Plone Accessibility Conformance Report

Based on VPAT® 2.4 Revised Section 508 Edition

# Name of Product/Version

Plone 5.2

# Report Date

1/20/2022

# Product Description

Open-source CMS based on Python.

# Contact Information

# Author Information

• Company: Plone Foundation
• Address: PO Box 431, Fishers IN 46038, USA
• Email: a11y@plone.org
• Website: https://plone.org

# Notes

Testing applies to Plone with standard theme. Website-specific themes and CSS will have to be tested foraccessibility compliance by the organization deploying that Plone site. Also, the content that is added to a Plone sitewill have to be evaluated, especially when audio-visual materials are added. Testing with assistive technologies onlydone with English, Spanish and Portuguese language versions.

# Evaluation Methods Used

Testing with assistive technologies, testing is based on general public knowledge.

# Applicable Standards/Guidelines

This report covers the degree of conformance for the following accessibility standard/guidelines:

Standard/Guideline	Included In Report
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0	Table 1: Success Criteria, Level A Table 2: Success Criteria, Level AA Table 3: Success Criteria, Level AAA
Revised Section 508 standards published January 18, 2017 and corrected January 22, 2018	Chapter 3: Functional Performance Criteria (FPC) Chapter 4: Hardware Chapter 5: Software Chapter 6: Support Documentation and Services

# Terms

The terms used in the Conformance Level information are defined as follows:

• Supports: The functionality of the product has at least one method that meets the criterion without known defects or meets with equivalent facilitation.
• Partially Supports: Some functionality of the product does not meet the criterion.
• Does Not Support: The majority of product functionality does not meet the criterion.
• Not Applicable: The criterion is not relevant to the product.
• Not Evaluated: The product has not been evaluated against the criterion. This can be used only in WCAG 2.0 Level AAA.

# WCAG 2.0 Report

# Table 1: Success Criteria, Level A

Criteria	Conformance Level	Remarks and Explanations
1.1.1 Non-text Content	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Partially Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable	Electronic Documents: Some images in the documentation donot yet have descriptive enough ALT text descriptions.This is being worked on.
1.2.1 Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable
1.2.2 Captions (Prerecorded)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable
1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable
1.3.1 Info and Relationships	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable
1.3.2 Meaningful Sequence	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable
1.3.3 Sensory Characteristics	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable
1.4.1 Use of Color	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable
1.4.2 Audio Control	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Not Applicable Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable
2.1.1 Keyboard	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable
2.1.2 No Keyboard Trap	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable
2.2.1 Pause, Stop, Hide	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable
2.2.2 Timing Adjustable	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable
2.3.1 Three Flashes or Below Threshold	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable
2.4.1 Bypass Blocks	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Not Applicable Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable
2.4.2 Page Titled	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable
2.4.3 Focus Order	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable
2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable
3.1.1 Language of Page	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable
3.2.1 On Focus	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable
3.2.2 On Input	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Not Applicable Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable
3.3.1 Error Identification	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Not Applicable Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable
3.3.2 Labels or Instructions	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable
4.1.1 Parsing	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable
4.1.2 Name, Role, Value	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable

# Table 2: Success Criteria, Level AA

Criteria	Conformance Level	Remarks and Explanations
1.2.4 Captions (Live)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable
1.2.5 Audio Description (Prerecorded)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable
1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable
1.4.4 Resize text	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable
1.4.5 Images of Text	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable
2.4.5 Multiple Ways	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports
2.4.6 Headings and Labels	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Not Applicable Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports
2.4.7 Focus Visible	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports
3.1.2 Language of Parts	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports
3.2.3 Consistent Navigation	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Authoring Tool: Supports
3.2.4 Consistent Identification	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports
3.3.3 Error Suggestion	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Not Applicable Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports
3.3.4 Error Prevention (Legal, Financial, Data)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Not Applicable Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports

# Table 3: Success Criteria, Level AAA

Criteria	Conformance Level	Remarks and Explanations
1.2.6 Sign Language (Prerecorded)	Web: Not Evaluated
1.2.7 Extended Audio Description (Prerecorded)	Web: Not Evaluated
1.2.8 Media Alternative (Prerecorded)	Web: Not Evaluated
1.2.9 Audio-only (Live)	Web: Not Evaluated
1.4.6 Contrast (Enhanced)	Web: Not Evaluated
1.4.7 Low or No Background Audio	Web: Not Evaluated
1.4.8 Visual Presentation	Web: Not Evaluated
1.4.9 Images of Text (No Exception)	Web: Not Evaluated
2.1.3 Keyboard (No Exception)	Web: Not Evaluated
2.2.3 No Timing	Web: Not Evaluated
2.2.4 Interruptions	Web: Not Evaluated
2.2.5 Re-authenticating	Web: Not Evaluated
2.3.2 Three Flashes	Web: Not Evaluated
2.4.8 Location	Web: Not Evaluated
2.4.9 Link Purpose (Link Only)	Web: Not Evaluated
2.4.10 Section Headings	Web: Not Evaluated
3.1.3 Unusual Words	Web: Not Evaluated
3.1.4 Abbreviations	Web: Not Evaluated
3.1.5 Reading Level	Web: Not Evaluated
3.1.6 Pronunciation	Web: Not Evaluated
3.2.5 Change on Request	Web: Not Evaluated
3.3.5 Help	Web: Not Evaluated
3.3.6 Error Prevention (All)	Web: Not Evaluated

# Revised Section 508 Report

# Chapter 3: Functional Performance Criteria (FPC)

Criteria	Conformance Level	Remarks and Explanations
302.1 Without Vision	Supports
302.2 With Limited Vision	Supports
302.3 Without Perception of Color	Supports
302.4 Without Hearing	Supports
302.5 With Limited Hearing	Supports
302.6 Without Speech	Supports
302.7 With Limited Manipulation	Supports
302.8 With Limited Reach and Strength	Supports
302.9 With Limited Language, Cognitive, and Learning Abilities	Partially Supports	Administration section of the website Partially Supports relies on abstract concepts and ICT knowledge

# Chapter 4: Hardware

Notes: Hardware accessibility criteria is not applicable.

# Chapter 5: Software

Notes: Software accessibility criteria is not applicable.

# Chapter 6: Support Documentation and Services

Notes: Additional documentation and services are not available.