Scottish Continuity Group

standards compliance

The graphical version of this site conforms to W3C's "Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0", available at http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/WAI-WEBCONTENT-19990505, Level A compliance as specified by the World Wide Web Consortium and endorsed by the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB). Many Level AA requirements are also met.

All pages validate as XHTML 1.0 Transitional and use structured semantic markup.

The CSS also validates.

We strive to obey the spirit of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) of 1995 with respect to the provision of services online, as required by the Disability Rights Commission (DRC).

While we use Bobby to test for accessibility, it is just one aspect of our testing procedure. As a computer programme, the Bobby test is not as reliable as expert evaluation.

There is also a 'text only' version of each site page which is compliant with the available standards.

accessibility features in your browser

Most browsers and screens can be adjusted to help you view websites more clearly and this can be done by altering the size, format and colours.

Internet Explorer
Go to Tools/Internet Options and under the General Tab select Colours, Fonts or Accessibility. You can also press the F1 Key for further information on accessibility features within Explorer.

Netscape Navigator
Keyboard shortcuts:
http://help.netscape.com/netscape7/shortcuts.html
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/ui/accessibility

In Netscape, you can specify your own fonts and colours by selecting Edit, then Preferences and then Appearance.