Hi Michael,
Thanks for the VPAT discussion link. It was an interesting read.
I had assumed as much that the TDF would have to be involved with
establishing a VPAT of its own.
However, I am assuming that this would not mean to say that an
individual/group could not fill out a VPAT template based on a
particular LibreOffice version thereby giving a partially or fully
completed "unofficial" VPAT for that version. This would at least give
any larger organization a document whereby it would be able to reference
an unofficial VPAT to help it build its own VPAT. This would perhaps
make it a little easier for larger organizations to adopt/onramp the use
of LibreOffice as its choice of office suite.
But yes, anything VPAT official would have to involve the TDF.
Marc
Le 2023-07-25 à 11 h 46, Michael Weghorn a écrit :
Hi Marc,
there was a discussion around VPAT in 2020 already, s. the mailing
list thread starting here:
https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/accessibility/msg00926.html
To summarize: Your below suggestion is something that this list cannot
deal with, but that would have to be addressed to the TDF Board of
Directors (email address: direct...@documentfoundation.org).
Michael
On 2023-07-23 11:10, Marc Paré wrote:
Hi all,
Many thanks for the feedback on these questions, all of which have
quite interesting information and suggestions.
It would seem to me that LibreOffice should at least have a posted
generic VPAT (Voluntary Product Accessibility Template) somewhere on
its wiki where it is updated periodically. I would assume that the
issue of legal liability could be tackled by the TDF board if there
is a need for it, for which I would think there would be - this issue
was raised in Jonathon's response.
I have read up on possible templates from the ITI (Information
Technology Industry Council) where they discuss the different
versions of VPAT templates where they are offering on their site
[https://www.itic.org/policy/accessibility/vpat]. These seem to
incorporate the latest in requirements of various accessibility
policies. IMO, the ITI's VPAT 2.4 INT template would best suit
LibreOffice.
Perhaps someone from the TDF could approach the ITI to see if they
would like to join the LibreOffice project with the intent of using
their professional help with helping LibreOffice set up and fill in a
compatible VPAT template suitable on an international scale.
This would add value to the LibreOffice product and help promote the
project with organizations that require some level of adherence to
accessibility policy. And, for the sake of competing with MSO, we
would at least match a LibreOffice VPAT presence on our pages.
I see that MSO has a page dealing with this
[https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility/conformance-reports].
Marc
Le 2023-07-19 à 10 h 19, Marc Paré a écrit :
I was wondering if someone could comment on the following.
If there were campaigns of LibreOffice/ODF adoption as default
software/open document formats directed to various country
governmental levels (either at the national, state/provincial,
local/municipal, educational, NGO, etc.), would these different
levels have each of their own requirements for adoption of
LibreOffice/ODF adoption depending on their criteria of
accessibility options of a LibreOffice? Or are there large
differences in accessibility options between such organizations
where each would have to be researched separately before embarking
on such a campaign?
Do the accessibility options found in LibreOffice suffice for all
criteria of adoption for most of these organizations?
Is there an organization that regulates accessibility requirements
for software packages?
Are there any missing accessibility options in LibreOffice that
would essentially make it difficult for any governmental agency to
adopt it as their default wordprocessor software suite?
Marc
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