We use Geoserver for a Government Agency that also requires Section 508
compliance. Like Andrea said, web mapping applications usually have less
restrictions based on their visual nature. On the UI you have to take some
steps, like provide alternative content in the form of tables or lists so
that screen readers can pick them up. But this is pretty much true for any
GIS server technology, accessibility of the applications built on top of it
will depend on what you do on the UI.
Hope that helps
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On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Andrea Aime <andrea.a...@geo-solutions.it>wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Jim <jful...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm investigating Geoserver for use by a government agency. Does
> Geoserver
> > have dicumentation on 508 (accessibility) compliance?
>
> Nope, we don't. As far as I know 508 was not taken care of during GeoServer
> development.
> I'm not an expert, but I'm wondering if GeoServer actually needs to be 508
> compliant. The administration interface is not meant to be open to the
> public,
> it's a set of admin tools plus a few demos that you can decide, or
> not, to expose.
> The real public facing part is the set of OGC services, which really have
> no
> GUI, they are just web services, I guess the focus of 508 is on the user
> interfaces too?
> That said, really wondering if it's possible to write a GIS front end that
> does
> interact properly with screen readers and the like...
>
> Cheers
> Andrea
>
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