Segala Web Accessibility Certificate

Claims

The Segala web accessibility claims are based on the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 1.0).

Note: Conformance levels are notated in long-text so they may be understood when rendered to speech by screen readers.

Individual Accessibility Claims

WCAG Checkpoint	WCAG Priority Level & Checkpoint Reference
General statements
HTML code validates to published standards	Double A 3.2
XHTML code validates to published standards	Double A 3.2
CSS code validates to CSS standards	Double A 3.2
Absolute units are not used in markup language attribute values and style sheet property values	Double A 3.4
Page redirects are preformed server side	Double A 7.5
Pop-ups and other windows are not used and do not change the current window without informing the user	Double A 10.1
The latest versions of World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) technologies have been used wherever appropriate	Double A 11.1
Depreciated features of W3C technologies have not been used	Double A 11.2
Metadata has been provided for each page	Double A 13.2
The clearest and simplest language appropriate for a site's content has been used	Single A 14.1
Images
A text alternative is available for images and multimedia presentations	Single A 1.1
Markup has been used, rather than images to convey information	Double A 3.1
Colour
Information is available with and without colour	Single A 2.1
For images, foreground and background colours contrast sufficiently	Double A 2.2
For text, foreground and background colours contrast sufficiently	Triple A 2.2
Multimedia
An audio description is available for multimedia presentations	Single A 1.3
Style sheets
Website layout and presentation is CSS controlled	Double A 3.3
Page can be read with CSS disabled	Single A 6.1
Text
The text can resize	Double A 3.4
User is informed if language changes	Single A 4.1
Abbreviations and acronyms are explained in their first instance	Triple A 4.2
The primary natural language is clearly indicated	Triple A 4.3
Document structure
Header elements are used to convey document structure	Double A 3.5
All list items are marked up and grouped correctly	Double A 3.6
Quotation markup is not used for formatting effects such as indentation	Double A 3.7
Adjacent links are clearly spaced	Triple A 10.5
Large blocks of information are divided into manageable groups	Double A 12.3
Distinguishing information has been placed at beginning of headings, paragraphs etc	Triple A 13.8
Tables
Tables are not used for layout unless the table makes sense when linearised	Double A 5.3
If a table is used for layout, structural markup is not used for the purpose of visual formatting	Double A 5.4
Scripts
Page functionality work with scripts turned off	Single A 6.3
Event handlers for scripts are device independent	Double A 6.4
Non-functional programmatic elements are directly accessible/compatible with assistive technologies	Single A 8.1
Forms
Labels and form controls are associated and positioned correctly	Double A 10.2
Labels are asscoiated explicitly with their controls	Double A 12.4
Navigation
Page can be controlled in a device independent manner	Double A 9.2
A logical tab order through links, form controls and objects has been provided	Triple A 9.4
Link destination is clearly identified	Double A 13.1
A site map is available	Double A 13.3
Navigation is consistent through all pages	Double A 13.4
Navigation bars are provided to clearly hightlight the navigation mechanism	Triple A 13.5
A consistent style of presentation has been used across pages	Triple A 14.3