This British Standard gives recommendations for building and maintaining web products that are accessible to, usable by and satisfying for disabled and older people.<\/p>\n
It gives recommendations for:<\/p>\n
how organizations should ensure accessibility is considered in their web strategy by creating an organizational web accessibility policy (see 4.2<\/b> and 4.3<\/b>). Organizations should also assign a role to be responsible for ensuring that all web products and services produced or procured are in accordance with this policy;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n how to embed the consideration of accessibility decisions through the entire process of producing web products, and document and justify these choices in the product\u2019s accessibility policy (see 4.4<\/b> and 4.5<\/b>);<\/p>\n<\/li>\n how to consider the impact of the purpose of the product, its target audience and their needs, the product\u2019s choice of platform and technology, and whether to adopt an inclusive design approach or one which also includes an element of user-personalization;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n how to best use existing web accessibility guidelines (or accessible web production tools) in the process of producing accessible web products;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n how to ensure that web products being procured rather than created are selected or specified in such a way as to assure their accessibility; and<\/p>\n<\/li>\n how to assure web accessibility throughout a web product\u2019s lifecycle, by considered use of various research and testing methodologies (including the involvement of disabled people) at key points in the production process; and<\/p>\n<\/li>\n how to communicate the web product\u2019s accessibility decisions to its users at launch, through creating and publishing its accessibility statement (see 4.4<\/b> and 4.6<\/b>).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n BS 8878 is applicable to all types of organization. These include: public and private companies, non-profit organizations, government departments, local councils, public sector organizations and academic institutions.<\/p>\n The audience for this document includes:<\/p>\n whoever is ultimately responsible for the policies covering web product creation within an organization and governance against those policies (e.g. Chief Executive Officers, Managing Directors, Headteachers, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) managers);<\/p>\n<\/li>\n people responsible for promoting and supporting equality and inclusion initiatives within an organization (e.g. Human Resource (HR) managers or those responsible for Corporate Social Responsibility);<\/p>\n<\/li>\n procurement managers (e.g. those responsible for procuring web products or the tools to create them such as content production systems or virtual learning environments);<\/p>\n<\/li>\n web production teams (e.g. product owners, project managers, technical architects and web developers, designers, usability and accessibility engineers, test engineers);<\/p>\n<\/li>\n people with responsibility for creating or shaping online content (e.g. website editors, marketing managers, web content authors);<\/p>\n<\/li>\n people who create web production, testing or validation tools; and<\/p>\n<\/li>\n people who write and deliver training courses in web production, design or coding.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Other audiences that might also be interested in this British Standard include:<\/p>\n assistive technology creators, vendors and trainers who need insights into how their technologies impact on the production of accessible web products; and<\/p>\n<\/li>\n those disabled and older people whose web accessibility needs the Standard aims to support and present.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Web accessibility. Code of practice<\/b><\/p>\n\n
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\n PDF Pages<\/th>\n PDF Title<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1<\/td>\n Web accessibility \u2013 Code of practice <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2<\/td>\n Publishing and copyright information <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 3<\/td>\n Contents <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 4<\/td>\n Summary of pages <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 5<\/td>\n Foreword
Publishing information
Relationship with other publications
Information about this document
Use of this document
Presentational conventions
Contractual and legal considerations <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 7<\/td>\n Introduction <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 8<\/td>\n 1 Scope <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 9<\/td>\n 2 Normative references
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations
4 Embedding web accessibility within an <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 10<\/td>\n 4.1 Claims of conformity with BS 8878
4.2 Setting web accessibility responsibi <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 11<\/td>\n 4.3 Definition of an organizational web
4.4 Creating accessibility policies and <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 12<\/td>\n 4.5 Definition of a web product\u2019s access <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 13<\/td>\n 4.6 Definition of a web product\u2019s access <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 14<\/td>\n 5 How to make justifiable decisions on a <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 15<\/td>\n 6 The process for creating accessible we
6.1 Step 1: define the purpose of the we <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 16<\/td>\n 6.2 Step 2: define the target audiences
6.3 Step 3: analyse the needs of the tar <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 17<\/td>\n 6.4 Step 4: note any platform or technol
6.5 Step 5: define the relationship the <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 18<\/td>\n 6.6 Step 6: define the user goals and ta
6.7 Step 7: consider the degree of user- <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 19<\/td>\n 6.8 Step 8: consider inclusive design an <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 20<\/td>\n 6.9 Step 9: choose the delivery platform <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 22<\/td>\n 6.10 Step 10: choose the target browsers <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 23<\/td>\n 6.11 Step 11: choose whether to create o
6.12 Step 12: define the web technologie <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 24<\/td>\n 6.13 Step 13: use web guidelines to dire <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 25<\/td>\n 6.14 Step 14: assure the web product\u2019s a <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 26<\/td>\n 6.15 Step 15: communicate the web produc
