Kurt A' Mueffelmann, President

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Building End-to-End Accessible and Compliance
Websites on MOSS 2007

• Kurt A. Mueffelmann, President CEO
• kam_at_hisoftware.com
• 1 603 578 1870

HiSoftware Inc. www.hisoftware.com
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Accessible Technology

• Assistive technologies can translate
  information to the user, but only if the
  information is text-based. An automated screen
  reader, for example, is programmed to read text.
• This means all Web elements must have text
  equivalents
• Images, multimedia, sounds
• Tables, frames
• Scripts, applets, objects
• Color
• Style sheets
• Electronic forms

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Example - Alternate text
Sighted user see a beach, aquamarine sea and
rocks in the foreground
A blind or partially sighted user, using a screen
reader which reads out image098.
Image098.jpg on a travel website
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Barriers to Access

• Users may have
• Learning difficulties
• Language fluency problems
• Hearing impairment
• Vision impairment
• Dexterity restrictions
• Work area restrictions
• Mobile access, such as in an automobile
• Disabilities that increase with age

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International Accessibility Standards
Canada

• United Kingdom
• UK Disability Rights Commission recently invoked
  national law requiring all public website meet
  accessibility requirements
• UK Disability Discrimination Act of 1995

• Canada
• Common Look Feel Law

• Japan
• E-policy for IT

• Europe
• EU announces 2003 Year of Person with
  Disabilities and commits web accessibility
  policy for member states
• European Union Public Policy for Web and
  E-Inclusion

• United States
• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
• Section 225 of the Telecommunications Act
• Sections 504 508 of the rehabilitation Act
• Workforce Investment Act of 1998
• Assistive Technology Act of 1998

• Australia
• Disability Discrimination Act

Emerging Markets Brazil and China - We are
watching these new markets closely.
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HiSoftware Overview

• Founded 1998
• 4,000 world-wide customers in 88 countries
• Industry Leading Technical Accessibility
  Solutions Vendor
• Single Platform Solution
• Cynthia Says
• Over 20m users
• Microsoft Accessibility ISV
• SharePoint
• ATG
• HP Web Governance Partner
• Multi-tiered Distribution Channel
• International Offices
• USA / EU / Aus / Asia
• Worldwide Resellers
• Consulting Services Partners
• Triple-digit growth in Revenue

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Accessibility Domain Expertise

• Professional Associations
• W3C
• Accessibility sub-committees (WCAG 1.0 / 2.0)
• Web Security Context Working Group
• Section 508 Technical Refresh Committee
• Intl Committee for IT Standards JTC on
  Accessibility
• Intl Accessibility Organization, SIDAR (EU)
  Board of Director
• Guild of Accessible Web Designers (UK)
• International Working Groups
• EU Ministerial eAccessibility Summit Riga,
  Latvia
• Sole Accessibility technology invitee
• EU eAccessibilty Forum in Paris w/BrailleNet (Fr)
• Accessibility Testing at EU Parliament
• Invited presenter Embedding Accessibility in
  Mainstream ICT
• OZeWAI Australian Web Adaptability Conference
• Keynote Speaker
• EU Accessibility Technology Presenter Brussels
  4/08
• W4A Conference Presenter Beijing 4/08

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Microsoft Office for SharePoint Server

• MOSS07 An integrated suite of server solutions
  that supply access to information while helping
  to improve organizational effectiveness through
  content management and enterprise search
• Fastest growing server product in MSFT history
• 1 billion FY08 Revenues
• 40 annual growth
• 100 million Client Access Licenses world-wide
• Not Accessible

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Methodology Technical Approach

• Non-invasive-
• Core components of SharePoint are not modified
• Wont be broken by service pack releases
• A La Carte Approach-
• Developers can select pieces of the kit to use
• Can be applied incrementally
• Educational-
• Helps designers achieve and understand
  accessibility
• Extensible-
• Open documentation and guidance as well as open
  source code allows additional contributions and
  extensions to the code base

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MOSS Accessibility Compliance
Application Layer
Audit Review
Development Design
Workflow
Content Authoring Layer
Content Testing
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Accessibility Kit for SharePoint (AKS)Open
Source Initiative

• Accessibility and usability enhancements.
• Components
• Master pages
• CSS
• Templates
• Web parts content by via control adapters
• Multi Phased
• 12/07 Phase I - Internet and Intranet
  publishing templates and Web sites.
• 4/08 Phase II - Collaboration (wiki/blogs) and
  team sites
• 2/09 Phase III- AKS 2.0
• Community Support
• Creation, development, support and launch of AKS
  online community site for SharePoint customers
  and partners.

Application Layer
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Font Sizing
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AKS masters change font size to Relative vs.
Absolute
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Accessible Rich Text Editor (aRTE)

• Accessible Output  (XHTML) or HTML Output
• Accessible INPUT Validate Accessibility of
  Entry
  with an accessible Harness
• Character formatting
• Bold
• Paragraph formatting
• List bullet
• List number
• Quote
• Table of figures inc row and/or column headings
• Hyperlink
• Headings - levels 1-4
• ALT-TXT for pictures
• Caption for pictures
• Source Editing
• Developer / Source Licensing Available
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Content Authoring Layer
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HiSoftware aRTE
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AKS Community - 7,000 Users
http//aks.hisoftware.com
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Product Map HiSoftware End-to-end Accessibility
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• This press release has a number of compliance
  issues which can be avoided with integrated
  testing.

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Validate content prior to publishing through a
browser.

• Compliance Sheriff for MOSS could validate all,
  test every checkpoint that the enterprise
  requires.

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• Or they could test for much more specific issues,
  such as Alternative text on images or WCAG.

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HiSoftware Content Compliance Check
Approved Completed
Rejected Completed
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Compliance Sheriff

• Executive Dashboard
• Actionable Reports
• View Source / Rendered
• Scheduled Scan
• Report Notification
• SP / Non-SP
• Internal / Public facing

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MOSS Accessibility
Application Layer
Audit Review
Development Design
Workflow
Content Authoring Layer
Content Testing
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Other Features

• Complete compliance suite for SharePoint
• Accessibility Compliance
• Privacy Information Data Vulnerability
• Market Site Quality (corporate standards)
• Intranet Standards
• Community Compliance
• Customized Checkpoints
• Licensing
• Scalable Flexible
• Hosted or self-hosted
• Subscription-based pricing
• Scalable Pricing
• MOSS Servers
• Content Providers

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Successes

• US Federal Agency - Accessibility
• EU Central Government Accessibility /
  Compliance
• WW News Entity - Collaborative Compliance
• US Financial Institution - Privacy

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Questions Further Information

• kam_at_hisoftware.com

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