Voluntary Product Accessibility Template(VPAT)
Novell, Inc.
Voluntary Product Accessibility Template(VPAT)
Novell, Inc.
Date:
January 9, 2006
Name of Product: exteNd Director
Version: 5.2.1
Product Web Site: http://www.novell.com/products/extend/
Those with questions concerning the accessibility of Novell exteNd should
contact the Novell office in their region. For a list of worldwide offices,
please visit
http://www.novell.com/company/contact.html
About this Document:
The statements in this VPAT apply to core functionality of Novell exteNd
Director only. Support for accessibility functionality is enhanced by
using screen readers such as JAWS for Windows or screen magnifiers such
as MAGic, which are third party products available directly from their
manufacturers.**
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Summary Table: Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) |
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| Criteria | Supporting Features | Remarks and explanations |
| Section 1194.21 Software Applications and Operating Systems | See section 1194.21 below. | |
| Section 1194.22 Web-based internet information and applications | See section 1194.22 below. | |
| Section 1194.23 Telecommunications Products | N/A | exteNd Director is not considered a telecommunications product. |
| Section 1194.24 Video and Multi-media Products | N/A |
exteNd Director does not use multimedia. |
| Section 1194.25 Self-Contained, Closed Products | N/A | exteNd Director is not a self-contained product. |
| Section 1194.26 Desktop and Portable Computers | N/A | exteNd Director is a Web application as defined under section 1194.22. |
| Section 1194.31 Functional Performance Criteria | See section 1194.31 below. |
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| Section 1194.41 Information, Documentation and Support | See section 1194.41 below. |
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| Section 1194.21 Software Applications and Operating Systems - Detail | ||
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| Criteria | Supporting Features | Remarks and explanations |
| (a) When software is designed to run on a system that has a keyboard, product functions shall be executable from a keyboard where the function itself or the result of performing a function can be discerned textually. | Supported with minor exceptions* | Some screens may require the use of a mouse. |
| (b) Applications shall not disrupt or disable activated features of other products that are identified as accessibility features, where those features are developed and documented according to industry standards. Applications also shall not disrupt or disable activated features of any operating system that are identified as accessibility features where the application programming interface for those accessibility features has been documented by the manufacturer of the operating system and is available to the product developer. | Supported | |
| (c) A well-defined on-screen indication of the current focus shall be provided that moves among interactive interface elements as the input focus changes. The focus shall be programmatically exposed so that Assistive Technology can track focus and focus changes. | Supported | |
| (d) Sufficient information about a user interface element including the identity, operation and state of the element shall be available to Assistive Technology. When an image represents a program element, the information conveyed by the image must also be available in text. | Supported with minor exceptions* | Some images are missing descriptions and/or associated text to identify current state or condition. |
| (e) When bitmap images are used to identify controls, status indicators, or other programmatic elements, the meaning assigned to those images shall be consistent throughout an application's performance. | Supported | |
| (f) Textual information shall be provided through operating system functions for displaying text. The minimum information that shall be made available is text content, text input caret location, and text attributes. | Supported | |
| (g) Applications shall not override user selected contrast and color selections and other individual display attributes. | Supported | |
| (h) When animation is displayed, the information shall be displayable in at least one non-animated presentation mode at the option of the user. | Not Applicable | |
| (i) Color coding shall not be used as the only means of conveying information, indicating an action, prompting a response, or distinguishing a visual element. | Supported with minor exceptions* | Some areas of the product make use of color as the sole method of conveying specific information. |
| (j) When a product permits a user to adjust color and contrast settings, a variety of color selections capable of producing a range of contrast levels shall be provided. | Not Applicable | |
| (k) Software shall not use flashing or blinking text, objects, or other elements having a flash or blink frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz. | Supported | |
| (l) When electronic forms are used, 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. | Supported with minor exceptions* | Not all forms are compliant. |
| 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 | Some images are missing alt tag descriptions. |
| (b) Equivalent alternatives for any multimedia presentation shall be synchronized with the presentation. | Not applicable | |
| (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 with exceptions | Some areas of the product make use of color as the sole method of conveying specific information. |
| (d) Documents shall be organized so they are readable without requiring an associated style sheet. | Not supported | Information is generally organized well, but users may have difficulty understanding context when associated style sheets are not used. |
| (e) Redundant text links shall be provided for each active region of a server-side image map. | Not applicable | |
| (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. | Not applicable | |
| (g) Row and column headers shall be identified for data tables. | Not Supported | Some data tables do not make use of row and/or column headers. |
| (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. | Not Supported | Some data tables with two or more logical levels do not associate data cells with their corresponding row and/or column headers. |
| (i) Frames shall be titled with text that facilitates frame identification and navigation | Not supported | Some frames are missing text within the body of each frame that clearly identifies the frame, and/or are missing a descriptive title attribute as part of the frame element on the page. |
| (j) Pages shall be designed to avoid causing the screen to flicker with a frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz. | Not Applicable | |
| (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 Supported | Text-only equivalents are not available. |
| (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. | Supported with exceptions | Scripts are not always identified with functional text for assistive technologies. |
| (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). | Not Applicable | |
| (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 supported | Not all forms are compliant. |
| (o) A method shall be provided that permits users to skip repetitive navigation links. | Not supported | There is no mechanism (e.g. “skip links” using the accesskey attribute) that allows users to skip over lists of navigational menus or other lengthy lists of links. |
| (p) When a timed response is required, the user shall be alerted and given sufficient time to indicate more time is required. | Supported with exceptions | A system preference is available to enable changing the time allocated before session timeout, but the user is not able to extend their time period to complete a task. |
Note to 1194.22: The U.S Access 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.
