A Comparative Assessment of Web Accessibility and
Technical Standards Conformance in Four EU States
Dr. Barry McMullin
Research Institute for Networks and
Communications Engineering (RINCE) Dublin City
University
Politiques et Législations en
faveur de l'accessibilité numérique en Europe
Paris, Jan 31 2005
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- Large Scale Accessibility Surveying: Why? How?
- Key Results
- Pervasive Defects
- Major Caveats
- Recommendations
- Thanks...
- Publicity/Awareness
- Public Policy/Legislation
- Education and Training
- RTD (UAAG...)
- Automated (severe limitation!)
- Ireland: 123 sites
- UK: 5702 sites
- Germany: 4250 sites
- France: 1545 sites
- Total sites: 4877
- Total pages: 151,514
| Ireland |
94.0% |
| UK |
94.5% |
| Germany |
95.6% |
| France |
98.6% |
| UK |
99% |
| Ireland |
100% |
| Germany |
100% |
| France |
100% |
| Germany |
99.6% |
| UK |
99.8% |
| Ireland |
100% |
| France |
100% |
- 98% of all sites
- 82% of all pages
- Retain only pages with usable DOCTYPE
- Require minimum data per site
- 30% of sites qualifed for further analysis
| UK |
96% |
| France |
96% |
| Ireland |
97% |
| Germany |
98% |
- P2: Bad HTML (99%+)
- P2: Rigid display coding (98%).
- P1: Missing ALT (93%).
- P2: Poor link text (70%).
- P2: Device restrictions (66%).
- P2: Inaccessible forms (62%).
- P1: HTML frames (37.0%).
- Sampling.
- False Negatives.
- False Positives.
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