks a menuitemradio while unchecking its group peers without closing
+- Keep disabled menu items focusable but non-activatable, keep separators non-focusable, and apply Home, End, optional type-ahead, and the declared wrapping policy within the current menu or menubar
+- Escape closes the menu containing focus and restores focus to its parent item, menu button, or invoking context
+
+Product decisions: entry_focus, focus_strategy, menu_or_menubar, orientation, space_behavior, submenu_model, typeahead, wrap_navigation.
+
+Functional Spec bindings: behavior, states, keyboard, focus.
+
+Implementation outcomes: menu-composite-focus, menu-keyboard-model, menu-state-model.
+
+Evidence: unit, axe, e2e, human.
+
 ## pattern.menu-button
 
+Standards:
+- [aria-apg menu-button](<https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/menu-button/>) — informative
+
 Requires: semantics.accessible-name, semantics.expanded-state, semantics.keyboard, semantics.focus.initial, semantics.focus.return.
 
+Activation: `{"contains":{"fact":"component.accessibility_pattern_ids","value":"pattern.menu-button"}}`
+
+Scope: Button opening a command menu.
+
 Behavior:
 - Open and navigate menu by keyboard
 
+Product decisions: focus_strategy.
+
+Functional Spec bindings: behavior, keyboard, focus.
+
+Implementation outcomes: menu-button-keyboard.
+
 Evidence: unit, e2e, human.
 
 ## pattern.pagination
 
+Standards:
+- [wcag-2.2 2.4.4](<https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#link-purpose-in-context>) (Level A) — normative
+
 Requires: semantics.native-elements, semantics.accessible-name, semantics.landmarks, semantics.focus.visible.
 
+Activation: `{"contains":{"fact":"component.accessibility_pattern_ids","value":"pattern.pagination"}}`
+
+Scope: Paged result navigation.
+
 Behavior:
 - Expose current page and named navigation
 
+Product decisions: url_behavior.
+
+Functional Spec bindings: states, navigation.
+
+Implementation outcomes: pagination-current-page.
+
 Evidence: unit, axe, human.
 
 ## pattern.popover
 
+Standards:
+- [wcag-2.2 2.1.1](<https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#keyboard>) (Level A) — normative
+- [wcag-2.2 2.4.3](<https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#focus-order>) (Level A) — normative
+
 Requires: semantics.native-elements, semantics.accessible-name, semantics.keyboard.escape, semantics.focus.return.
 
+Activation: `{"contains":{"fact":"component.accessibility_pattern_ids","value":"pattern.popover"}}`
+
+Scope: Non-modal transient surface.
+
 Behavior:
 - Dismiss without trapping focus
 
+Product decisions: dismissal, focus_entry.
+
+Functional Spec bindings: behavior, focus.
+
+Implementation outcomes: popover-dismissal.
+
 Evidence: unit, e2e, human.
 
 ## pattern.progress
 
+Standards:
+- [wai-aria-1.2 progressbar](<https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.2/#progressbar>) — normative
+- [wcag-2.2 4.1.2](<https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#name-role-value>) (Level A) — normative
+
 Requires: semantics.name-role-value, semantics.live-status.
 
+Activation: `{"contains":{"fact":"component.accessibility_pattern_ids","value":"pattern.progress"}}`
+
+Scope: Determinate or indeterminate progress.
+
 Behavior:
 - Expose value and completion changes without announcement noise
 
+Product decisions: determinate.
+
+Functional Spec bindings: states, messaging.
+
+Implementation outcomes: progress-value.
+
 Evidence: unit, axe, human.
 
