Without a formal contact in place yet, I'll respond here. Representing K-State Libraries, I'm highly interested in being a part of a DSpace Accessibility Working Group (DAWG).
-Jeff ________________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Tim Donohue <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 9:59 AM To: Mark H. Wood; [email protected] Subject: Re: [dspace-community] Re: Accessibility - version of WCAG Hi Mark, I think that sounds like a nice idea. I'd love to see DSpace provide more detailed advice around accessibility. That's not something I can claim expertise in though, so I think it'd likely require efforts of some volunteers with this expertise or interest in building up this expertise. It also could be the start of a DSpace Accessibility Working Group (if we found enough interested folks). So, yes, I love the idea & I think it'd be a huge help to future development (as it'd better clarify for developers what to watch out for as well). I think it would require volunteer(s) interested in helping this along to make a reality. If anyone is interested in this, let us know. Starting up a working group is also easy to do, but it does take someone(s) willing to chair (or co-chair) the working group efforts. Tim ________________________________ From: Mark H. Wood,UL 0115A,+1 317 274 0749, on behalf of Mark H. Wood Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 7:09 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [dspace-community] Re: Accessibility - version of WCAG On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 10:03:51PM +0000, Tim Donohue wrote: > Yes, you are welcome to report WCAG compliance issues (v1 or v2) as bugs. > Obviously, keep in mind though that DSpace is unable to guarantee WCAG > compliance for *content added into DSpace* (as that is based entirely on your > local usage of DSpace). As a simple example, I know WCAG v2.1 A compliance > requires captions for prerecorded videos. As DSpace has no video captioning > capabilities (and likely never will), it is up to the institution using > DSpace to pre-caption any videos they plan to store in their DSpace if they > want full WCAG compliance for their DSpace. > > So, in general, for DSpace, the goal is to try to align with WCAG latest > guidelines. But, obviously some guidelines require your own local policies > or workflows to ensure content added into DSpace is also WCAG compliant, that > your local theme is WCAG compliant (as even tiny changes like color scheme > can affect compliance), etc. Would it require more than reasonable effort for DSpace to provide a "compliance profile" outlining portions of the standard which DSpace is expected to implement? Sites would benefit from a clear understanding of where to look for noncompliance issues: DSpace, local modifications, or user content. -- Mark H. Wood Lead Technology Analyst University Library Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis 755 W. Michigan Street Indianapolis, IN 46202 317-274-0749 www.ulib.iupui.edu<http://www.ulib.iupui.edu> -- All messages to this mailing list should adhere to the DuraSpace Code of Conduct: https://duraspace.org/about/policies/code-of-conduct/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DSpace Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dspace-community/20200513120901.GB25032%40IUPUI.Edu. -- All messages to this mailing list should adhere to the DuraSpace Code of Conduct: https://duraspace.org/about/policies/code-of-conduct/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DSpace Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dspace-community/DM5PR2201MB11486E4CCE724EDA8A6409F0EDBF0%40DM5PR2201MB1148.namprd22.prod.outlook.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dspace-community/DM5PR2201MB11486E4CCE724EDA8A6409F0EDBF0%40DM5PR2201MB1148.namprd22.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- All messages to this mailing list should adhere to the DuraSpace Code of Conduct: https://duraspace.org/about/policies/code-of-conduct/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DSpace Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dspace-community/DM6PR05MB52914AE6D07D6BC59C426E4BD0BF0%40DM6PR05MB5291.namprd05.prod.outlook.com.
