Hi Sarah,

DSpace doesn't have a formal VPAT, but we do strive to align with WCAG 2.1 
AA accessibility as much as possible (keep in mind we cannot promise full 
alignment as to achieve that the content added in your DSpace would also 
need to align with WCAG 2.1 AA guidelines).  That said, we had an external 
party (Deque) do a full accessibility review of v7 last year, and while 
there were some issues found, most of the DSpace application aligns well.  
We are still working through the remaining issues (which can be found by 
the "accessibility" label in our ticketing 
system: 
https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Aaccessibility).

DSpace 7 doesn't currently have a GDPR "statement", but we align with GDPR 
regulations.  We are working on a default "Privacy Statement" which would 
likely meet this need in this ticket 
https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/issues/1080  There is a sample 
privacy statement shared by the DSpaceDirect team on that ticket 
at 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QSB2cyUDagM_GnupxmLureTGAVNjYXGjdErh3tx0Yq4/edit
 
which could be borrowed by others as a possible starting point.

I hope that helps, but let us know if you have more questions.  I should 
also clarify that I would *welcome* anyone to help us write a 
draft/template VPAT for DSpace (or a GDPR Statement).  Both of these could 
be very useful to share among users in our community.  I just don't have 
resources/expertise in these areas to draw from, so (at least at this time) 
it'd require some volunteer support to make happen.

Tim
On Thursday, June 16, 2022 at 9:07:06 AM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote:

> Hello...
>
> Does DSpace 7 offer a VPAT and/or GDPR statement?
>
> Thanks!
> Sarah
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