Section 5.4.2 Accessibility Convention
Accessibility means ensuring that
Content is accessible (ie. ensuring that Content can be navigated and read by
everyone, regardless of location, experience, or the type of computer
technology used).
Accessibility is most commonly discussed in relation to
people with disabilities, because this group of end-users are the most likely
to be disadvantaged if the principles of accessible Web design are not
implemented.
All Content (whatever its format) hosted on computers on the
Murdoch University Network, that is made accessible via Servers (Web, FTP,
Telnet), is subject to the Disability
Discrimination Act 1992.
The Murdoch Accessibility Convention to be practiced in the
preparation of Content includes:
- Use
of HTML tagging that complies
with the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Priority 1
Checklist
- Use of tools and utilities to
test HTML tagging for accessibility.
This
convention shall apply to static HTML pages, Content delivered via programs,
Content delivered via Web-based applications and Web interfaces to strategic
application systems.
To comply with the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992, a Content Custodian, or
in their absence a Web Liaison Officer, shall ensure that the Content they are
preparing, or having prepared for them by a Content Provider, is accessible.
- Section 5.4.2.1: W3C Accessibility Priority 1 Checklist
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- Section 5.4.2.2: Tools & Utilities to Test Accessibility
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- Section 5.4.2.3: Accessibility Problems
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