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BS PAS 78(2006) : 2006

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GUIDE TO GOOD PRACTICE IN COMMISSIONING ACCESSIBLE WEBSITES

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Withdrawn date

11-30-2010

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-2006

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 General principles
  4.1 Development of an accessibility policy
  4.2 Upholding W3C guidelines and specifications
      4.2.1 General
      4.2.2 Content formats
      4.2.3 Authoring tools
  4.3 Conformance checking
  4.4 Involving disabled people in the requirements gathering
      and conceptual design process
  4.5 Regular testing by disabled people
  4.6 Additional accessibility provisions
5 How disabled people use websites
  5.1 General
  5.2 Operating systems
  5.3 Access technology and other considerations for blind and
      partially sighted people
  5.4 Access technology and other considerations for deaf and
      hard of hearing people
  5.5 Access technology and other considerations for people
      with learning disabilities
  5.6 Access technology and other considerations for people
      with cognitive impairments (eg dyslexia)
  5.7 Access technology and other considerations for people with
      motor impairments
6 Defining the accessibility policy for the website
  6.1 General
  6.2 Content of the accessibility policy
  6.3 Publicly available accessibility policy statement
  6.4 Accessibility guidelines
7 Web technologies
  7.1 Common web technologies
  7.2 Structural languages
  7.3 Style sheets eg CSS
  7.4 Client side scripting and programming languages eg
      JavaScript and Java
      7.4.1 Object models
  7.5 Plug-in rich media formats
      7.5.1 General
      7.5.2 Portable Document Format (PDF)
      7.5.3 Flash
      7.5.4 Audio-video content
  7.6 Visual-orientated anti-robot tests
8 Accessibility testing and maintenance
  8.1 General
  8.2 Creating a test plan
  8.3 Determining technical accessibility
      8.3.1 Automated testing
      8.3.2 Validation
      8.3.3 Testing with assistive technology
  8.4 Determining usable accessibility
      8.4.1 Expert review
      8.4.2 Conformance inspection
      8.4.3 User testing
  8.5 Maintaining accessibility
9 Contracting web design and accessibility auditing
  services
  9.1 Choosing a website developer
  9.2 Agencies providing web accessibility consultancy
Annex A (informative) Suggested user profiles include:
Annex B (informative) Possible criteria for determining
                      success
Annex C (informative) Suggested questions for
                      suppliers
Annex D (informative) Accreditation
Annex E (informative) Various references
Annex F (informative) Contracting usability testing
                      services
Annex G (informative) How to select a CMS system
Bibliography
Standards
Useful websites
Relevant publications
Index

Outlines good practice in commissioning websites that are accessible to and usable by disabled people.

DocumentType
Standard
Pages
66
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Withdrawn

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