Following is a quick tip from the AD208 : End-to-End Quality Processes for Top Notch XPages Apps session from IBM Connect 2014. In the tip, speakers Martin Donnelly, Brian Gleeson, and Padraic Edwards cover XPages accessibility for the latest WCAG 2.0 and Section 508 standards, including why you should care about it, tools to get started, and guidelines and best practices.

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AD208: End-to-End
Quality Processes for
Top Notch XPages Apps
Martin Donnelly, IBM Ireland
Brian Gleeson, IBM Ireland
Padraic Edwards, IBM Ireland

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XPages Accessibility
Why should we worry about accessibility?
 Millions of people worldwide live & work with a disability
 IBM requirement
 Extend market reach
 Requirement for Government services
 Promotes good Design Practices
 Promotes better usability

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Your shiny new app...

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...now turn off your monitor!

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Colour blindness example

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A brief overview
■ XPages must be compliant to WCAG 2.0 level A and level AA, and US Section 508
standards
■ XPages is the recommended accessible solution for IBM Domino Web Apps
■ There is no single solution but rather choose an accessible path
■ Make use of the tools, techniques and documentation available
– A good starting point - http://www.w3.org/WAI/
XPage Web Apps
IBM Web Accessibility Checklist
http://goo.gl/YLPqm0
XPages in the Client (XPinC) Apps
IBM Software Accessibility Checklist
http://goo.gl/xDCrQF

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Supported Environments
■ In v9.0.1, the accessible path supported by XPages is:
– Microsoft Windows 7
– Mozilla Firefox 25
– JAWS 14
– English was chosen test language
– Theme: “OneUI v2.1 Blue”

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■ WAI-ARIA standard
– Accessible Rich Internet Applications
– http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/aria.php
■ Supplements HTML content
■ Increases accessibility of webpages
■ Some XPages controls are accessible “out-of-the-box”
■ Accessibility specific properties in IBM Domino Designer ®
– e.g. 'role', 'title', 'description' properties
– 'attrs' property for adding additional aria attributes

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IBM Accessibility Verification Testing (AVT)
■ AVT1 - Automated Test Tools
– Firefox plugin: Rational Policy Tester (RPT)
including Dynamic Assessment Tool
■ AVT2 - Manual Tests
– Keyboard Navigation
– Focus & Sequence
– Visual formatting
● Colour contrast
● High contrast
● Large font
– Alternative content for
audio/video
– Error handling
■ AVT3 - JAWS
– Screen Reader tool

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Guidelines & Best practices
■ Accessibility should begin at the 'Design' phase
– Design your apps with accessibility in mind
– Keep things simple & avoid over-complicating design
■ Use Accessible Controls where possible
– See Control Reference sections of the Help User Guide to help choose
controls
– In 9.0.1, new accessibility properties have been added to some controls
■ Error Pages
– Provide customized accessible XPage error pages

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Guidelines & Best practices (cont.)
 Using Events in your application
– Any mouse event must have a matching keyboard event
 Using Access Keys in your application
– Set accesskeys in IBM Domino Designer ®
– Make the bindings unique and intuitive
 Using Partial Update
– Ensure that the updated area/control is further down the page
 Login Pages
– Enable SSO on the Domino Server for accessible user
authentication

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Contact Information:
martin.donnelly@ie.ibm.com
brian.gleeson@ie.ibm.com
padraic.edwards@ie.ibm.com
Questions & Answers

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