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These guidelines help ensure that all DSpace components have a consistent layout and follow the essential Components of Web Content Accessibility ( https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/ Guidelines (WCAG). These guidelines have to MUST be followed by anyone who wants to contribute to the project.  See also our Code Contribution Guidelines

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The DSpace User Interface strives to align with all WCAG 2.1AA criteria. Some AAA criteria may also be supported.

However, please be aware that DSpace has little control over the files/content uploaded into it.  Therefore, DSpace cannot promise accessibility of any uploaded files (such as captions/descriptions on audio/video or alt tags on images). That said, DSpace does its best to provide features that allow system administrators to achieve desired accessibility of these uploaded files (e.g. by supporting uploading of WebVTT captioning for the built in Media Viewer). If you have an idea for an accessibility feature which you'd like to see added to DSpace, you can create a ticket describing the feature. As DSpace is primarily maintained by volunteers / institutions using it, we also welcome new accessibility features to be contributed.

If you discover an accessibility issue or bug in the DSpace User Interface, we ask that you submit a bug ticket describing the issue.  If you have an immediate suggested fix, please either include the description in the ticket, or provide a Pull Request with the necessary code changes. 

To learn about specific accessibility issues in DSpace that are either pending or already addressed, you may search using the "accessibility" label across open or closed tickets: https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/issues?q=label%3Aaccessibility+  For more information see Accessibility documentation.

Here are specific guidelines we strive to follow in the "Base Theme":

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