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| Section 1194.23 Telecommunications Products exteNd Director is not considered a telecommunication product. |
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| Section 1194.24 Video and Multi-media Products exteNd Director does not use multimedia except as covered in section 1194.21. |
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| Section 1194.25 Self-Contained, Closed Products exteNd Director is not considered a self-contained product. |
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| Section 1194.26 Desktop and Portable Computers exteNd Director is software as defined under section 1194.21. |
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| Section 1194.31 Functional Performance Criteria - Detail | ||
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| Criteria | Supporting Features | Remarks and explanations |
| (a) At least one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require user vision shall be provided, or support for Assistive Technology used by people who are blind or visually impaired shall be provided. | Supported with minor exceptions (via compatibility with operating system accessibility features and third-party screen reader utilities)* | exteNd Director is compatible with commonly used assistive technologies. Users of assistive technology should contact their assistive technology vendor to assess the compatibility of specific assistive technology with Novell products and to learn how to adjust their settings to optimize interoperability.** |
| (b) At least one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require visual acuity greater than 20/70 shall be provided in audio and enlarged print output working together or independently, or support for Assistive Technology used by people who are visually impaired shall be provided. | Supported with minor exceptions (via compatibility with operating system accessibility features and third-party screen reader utilities)* | |
| (c) At least one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require user hearing shall be provided, or support for Assistive Technology used by people who are deaf or hard of hearing shall be provided | Supported | exteNd Director does not require user hearing for access to any application functionality. |
| (d) Where audio information is important for the use of a product, at least one mode of operation and information retrieval shall be provided in an enhanced auditory fashion, or support for assistive hearing devices shall be provided. | Supported | exteNd Director does not require user hearing for access to any application functionality. |
| (e) At least one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require user speech shall be provided, or support for Assistive Technology used by people with disabilities shall be provided. | Supported | exteNd Director does not require speech recognition. |
| (f) At least one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require fine motor control or simultaneous actions and that is operable with limited reach and strength shall be provided. | Supported with minor exceptions (via compatibility with operating system accessibility features and third-party screen reader utilities)* | |
| Section 1194.41 Information, Documentation and Support - Detail | ||
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| Criteria | Supporting Features | Remarks and explanations |
| (a) Product support documentation provided to end-users shall be made available in alternate formats upon request, at no additional charge. | Supported | Novell makes its documentation available in variety of formats at
http://www.novell.com/documentation Documentation is provided in HTML, and can be converted to other formats as needed. |
| (b) End-users shall have access to a description of the accessibility and compatibility features of products in alternate formats or alternate methods upon request, at no additional charge. | Supported | |
| (c) Support services for products shall accommodate the communication needs of end-users with disabilities. | Supported | Novell’s support services accommodate voice communications and email communications, both of which are operable by persons with disabilities. Support personnel are familiar with such features as keyboard access and other options important to people with disabilities. |
*A deployed portal may be functionally usable by impaired individuals, even where there are some minor issues noted above.
**There is a lag between Novell's software release date and the time it takes for some Assistive Technology manufacturers to upgrade their software and device drivers to support these new releases. The manufacturer’s porting timeframe may be a factor in determining when you decide to upgrade.
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