+## pattern.radio-group
+
+Standards:
+- [aria-apg radio](<https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/radio/>) — informative
+
+Requires: semantics.accessible-name, semantics.focus.visible, semantics.form-label, semantics.keyboard, semantics.native-elements, semantics.roles-states-properties.
+
+Activation: `{"contains":{"fact":"component.accessibility_pattern_ids","value":"pattern.radio-group"}}`
+
+Scope: Mutually exclusive choices presented as a radio group.
+
+Behavior:
+- Use native grouped radio inputs when they provide the required behavior; otherwise expose a named radiogroup containing named radio controls with exactly one checked item when selected
+- Use one tab stop for group entry, focusing the checked radio or the first radio when none is checked
+- Outside a toolbar, Space selects the focused radio and arrow keys move focus and selection with wrapping; inside a toolbar, toolbar navigation moves focus without changing selection, while Space or optionally Enter checks the focused radio
+
+Product decisions: initial_selection, native_or_custom, toolbar_context, wrap_navigation.
+
+Functional Spec bindings: fields, states, keyboard, focus.
+
+Implementation outcomes: radio-group-keyboard-model, radio-group-labeling, radio-group-selection-model.
+
+Evidence: unit, axe, e2e, human.
+
+## pattern.slider
+
+Standards:
+- [aria-apg slider](<https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/slider/>) — informative
+- [aria-apg slider-multithumb](<https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/slider-multithumb/>) — informative
+
+Requires: semantics.accessible-name, semantics.dragging-alternative, semantics.focus.visible, semantics.keyboard, semantics.name-role-value, semantics.native-elements, semantics.roles-states-properties.
+
+Activation: `{"contains":{"fact":"component.accessibility_pattern_ids","value":"pattern.slider"}}`
+
+Scope: Single-thumb or multi-thumb bounded range input.
+
+Behavior:
+- Use a native input[type=range] for a single-thumb slider when it supplies the required range, step, orientation, labeling, and value presentation; use a custom slider only when native behavior cannot satisfy the declared interaction
+- Expose every focusable thumb as a distinct named slider with synchronized current, minimum, maximum, orientation, and user-friendly value text when the numeric value is insufficient
+- Right and Up increase by one step while Left and Down decrease by one step unless a documented orientation and value presentation makes reversal more intuitive; Home and End move to range bounds, and optional Page Up and Page Down apply the declared larger step
+- Provide an equivalent single-pointer method for every drag operation that does not require dragging, such as track activation or an adjacent value input
+- Keep every thumb in a constant tab order for multi-thumb sliders and update dependent thumb bounds whenever another thumb changes them
+- Verify operation with touch-based assistive technology on target devices before production use
+
+Product decisions: direction_mapping, large_step, native_or_custom, orientation, single_or_multi_thumb, step, thumb_constraints, value_text.
+
+Functional Spec bindings: fields, states, keyboard, controls.
+
+Implementation outcomes: slider-keyboard-model, slider-native-control-selection, slider-range-state, slider-touch-at-compatibility.
+
+Evidence: unit, axe, e2e, human.
+
+## pattern.spinbutton
+
+Standards:
+- [aria-apg spinbutton](<https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/spinbutton/>) — informative
+
+Requires: semantics.accessible-name, semantics.focus.visible, semantics.form-label, semantics.keyboard, semantics.name-role-value, semantics.native-elements, semantics.roles-states-properties.
+
+Activation: `{"contains":{"fact":"component.accessibility_pattern_ids","value":"pattern.spinbutton"}}`
+
+Scope: Value input constrained to a discrete set or range, with optional direct text editing.
+
+Behavior:
+- Use a native number input when it supplies the required range, step, editing, labeling, and validation behavior; otherwise expose a named spinbutton with synchronized current, minimum, maximum, user-friendly value text, and invalid state when a value is outside the allowed range
+- Keep focus on the spinbutton while Up and Down change its value, Home and End apply known bounds, and optional Page Up and Page Down apply the declared larger step
+- Treat the editable decision as permission for direct text entry, not as whether the spinbutton is adjustable; when direct editing is disabled, the declared increment and decrement controls still change the value and the spinbutton is not exposed as read-only
+- When direct editing is allowed, preserve platform text editing commands and do not intercept keys needed to enter, navigate, select, or modify text
+
+Product decisions: editable, large_step, native_or_custom, range_bounds, step, value_text.
+
+Functional Spec bindings: fields, states, keyboard, validation.
+
+Implementation outcomes: spinbutton-keyboard-model, spinbutton-native-control-selection, spinbutton-range-state, spinbutton-validation.
+
+Evidence: unit, axe, e2e, human.
+
 ## pattern.tabs
 
+Standards:
+- [aria-apg tabs](<https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/tabs/>) — informative
+
 Requires: semantics.accessible-name, semantics.selected-state, semantics.keyboard, semantics.focus.visible.
 
