Web Accessibility Standards
Last revised
Tuesday, 10-Jan-2006 16:46:29 EST
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Anything that prevents a person from obtaining needed information makes that
content inaccessible. Accessibility begins with good design. Making your Web
pages simple, well-organized and consistent will assist all people visiting
your site.
Standards (a) through (p) below were created by
the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board)
as part of Section
508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Links are provided for most
standards to additional information from the Access Board, which you may find
helpful.
We have also provided WSU Web Accessibility
guidelines, which will assist you in creating accessible, effective and
easy-to-use Web pages.
Any Wright State University Web pages which contain official university information
or are directly connected with the university's mission, including staff, faculty
and student organization pages and any pages that provide classroom or coursework
materials, must adhere to the following Web accessibility standards, as stated
in the University World Wide Web Policy.
Once you've developed your Web pages, test them for accessibility using a
validator such as Bobby (http://www.cast.org/bobby/).
Additional accessibility information and testing resources are available on
our Resource List.
[Published in the Federal Register on December 21, 2000]
36 CFR Part 1194
[Docket No. 2000-01]
RIN 3014-AA25
§ 1194.22 Web-based Intranet and Internet information
and applications.
(a) A text equivalent for every non-text element shall
be provided (e.g., via "alt", "longdesc", or in element
content).
[ 508
on Standard (a) | WSU
on Standard (a) ]
(b) Equivalent alternatives for any multimedia presentation
shall be synchronized with the presentation.
[ 508
on Standard (b) | WSU
on Standard (b) ]
(c) Web pages shall be designed so that all information
conveyed with color is also available without color, for example from context
or markup.
[ 508
on Standard (c) ]
(d) Documents shall be organized so they are readable
without requiring an associated style sheet.
[ 508
on Standard (d) | WSU
on Standard (d) ]
(e) Redundant text links shall be provided for each
active region of a server-side image map.
[ 508
on Standard (e) ]
(f) Client-side image maps shall be provided instead
of server-side image maps except where the regions cannot be defined with an
available geometric shape.
[ 508
on Standard (f) ]
(g) Row and column headers shall be identified for
data tables.
[ 508
on Standards
(g) and (h) | WSU on Standard (g) ]
(h) Markup shall be used to associate data cells
and header cells for data tables that have two or more logical levels of row
or column headers.
[ 508
on Standards
(g) and (h) ]
(i) Frames shall be titled with text that facilitates
frame identification and navigation.
[ 508
on Standard (i) | WSU
on Standard (i) ]
(j) Pages shall be designed to avoid causing the
screen to flicker with a frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz.
[ 508
on Standard (j) | WSU
on Standard (j) ]
(k) A text-only page, with equivalent information
or functionality, shall be provided to make a web site comply with the provisions
of this part, when compliance cannot be accomplished in any other way. The
content of the text-only page shall be updated whenever the primary page changes.
[ 508
on Standard (k) ]
(l) When pages utilize scripting languages to display
content, or to create interface elements, the information provided by the script
shall be identified with functional text that can be read by assistive technology.
[ 508
on Standard (l) ]
(m) When a Web page requires that an applet, plug-in
or other application be present on the client system to interpret page content,
the page must provide a link to a plug-in or applet that complies with §1194.21(a)
through (l).
[ 508
on Standard (m) | WSU
on Standard (m) ]
(n) When electronic forms are designed to be completed
on-line, the form shall allow people using assistive technology to access the
information, field elements, and functionality required for completion and
submission of the form, including all directions and cues.
[ 508
on Standard (n) | WSU
on Standard (n) ]
(o) A method shall be provided that permits users
to skip repetitive navigation links.
[ 508
on Standard (o) | WSU
on Standard (o) ]
(p) When a timed response is required, the user
shall be alerted and given sufficient time to indicate more time is required.
[ 508
on Standard (p) ]
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