]> Segala element set for quality labels and trust mark schemes http://www.segala.com 2006-02-02 Rehabilitation Act Section 508 http://www.section508.gov/ General Statements Conformance statements concerning the general accessibility of the webpage HTML code validates to published standards XHTML code validates to published standards CSS code validates to CSS standards Absolute units are not used in markup language attribute values and style sheet property values Equivalents for dynamic content are updated when the dynamic content changes Dynamic content is accessible The user can control screen flickering The user can control content blinking The user can control content movement The user can control auto refreshing pages Page redirects are preformed server side Pop-ups and other windows are not used and do not change the current window without informing the user. The latest versions of World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) technologies have been used wherever appropriate Depreciated features of W3C technologies have not been used Downloadable information is available in alternative formats An accessible alternative has been provided where a page can not be made accessible Metadata has been provided for each page Various search options are available for different skill levels Information is provided about document collections The clearest and simplest language appropriate for a site's content has been used Text has been supplemented with graphic or auditory presentations where they facilitate comprehension of the page Text Statements Conformance statements concerning the accessibility of the text on the webpage The text can resize User is informed if language changes Abbreviations and acronyms are explained in their first instance The primary natural language is clearly indicated Image Statements Conformance statements concerning the accessibility of the images on the webpage A text alternative is available for images and multimedia presentations A text link has been provided for each area of an image map Text links are provided for each active region of a client-side image map Markup has been used, rather than images to convey information It is possible to resize images Client side server maps instead of server side image maps have been provided except where regions can not be defined with an available geometric shape Colour Statements Conformance statements concerning the accessibility of the colour on the webpage Information is available with and without colour For text, foreground and background colours contrast sufficiently For images, foreground and background colours contrast sufficiently Navigation Statements Conformance statements concerning the accessibility of the navigation on the webpage Page can be controlled in a device independent manner A logical tab order through links, form controls and objects has been provided Keyboard shortcuts to important page elements are provided Link destination is clearly identified A site map is available Navigation is consistent through all pages Navigation bars are provided to clearly hightlight the navigation mechanism Related links have been grouped and identified and a way has been provided to bypass the group It is possible to skip over ascii art A consistent style of presentation has been used across pages Document Structure Statements Conformance statements concerning the accessibility of the document structure on the webpage Header elements are used to convey document structure All list items are marked up and grouped correctly Quotation markup is not used for formatting effects such as indentation Adjacent links are clearly spaced Large blocks of information are divided into manageable groups Distinguishing information has been placed at beginning of headings, paragraphs etc Table Statements Conformance statements concerning the accessibility of any tables on the webpage For data tables, rows and column headers are identified For data tables with 2 or more logical levels of row or column headers, data cells and header rows have been associated Tables are not used for layout unless the table makes sense when linearised If a table is used for layout, structural markup is not used for the purpose of visual formatting For tables, a table summary is provided For tables, an abbrevation for each header label is provided For tables, a linear text alternative for all tables that lay out text in parallel, word-wrapped columns is provided Form Statements Conformance statements concerning the accessibility of any form elements used on the webpage Labels and form controls are associated and positioned correctly For edit boxes and text areas, default place-holding characters are used Labels are asscoiated explicitly with their controls Style Sheet Statements Conformance statements concerning the accessibility of style sheets used on the webpage Website layout and presentation is CSS controlled Page can be read with CSS disabled Frame Statements Conformance statements concerning the accessibility of any frames used on the webpage Frames are clearly titled to facilitate identification and navigation The purpose of frames and how they relate to each other has been described if it is not obvious by frame titles alone Script Statements Conformance statements concerning the accessibility of any scripts used on the webpage Page functionality work with scripts turned off Event handlers for scripts are device independent Non-functional programmatic elements are directly accessible/compatible with assistive technologies Functional programmatic elements are directly accessible/compatible with assistive technologies For scripts, logical event handlers have been specified rather than device dependant event handlers Multi Media Statements Conformance statements concerning the accessibility of any multi media used on the webpage An audio description is available for multimedia presentations Synchronized alternatives are provided for time based multimedia presentations Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act Statements specific to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 When a timed response is required, the user is alerted and given sufficient time to indicate more time is required.