CIAOVPAT

VPAT™

Voluntary Product Accessibility Template®

Version 1.3

The purpose of the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template, or VPAT™, is to assist Federal contracting officials and other buyers in making preliminary assessments regarding the availability of commercial “Electronic and Information Technology” products and services with features that support accessibility.  It is assumed and recommended that offerers will provide additional contact information to facilitate more detailed inquiries.

The first table of the Template provides a summary view of the Section 508 Standards.  The subsequent tables provide more detailed views of each subsection.  There are three columns in each table.  Column one of the Summary Table describes the subsections of subparts B and C of the Standards.  The second column describes the supporting features of the product or refers you to the corresponding detailed table, e.g., “equivalent facilitation."  The third column contains any additional remarks and explanations regarding the product.  In the subsequent tables, the first column contains the lettered paragraphs of the subsections.  The second column describes the supporting features of the product with regard to that paragraph.  The third column contains any additional remarks and explanations regarding the product.

 

Date: October 3, 2016
Name of Product: Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
Contact for more Information: Stephen Sterns, Managing Editors for Reference & Electronic Publishing, ss724@columbia.edu, 212-459-0600

Summary Table

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Criteria

Supporting Features

Remarks and explanations

Section 1194.21 Software Applications and Operating Systems

 Not applicable

 

Section 1194.22 Web-based Internet Information and Applications

 Applicable; see below

 

Section 1194.23 Telecommunications Products

 Not applicable

 

Section 1194.24 Video and Multi-media Products

 Not applicable

 

Section 1194.25 Self-Contained, Closed Products

 Not applicable

 

Section 1194.26 Desktop and Portable Computers

 Not applicable

 

Section 1194.31 Functional Performance Criteria

 Not applicable

 

Section 1194.41 Information, Documentation and Support

 Not applicable

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 1194.22 Web-based Internet information and applications – Detail

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Criteria

Supporting Features

Remarks and explanations

(a) A text equivalent for every non-text element shall be provided (e.g., via "alt", "longdesc", or in element content).

Supported with Exceptions

 CIAO contains few non-text elements; work is on-going to include alt-text for any non-text elements

(b) Equivalent alternatives for any multimedia presentation shall be synchronized with the presentation.

 Not Supported

 Video content on CIAO is either embedded or linked to YouTube or other third party content providers and is not hosted on CIAO

(c) Web pages shall be designed so that all information conveyed with color is also available without color, for example from context or markup.

 Supported

 CIAO does not use color to convey information

(d) Documents shall be organized so they are readable without requiring an associated style sheet.

 Supported

 Documents on CIAO are readable without a required style sheet

(e) Redundant text links shall be provided for each active region of a server-side image map.

 Supported

CIAO does not use server-side image maps

(f) Client-side image maps shall be provided instead of server-side image maps except where the regions cannot be defined with an available geometric shape.

 Supported

 CIAO does not use client-side image maps

(g) Row and column headers shall be identified for data tables.

 Supported

 CIAO does not use HTML data tables

(h) Markup shall be used to associate data cells and header cells for data tables that have two or more logical levels of row or column headers.

 Supported

CIAO does not use HTML data tables

(i) Frames shall be titled with text that facilitates frame identification and navigation

 Supported

CIAO does not use frames

(j) Pages shall be designed to avoid causing the screen to flicker with a frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz.

 Supported

 There are no animations on CIAO pages; all CIAO pages are static

(k) A text-only page, with equivalent information or functionality, shall be provided to make a web site comply with the provisions of this part, when compliance cannot be accomplished in any other way. The content of the text-only page shall be updated whenever the primary page changes.

 Not Applicable

All features on CIAO are usable with assistive technology, therefore, a text-only version is not required.

(l) When pages utilize scripting languages to display content, or to create interface elements, the information provided by the script shall be identified with functional text that can be read by Assistive Technology.

 Not Applicable

 Scripting elements to display content or create interface elements are not used on CIAO.

(m) When a web page requires that an applet, plug-in or other application be present on the client system to interpret page content, the page must provide a link to a plug-in or applet that complies with §1194.21(a) through (l).

Supports with Exceptions

 CIAO currently uses standard browser-based PDF reader plug-ins or native PDF-reading browser capability. Work is ongoing to include an embedded, non-client-side PDF reader for access to CIAO content

(n) When electronic forms are designed to be completed on-line, the form shall allow people using Assistive Technology to access the information, field elements, and functionality required for completion and submission of the form, including all directions and cues.

 Not Applicable

There are no electronic forms on CIAO

(o) A method shall be provided that permits users to skip repetitive navigation links.

 Not Applicable

 CIAO does not contain repetitive navigation links.

(p) When a timed response is required, the user shall be alerted and given sufficient time to indicate more time is required.

 Not Applicable

There are no timed responses required on CIAO

Note to 1194.22: The Board interprets paragraphs (a) through (k) of this section as consistent with the following priority 1 Checkpoints of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (WCAG 1.0) (May 5 1999) published by the Web Accessibility Initiative of the World Wide Web Consortium: Paragraph (a) - 1.1, (b) - 1.4, (c) - 2.1, (d) - 6.1, (e) - 1.2, (f) - 9.1, (g) - 5.1, (h) - 5.2, (i) - 12.1, (j) - 7.1, (k) - 11.4.