Conformance statement AA-level for SharePoint Server 2013
Summary: Conformance statement AA-level for SharePoint Server 2013 in regards to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/).
Applies to: SharePoint Server 2013
Level AA Principle 1: Perceivable - Information and user interface components must be presentable to users in ways they can perceive
Guideline 1.2 Time-based Media: Provide alternatives for time-based media.
| Criteria | Supporting Feature | Remarks and Explanations |
|---|---|---|
| 1.2.4 Captions (Live): Captions are provided for all live audio content in synchronized media. | Not Applicable | |
| 1.2.5 Audio Description (Prerecorded): Audio description is provided for all prerecorded video content in synchronized media. | Not Applicable |
Guideline 1.4 Distinguishable: Make it easier for users to see and hear content including separating foreground from background.
| Criteria | Supporting Feature | Remarks and Explanations |
|---|---|---|
| 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum): The visual presentation of text and images of text has a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1, except for the following:
| Supported | |
| 1.4.4 Resize text: Except for captions and images of text, text can be resized without assistive technology up to 200 percent without loss of content or functionality. | Supported | |
| 1.4.5 Images of Text: If the technologies being used can achieve the visual presentation, text is used to convey information rather than images of text except for the following:
| Supported |
Level AA Principle 2: Operable - User interface components and navigation must be operable
Guideline 2.4 Navigable: Provide ways to help users navigate, find content, and determine where they are.
| Criteria | Supporting Feature | Remarks and Explanations |
|---|---|---|
| 2.4.5 Multiple Ways: More than one way is available to locate a web page within a set of web pages except where the web page is the result of, or a step in, a process. | Supported | |
| 2.4.6 Headings and Labels: Headings and labels describe topic or purpose. | Supported | |
| 2.4.7 Focus Visible: Any keyboard operable user interface has a mode of operation where the keyboard focus indicator is visible. | Supported |
Level AA Principle 3: Understandable - Information and the operation of user interface must be understandable
Guideline 3.1 Readable: Make text content readable and understandable.
| Criteria | Supporting Feature | Remarks and Explanations |
|---|---|---|
| 3.1.2 Language of Parts: The human language of each passage or phrase in the content can be programmatically determined except for proper names, technical terms, words of indeterminate language, and words or phrases that have become part of the vernacular of the immediately surrounding text. | Supported |
Guideline 3.2 Predictable: Make web pages appear and operate in predictable ways.
| Criteria | Supporting Feature | Remarks and Explanations |
|---|---|---|
| 3.2.3 Consistent Navigation: Navigational mechanisms that are repeated on multiple web pages within a set of web pages occur in the same relative order each time they are repeated, unless a change is initiated by the user. | Supported | |
| 3.2.4 Consistent Identification: Components that have the same functionality within a set of web pages are identified consistently. | Supported |
Guideline 3.3 Input Assistance: Help users avoid and correct mistakes.
| Criteria | Supporting Feature | Remarks and Explanations |
|---|---|---|
| 3.3.3 Error Suggestion: If an input error is automatically detected and suggestions for correction are known, then the suggestions are provided to the user, unless it would jeopardize the security or purpose of the content. | Supported | |
| 3.3.4 Error Prevention (Legal, Financial, Data): For web pages that cause legal commitments or financial transactions for the user to occur, that modify or delete user-controllable data in data storage systems, or that submit user test responses, at least one of the following is true:
| Supported |
Customization of the product voids this conformance statement from Microsoft. Customers may make independent conformance statements if they have conducted due diligence to meet all relevant requirements for their customization.
Please consult with Assistive Technology (AT) vendors for compatibility specifications of specific AT products. AT products that are compatible with all the rely-upon-technologies are expected to be functional with the product.
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Revised 05/07/2013.
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