a general enquiry

[Jonathan Hung]

Hi Russell,

Thanks for your interest in Fluid and it's great to hear that word is
getting out about the project!

Your question regarding uPortal 2 accessibility and Fluid is a very good
one. The Fluid project will be working with the uPortal community to improve
accessibility of uPortal 3 by delivering:

1. a designer's toolkit which advises designers and developers on how to
deliver more accessible interfaces.

2. a library of reusable user interface components that have been designed
with accessibility in mind.

As for specifications compliance, we will be following future specifications
that facilitate accessibility of "Web 2.0" interfaces. ARIA, WCAG 2.0, and
ISO AccessForAll are three specifications we will be using in the project.

I am not familiar with DDA or SENDA, so I don't know if any of the
specifications supported by Fluid satisfies the legislation.

You can find more information about Fluid-supported specifications can be
found here:
http://fluidproject.org/index.php/semantics-and-specifications

I hope that helps answer your inquiry and please feel free to use this
mailing list (fluid-talk at fluidproject.org) as a forum so that others can get
involved.

Take care,

- Jonathan.

On 12/06/07, RM Allen <R.M.Allen at bradford.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> Apologies for cross postings.
> I am currently project managing an implementation of Oracle portal in my
> University, the University of Bradford in the UK and I am aware of the
> many
> ways in which Oracle Portal's code rendering falls short of WCAG level 1
> regulations.  As such it also fails to comply with UK laws such as DDA and
> SENDA.
> At a recent conference I was asking how these issues could be resolved and
> it was suggested that I look at uPortal as there is greater flexibility in
> changing code as it is open source. I asked Jason Shao and Ian Dolphin for
> further information and your project was mentioned.  I've looked at the
> web
> site.  However, I haven't found any specific reference to WCAG, DDA or
> SENDA.  My particular concern is how students with disabilities will be
> able
> to access the functionality of my portal and whether these issues are
> being
> addressed by your project.  If not, are you able to make any suggestions
> or
> recommendations where I might go to next?
>
> I look forward to any responses
>
> Russell M. Allen
> Portal/CMS Project Manager
> University of Bradford
> West Yorkshire
> UK
>
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Jonathan Hung / jonathan.hung at utoronto.ca
University of Toronto - ATRC
Tel: (416) 946-8312
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