Accessibility
- W3C AA Compliance Statement
- Mobile Devices
- Accessibility Requirements Satisfied
- Java Script
- Viewing and Downloading PDF Files
- Problems
W3C AA Compliance Statement
The City of Monash Web Site has been designed and developed for accessibility to all users, including people with colour deficiency or other visual impairment, or other disabilities; physical or otherwise.
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (WCAG 1.0) were met in September 2002.
Current Statement - WCAG 1.0
The date of the claim: January 2007 (for this version of the website)
The guidelines title/version: "Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0", www.w3.org/TR/1999/WAI-WEBCONTENT-19990505
"Satisfying this checkpoint will remove significant barriers to accessing Web documents."
Future Statement - WCAG 2.0
The current statement will be changed to claim WCAG 2.0 accessibility compliance, when Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.0 is completed.
On 11 December 2007 the WCAG Working Group published a second "Last Call Working Draft" of WCAG 2.0 and updated supporting documents.
Source: W3C - WCAG Versions: 1.0 and 2.0
Mobile Devices
The site has been developed to be available on small screens (such as mobile phones and other hand held devices), with scrolling only to one direction.
The design is tableless and the coding has been done in such a way, that when style for small screen is assigned (or no style assigned at all) user gains an idea of the content of the page on initial view (only minimal navigation at the top of the page is provided).
The document shows content first, followed by related links, and then navigation.
This is a preferred way to display a page for hand held devices, text browsers and screen readers.
Due to the specific requirements of the Maps section, this section cannot be viewed properly on smaller screens.
Accessibility Requirements Satisfied
We claim the conformance level "Double- A", however we included the majority of "Triple- A" level requirements in our site design. Here are a few examples of what we have done on the web site.
Document Layout
The site uses fluid layout that eliminates horizontal scrolling and can be resized accordingly to user preferences.
Document Structure
Headers are used to convey the structure of a document. The row and column headers are identified in data tables.
Style sheets have been used to control layout and presentation, however the document may also be read without style sheets.
Fonts
Relative units have been used for the style sheet font property values (percentages and "em").
Images
Each graphic image or graphical representations of text has alternative text, ie. a short or long description.
Colour
All information conveyed with full colour is also available without using certain colours.
This web site has been designed bearing in mind that there are users with colour deficiency. We have catered for the most common form of colour deficiency, such as Protanomalia (red weakness) and Deuteranomalia (green weakness).
Keyboard Navigation
Keyboard Shortcuts are provided to important links.
Logical event handlers, which are device-dependent (on mouse over), are used only for presentation features, which aren't as important, or a redundant link is created.
Links
Related links have been grouped and the way to bypass the group is provided ('Skip Navigation' links for the screen readers).
For the client-side image map, redundant text links are provided.
Moving Content
Moving content is not present on this web site.
Java Script
The site functions without the use of JavaScript (exception: Monash Maps, Create a Map and Victorian Business Information).
Viewing and Downloading PDF Files
Some documents within the site, such as application forms, permits or Council Reports, are saved in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader Software installed on your computer to be able to read or print these brochures.
The Acrobat Reader can be downloaded for free at the Adobe website.
Problems
If you are having any difficulties please click here to contact us.
Reviewed: 4 January 2008
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