Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] Accessibility Requirement for LibreOffice Adoption at National Governmental Levels, etc.

Hi Marc,

there was a discussion around VPAT in 2020 already, s. the mailing list 
thread starting here:
https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/accessibility/msg00926.html

To summarize: Your below suggestion is something that this list cannot 
deal with, but that would have to be addressed to the TDF Board of 
Directors (email address: directors@documentfoundation.org).

Michael

On 2023-07-23 11:10, Marc Paré wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Many thanks for the feedback on these questions, all of which have quite 
> interesting information and suggestions.
>
> It would seem to me that LibreOffice should at least have a posted 
> generic VPAT (Voluntary Product Accessibility Template) somewhere on its 
> wiki where it is updated periodically. I would assume that the issue of 
> legal liability could be tackled by the TDF board if there is a need for 
> it, for which I would think there would be - this issue was raised in 
> Jonathon's response.
>
> I have read up on possible templates from the ITI (Information 
> Technology Industry Council) where they discuss the different versions 
> of VPAT templates where they are offering on their site 
> [https://www.itic.org/policy/accessibility/vpat]. These seem to 
> incorporate the latest in requirements of various accessibility 
> policies. IMO, the ITI's VPAT 2.4 INT template would best suit LibreOffice.
>
> Perhaps someone from the TDF could approach the ITI to see if they would 
> like to join the LibreOffice project with the intent of using their 
> professional help with helping LibreOffice set up and fill in a 
> compatible VPAT template suitable on an international scale.
>
> This would add value to the LibreOffice product and help promote the 
> project with organizations that require some level of adherence to 
> accessibility policy. And, for the sake of competing with MSO, we would 
> at least match a LibreOffice VPAT presence on our pages.
>
> I see that MSO has a page dealing with this 
> [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility/conformance-reports].
>
> Marc
>
>
>
> Le 2023-07-19 à 10 h 19, Marc Paré a écrit :
> > I was wondering if someone could comment on the following.
> >
> > If there were campaigns of LibreOffice/ODF adoption as default 
> > software/open document formats directed to various country 
> > governmental levels (either at the national, state/provincial, 
> > local/municipal, educational, NGO, etc.), would these different levels 
> > have each of their own requirements for adoption of LibreOffice/ODF 
> > adoption depending on their criteria of accessibility options of a 
> > LibreOffice? Or are there large differences in accessibility options 
> > between such organizations where each would have to be researched 
> > separately before embarking on such a campaign?
> >
> > Do the accessibility options found in LibreOffice suffice for all 
> > criteria of adoption for most of these organizations?
> >
> > Is there an organization that regulates accessibility requirements for 
> > software packages?
> >
> > Are there any missing accessibility options in LibreOffice that would 
> > essentially make it difficult for any governmental agency to adopt it 
> > as their default wordprocessor software suite?
> >
> > Marc

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