6.16 Step 16: plan to assure accessibili <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 27<\/td>\n 7 Using web accessibility guidelines to
7.1 Inclusive design guidelines
7.1.1.1 Web Content Accessibility Guidel <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 28<\/td>\n 7.1.1.2 Authoring Tool Accessibility Gui
7.1.1.3 User Agent Accessibility Guideli <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 30<\/td>\n 7.2 Personalization guidelines: for indi
7.3 Accessibility guidelines for web pro <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 31<\/td>\n 7.3.2 Accessibility guidelines for web p
7.4 Guidelines for accessible web design <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 32<\/td>\n 8 Assuring accessibility throughout a we
8.1 Summary of approach <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 33<\/td>\n 8.2 Gathering requirements from disabled
8.3 Creating an accessibility test plan <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 34<\/td>\n 8.4 Accessibility testing methods <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 37<\/td>\n 8.5 Post-launch programme of accessibili <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 39<\/td>\n Annex A normative) Normative references(
Standards publications
Standards publications
Other publications
Annex B Terms, definitions and abbreviat
B.1 Terms and definitions <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 41<\/td>\n B.2 Abbreviations <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 42<\/td>\n Annex C (informative)
Disability and the law <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 43<\/td>\n C.1 The relevant law in the UK
C.2 What the legislation says <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 45<\/td>\n C.3 The law\u2019s application to web product <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 47<\/td>\n C.4 The law\u2019s application to intranets
C.5 The law\u2019s application to software <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 48<\/td>\n C.6 Who owes duties under the law? <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 49<\/td>\n C.6.2 Other services
C.6.2 Other services
C.7 To whom the duty is owed
C.8 Claims of compliance with the law <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 50<\/td>\n C.9 When to make adjustments to web prod <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 51<\/td>\n C.10 Providing access technologies on we
C.11 Responsibility for user-generated c <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 52<\/td>\n Annex D (informative)
Business case for making web products ac <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 53<\/td>\n Annex E (informative)
Examples of a web accessibility policy
E.1 Example organizational web accessibi <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 54<\/td>\n E.2 Example web product accessibility po <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 57<\/td>\n E.3 Example web product accessibility st
E.3 Example web product accessibility st <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 58<\/td>\n Annex F (informative)
Allocation of responsibilities
F.1 Web production teams <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 59<\/td>\n F.2 Governance
F.3 Internal communications
F.4 External marketing and communication
F.5 Training
F.6 Procurement <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 60<\/td>\n F.7 HR
Annex G (informative)
The accessibility challenges of differen
G.1 Social networking sites and other si
G.2 Video-based sites <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 61<\/td>\n G.3 Software as a Service\/Cloud Computin
G.4 Online games and three-dimensional ( <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 62<\/td>\n G.5 Learning platforms <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 63<\/td>\n Annex H (informative)
How disabled and older people experience
H.1 Introduction
H.1.2 Disabled or older people can have <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 64<\/td>\n H.1.3 Disabled or older people may not b
H.1.4 How to promote understanding to pr
H.2 Disabled people: needs and technolog
H.2.1 Blind and partially sighted people <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 70<\/td>\n H.3 Older people: needs and technologies <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 71<\/td>\n Annex I (informative)
Examples of web product purposes, audien
I.1 Two example websites: showing purpos
I.2 Discussion of degrees of user-experi <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 72<\/td>\n I.3 Common degrees of user-experience fo <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 73<\/td>\n I.4 Common degrees of user-experience fo
Annex J (informative)
Measuring user success
J.1 Key performance indicators <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 74<\/td>\n J.2 Criteria for measuring success
Annex K (informative)
The user-personalized approach to access
K.1 General <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 75<\/td>\n Figure K.1 Architecture for user-persona
K.2 IMS AccessForAll 3.0 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 76<\/td>\n K.3 Implementations of AccessForAll 3.0
Annex L(informative)
Procurement of authoring tools, softwa
L.1 Context <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 77<\/td>\n L.2 Software selection <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 78<\/td>\n L.2.2 Incorporating or linking to third <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 79<\/td>\n L.3 Design and development services
L.4 Testing\/auditing services
L.5 General considerations <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 80<\/td>\n Annex M (informative)
A guide to dealing with correspondence a
M.1 General
M.2 How to extract relevant information <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 81<\/td>\n M.3 How to respond to comments or compla <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 82<\/td>\n Annex N (informative)
Suggested user profiles
N.1 Vision impairment
N.2 Mobility
N.3 Cognitive and learning disabilities
N.4 Deaf and hard of hearing <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 83<\/td>\n N.5 Users who have more than one need
N.6 Older users
Annex O (informative)
A guide to user testing with disabled an
O.1 Why is user testing with disabled an
O.2 Advice on sample size <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 84<\/td>\n O.3 Advice on disabled and older user re
O.4 Advice on choosing the evaluator for
O.5 Advice on ensuring reliability of th
O.6 Advice on ethical issues <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 85<\/td>\n Bibliography
Standards publications
Other publications <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 86<\/td>\n Useful web sites
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