+Activation: `{"contains":{"fact":"component.accessibility_pattern_ids","value":"pattern.tabs"}}`
+
+Scope: Tabbed interfaces.
+
 Behavior:
 - Arrow keys move between tabs
 - Selection and activation follow the documented model
 
+Product decisions: automatic_or_manual_activation.
+
+Functional Spec bindings: behavior, states, keyboard.
+
+Implementation outcomes: tabs-keyboard-model.
+
 Evidence: unit, axe, e2e, human.
 
 ## pattern.tooltip
 
+Standards:
+- [aria-apg tooltip](<https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/tooltip/>) — informative
+
 Requires: semantics.accessible-name, semantics.keyboard.escape.
 
+Activation: `{"contains":{"fact":"component.accessibility_pattern_ids","value":"pattern.tooltip"}}`
+
+Scope: Supplementary description.
+
 Behavior:
 - Available on hover and focus
 - Never contains interactive content
 
+Product decisions: delay.
+
+Functional Spec bindings: behavior.
+
+Implementation outcomes: tooltip-description.
+
 Evidence: unit, e2e, human.
 
+## pattern.tree-view
+
+Standards:
+- [aria-apg treeview](<https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/treeview/>) — informative
+
+Requires: semantics.accessible-name, semantics.expanded-state, semantics.focus.visible, semantics.keyboard, semantics.roles-states-properties, semantics.selected-state.
+
+Activation: `{"contains":{"fact":"component.accessibility_pattern_ids","value":"pattern.tree-view"}}`
+
+Scope: Hierarchical single-select or multi-select tree widgets.
+
+Behavior:
+- Expose tree, treeitem, and group relationships, set aria-multiselectable for a multi-select tree, and provide level, position, and set-size metadata when the complete hierarchy is not represented in the DOM
+- On tree entry, focus the selected node or first selected node when one exists and otherwise focus the first node; keep one composite tab stop and keep focus visually distinct from selection
+- In a vertical tree, Right Arrow opens a closed parent without moving focus, moves from an open parent to its first child, and does nothing on an end node; Left Arrow closes an open parent, moves from a closed parent or end node to its parent, and does nothing on a root node that cannot close
+- In a vertical tree, Down Arrow moves to the next visible focusable node and Up Arrow moves to the previous visible focusable node without changing expansion; Home and End move to the first and last visible focusable nodes, Enter performs the node's declared default action, and type-ahead moves to the next matching node
+- For a horizontal tree, remap Down Arrow to the vertical Right Arrow behavior, Right Arrow to vertical Down Arrow, Up Arrow to vertical Left Arrow, and Left Arrow to vertical Up Arrow
+- Keep focus distinct from selection and synchronize expansion and the declared aria-selected or aria-checked state model without exposing both states for the same selection purpose
+- For a multi-select tree using the recommended modifier-free model, navigation does not clear selection, Space toggles selection of the focused node, and declared Shift combinations extend contiguous selection; for the alternative modifier-required model, unmodified navigation selects only the focused node while Control plus an arrow moves focus without changing selection and Control plus Space toggles the focused node
+
+Product decisions: focus_strategy, multi_select_keyboard_model, orientation, selection_follows_focus, selection_state, single_or_multi_select, typeahead, virtualization.
+
+Functional Spec bindings: behavior, states, keyboard, focus.
+
+Implementation outcomes: tree-hierarchy-semantics, tree-keyboard-model, tree-selection-model.
+
+Evidence: unit, axe, e2e, human.
+
 ## pattern.validation
 
+Standards:
+- [wcag-2.2 3.3.1](<https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#error-identification>) (Level A) — normative
+- [wcag-2.2 3.3.3](<https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#error-suggestion>) (Level AA) — normative
+
 Requires: semantics.form-error, semantics.live-status, semantics.focus.initial.
 
