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

Hi Michael,

Thanks for the VPAT discussion link. It was an interesting read.

I had assumed as much that the TDF would have to be involved with 
establishing a VPAT of its own.

However, I am assuming that this would not mean to say that an 
individual/group could not fill out a VPAT template based on a 
particular LibreOffice version thereby giving a partially or fully 
completed "unofficial" VPAT for that version. This would at least give 
any larger organization a document whereby it would be able to reference 
an unofficial VPAT to help it build its own VPAT. This would perhaps 
make it a little easier for larger organizations to adopt/onramp the use 
of LibreOffice as its choice of office suite.

But yes, anything VPAT official would have to involve the TDF.

Marc

Le 2023-07-25 à 11 h 46, Michael Weghorn a écrit :
> 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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