Accessibility statement

Our commitment

OpenRiC Workspace Demonstration Archive wants its catalogue to be usable by as many people as possible: by keyboard, with a screen reader, zoomed in, and on a phone.

Conformance status

The catalogue runs on the OpenRiC Workspace (version 0.0.146). It targets WCAG 2.2 at level AA, the international baseline, which harmonised standards such as EN 301 549 also refer to. It is partially conformant: some parts do not yet fully meet the standard, as listed below.

What has been done

• Every release is checked automatically with axe-core against WCAG 2.2 A and AA on the main public and staff pages, and is not released while that check finds a critical or serious failure.
• The main steps of describing and publishing a record are checked to work by keyboard alone, with the focus always visible and never trapped.
• Every page has a link past its menu to its content.
• Images carry the text alternative their description gives; a 3D model's hotspots are also listed as text, and it can have a turntable video.
• Turning, animation and smooth movement stop for a reader who asks their system for reduced motion.

Known limitations

• Automated checks find about a third of accessibility failures. The Workspace has not yet been reviewed by people using screen readers and other assistive technology; that review is planned before version 0.1.
• Scanned documents without a transcription are images: their text cannot be read aloud until a transcription is added.
• The deep-zoom image viewer, the 3D viewer and the graph of relationships are third-party components that are not fully usable by keyboard or screen reader; the same information is on the page as text.
• PDF files are shown as they were received; older ones may not be tagged for screen readers.
• Descriptions are written by archivists and contributors, who may not give every image a text alternative.

Report a barrier

If something in the catalogue is hard or impossible for you to use, tell us through the feedback form, saying which page and what happened. Your message reaches the staff of OpenRiC Workspace Demonstration Archive. Feedback

Preparation of this statement

This statement describes the OpenRiC Workspace software, version 0.0.146, from its own automated and keyboard checks. It was not prepared by a review of the records in this catalogue.