Bobby Analysis Of A Sample Of JISC 5/99 Projects In Scotland

A pilot survey of the compliance with accessibility guidelines of the home pages of 6 JISC 5/99 projects in Scotland has been carried out. The survey makes use of the Bobby compliance checking tool.

A summary of the findings is given in the following table.

Table 1: Bobby Analysis Of Sample Of Scottish JISC 5/99 Projects

	Institution	A Compliant?	AA Compliant?	P1 Errors	P2 Errors	Comments	Try It
1	FAILTE	Y	Y	0	0	This appears to be an excellent example of a HTML compliant entry point which passes an automated accessiblity test. The page itself also has a pleasing design and is small and quick to download. The page validated to AAA guidelines.	A Check AA Check AAA Check
2	XGrain	Y	Y	0	0		A Check AA Check
3	Using Numerical Data	N	N	1 - 7 instances	2 - 1 instance and 6 instances	Adding a small number of ALT tags would ensure this page provided A compliance.	A Check AA Check
4	EEVL	Y	Y	0	0;		A Check AA Check
5	e-MapScholar	Y	Y	0	0		A Check AA Check
6	LEMUR	N	N	1 - 2 instances	1 - 22 instances	Adding a small number of ALT tags would ensure this page provided A compliance.	A Check AA Check

The information in the table was collected on 12^th September 2002.

Notes

Please note the following:

• Only the projects with a Web site have been analysed.
• Only the entry points have been analysed.
• Only an automated analysis has been carried out.
• The online version of this page allows the latest findings to be obtained.

Discussion

Rather than simply present projects with this information it is intended to first raise awareness of the issues by providing an article on the importance of standards compliance. If time and logistics permit it is hoped to raise these issues in a workshop and then provide access to the automated surveys.