Show what was checked.

Trust the evidence trail, not just a green HTTP status.

The local source register has 146 curated records whose IDs, public URL syntax, citation labels and consultation dates are now validated. The Source Library identifies publishers and source roles; the Evidence Register maps citations to editorial material. Neither an HTTP 200 response nor a working page proves what an ancient inscription says. Preserved external reference articles and links embedded in their full texts are a separate corpus not remotely checked here.

The machine-readable source metadata audit explicitly labels each item not-probed. An authorised repository maintainer can run the external source audit locally, or view the manual or scheduled source audit workflow. Results require human assessment before updating citations: redirects can be appropriate, while some institutional sites block automated probes.

1. Generated HTML: checked for document language, a skip-to-content link, one main landmark and heading, labels for interactive controls, button names, image alternatives and search/mobile navigation semantics across representative routes.
2. Local navigation: the existing site generator checks hundreds of generated local links, destination menus, reading trails and page fragments under root and GitHub Pages subpaths.
3. Remote source health: curated external citations are structurally validated in CI. Periodic network probing runs separately; a HEAD response may be rechecked with GET, and access blocks, rate limits, redirects and timeouts are not silently treated as broken references.

Automated markup tests are only the beginning.

WCAG 2.2 includes keyboard operability, clear focus indicators, focus visibility, sensible target sizes and reflow. The archive now runs repeatable representative-page HTML checks and improves disclosure-menu keyboard behaviour and map announcements. A green automated test does not claim full WCAG 2.2 conformance.

• Keyboard-only journeysNot manually tested

  Traverse every menu, search, map, Bible reader, downloads and local draft controls using Tab, Shift+Tab, Enter, Space and Escape.

• Screen readers and focus orderNot manually tested

  Check VoiceOver on Safari and NVDA or another desktop screen reader, including live region announcements and Syriac language names.

• Mobile reflow and text zoomNot manually tested

  Check 320 CSS pixel layout and 200% to 400% browser zoom without content or function loss.

• Contrast and pointer target sizingNot manually tested

  Measure real rendered colours and tap target spacing in all interactive states, including dark atlas panels.

• Syriac shaping and mixed directionNot manually tested

  Check right-to-left script joining, Unicode letter forms, font fallbacks and punctuation on actual devices.

Reference: W3C WCAG 2.2 standard. The publication checklist keeps human sign-off separate from passing code.

Remaining questions stay visible.

Indexing has been enabled by an explicit publication configuration.

External link status can change without a new site release. Source rights and participant permissions must be reviewed at the individual work level. Any corrected URL should retain the source record ID and a documented reason for revision. Independent specialist historians, linguists and reviewers are not replaced by an automated citation checker.

See editorial corrections and review policy, the Next Chapters roadmap and the audit runbook for procedures and outstanding responsibilities.