+Activation: `{"any":[{"contains":{"fact":"component.accessibility_pattern_ids","value":"pattern.validation"}},{"equals":{"fact":"component.has_validation","value":true}}]}`
+
+Scope: Client or server validation.
+
 Behavior:
 - Identify, associate, summarize, and focus errors deterministically
 
+Product decisions: validation_timing, error_summary.
+
+Functional Spec bindings: validation, messaging, focus.
+
+Implementation outcomes: validation-associations, error-summary.
+
+Evidence: unit, axe, e2e, human.
+
+## applicability.page-context
+
+When: `{"equals":{"fact":"artifact.page_context","value":true}}`
+
+Outcomes: semantics.headings, semantics.landmarks.
+
+Evidence: axe, human.
+
+## applicability.non-text-content
+
+When: `{"equals":{"fact":"content.has_non_text","value":true}}`
+
+Outcomes: pattern.image.
+
+Evidence: axe, human.
+
+## applicability.media
+
+When: `{"equals":{"fact":"content.has_media","value":true}}`
+
+Outcomes: pattern.media-player.
+
+Evidence: e2e, human.
+
+## applicability.forms
+
+When: `{"equals":{"fact":"component.has_form_fields","value":true}}`
+
+Outcomes: pattern.field.
+
+Evidence: unit, axe.
+
+## applicability.validation
+
+When: `{"equals":{"fact":"component.has_validation","value":true}}`
+
+Outcomes: pattern.validation.
+
 Evidence: unit, axe, e2e, human.
+
+## applicability.consequential-submission
+
+When: `{"contains":{"fact":"component.submission_consequence","value":"consequential"}}`
+
+Outcomes: pattern.consequential-submission.
+
+Evidence: e2e, human.
+
+## applicability.dynamic-status
+
+When: `{"equals":{"fact":"component.has_dynamic_status","value":true}}`
+
+Outcomes: pattern.dynamic-status.
+
+Evidence: unit, e2e, human.
+
+## applicability.overlays
+
+When: `{"any":[{"contains":{"fact":"component.ui_pattern_ids","value":"modal"}},{"contains":{"fact":"component.ui_pattern_ids","value":"popover"}},{"contains":{"fact":"component.ui_pattern_ids","value":"tooltip"}}]}`
+
+Outcomes: semantics.keyboard.escape, semantics.focus.return.
+
+Evidence: e2e.
+
+## applicability.motion-timing
+
+When: `{"equals":{"fact":"interaction.has_motion_or_timing","value":true}}`
+
+Outcomes: semantics.motion-control.
+
+Evidence: e2e, human.
+
+## applicability.complex-pointer
+
+When: `{"equals":{"fact":"interaction.has_complex_pointer","value":true}}`
+
+Outcomes: semantics.keyboard.
+
+Evidence: e2e, human.
+
+## applicability.dragging-alternative
+
+When: `{"equals":{"fact":"interaction.has_dragging","value":true}}`
+
+Outcomes: semantics.dragging-alternative.
+
+Evidence: e2e, human.
+
+## applicability.target-size
+
+When: `{"equals":{"fact":"interaction.has_pointer_targets","value":true}}`
+
+Outcomes: semantics.target-size.
+
+Evidence: e2e, human.
+
+## applicability.focus-obstruction
+
+When: `{"equals":{"fact":"interaction.can_obscure_focus","value":true}}`
+
+Outcomes: semantics.focus.visible.
+
+Evidence: e2e, human.
+
+## applicability.accessible-authentication
+
+When: `{"equals":{"fact":"flow.has_authentication","value":true}}`
+
+Outcomes: semantics.accessible-authentication.
+
+Evidence: e2e, human.
+
+## applicability.redundant-entry
+
+When: `{"equals":{"fact":"flow.repeats_entry","value":true}}`
+
+Outcomes: semantics.form-label, semantics.redundant-entry.
+
+Evidence: e2e, human.
+
+## applicability.consistent-help
+
+When: `{"equals":{"fact":"artifact.has_repeated_help_across_page_set","value":true}}`
+
+Outcomes: semantics.consistent-help.
+
+Evidence: e2e, human.
+
+## applicability.data-table
+
+When: `{"equals":{"fact":"component.has_data_table","value":true}}`
+
+Outcomes: semantics.data-table.
+
+Evidence: axe, e2e, human.
+
+## Evidence routing
+
+Tool availability changes the evidence route, never requirement applicability. A missing required capability is a blocker.
+
+- axe: automated rule evidence; capability: axe
+- e2e: keyboard, focus, and integrated behavior; capability: e2e
+- human: judgment, assistive technology, content, and visual evidence; capability: human
+- unit: semantic state and deterministic resolver behavior; capability: unit