Accessibility Statement for SUNCAT
EDINA has a policy of working towards maximum accessibility for all users to all services that we provide. Where possible features are included that are specifically intended to enhance accessibility. EDINA policy includes making accurate accessibility statements, which describe shortcomings as well as positive features.
This is the official accessibility statement for the SUNCAT service. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact us on edina@ed.ac.uk.
Access keys
Most browsers support jumping to specific links by typing keys defined on the web site. On Windows, you can press ALT + an access key; on Macintosh, you can press Control + an access key (depending on which browser you use).
All the pages in this service define the access keys noted below:
- Access key 0 - Skip to main content
- Access key 1 - Basic Search
- Access key 2 - Advanced Search
- Access key 3 - Browse
- Access key 4 - Results List
- Access key 5 - Search History
- Access key 6 - Marked Items
- Access key 7 - Help
Standards compliance
Where applicable, pages in this service use structured semantic markup. H1 tags are used for main titles, H2 tags and lower for subtitles.
Navigation
At the top of each page there is a Skip to main content link (access key 0) mapped to a blank space, in order to bypass navigation links for keyboard users. Every page has a global toolbar. This precedes the main content of the page, and includes the following links: "Basic Search", "Advanced Search", "Browse", "Results List", "Search History", "Marked Items", and "Help".
Every page has a standard footer. This contains four links: "Terms of Use", this accessibility statement, "FAQ", and "Comments/Feedback"
Links
Links are written to make sense out of context.
When a link leads away from the web site, a new browser window will open. This should be noted in the title of the link.
Images
Any content images used in this service include descriptive alt attributes. Purely decorative graphics include null alt attributes.
Visual design
- This service uses tables for visual layout. Where used solely for layout purposes, table headers are not used.
- This service uses only relative font sizes, compatible with the user-specified "text size" option in visual browsers.
- Style sheets are used to designate font size and colour, both in "ordinary" text and linked text, and background and other visual layout aspects of tables.
- If your browser or browsing device does not support style sheets at all, the content of each page is still readable.
