Exact Editions Accessibility Conformance Report

(Based on VPAT® Version 2.5)

Name of Product

The Exact Editions Institutional Shop website.

Report Date

This report was last updated on 31st March 2025.

The previous VPAT report was produced on 24th February 2025.

Product Description

The Exact Editions Institutional Shop site is the main resource used by students and staff members of various types of institutions to browse available titles and their archives.

Contact Information

Please address any questions about this document to support@exacteditions.com.

Scope

This report is limited to the following activities on the Institutional Shop site:

Select a title to explore
View titles within specific research areas
View collections of titles
Search for different titles
Open a search result
View open-access archive resources
Search open-access archive resources
View the about page
Submit contact forms
Submit quote request forms
Submit trial request forms
Submit librarian recommendation forms
Sign up to institutional newsletter

Evaluation Methods Used

Interactions were evaluated using Google Chrome on a Mac with a number of extensions designed to identify accessibility problems.

Applicable Standards/Guidelines

This report reflects outstanding issues found by an audit based on the level A and AA criteria of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 (WCAG 2.2 AA).

Terms

The terms used in the Conformance Level information are defined as follows:

Supports: The functionality of the product has at least one method that meets the criterion without known defects or meets with equivalent facilitation.
Partially Supports: Some functionality of the product does not meet the criterion.
Does Not Support: The majority of product functionality does not meet the criterion.
Not Applicable: The criterion is not relevant to the product.
Not Evaluated: The product has not been evaluated against the criterion. This can only be used in WCAG Level AAA criteria.

WCAG 2.2 Report

Table 1: Success Criteria, Level A
Criteria	Conformance Level	Remarks and Explanations
1.1.1 Non-text Content (Level A)	Supports
1.2.1 Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded) (Level A)	Not Applicable
1.2.2 Captions (Prerecorded) (Level A)	Not Applicable
1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded) (Level A)	Not Applicable
1.3.1 Info and Relationships (Level A)	Partially Supports	Research area header (IN-739)
1.3.2 Meaningful Sequence (Level A)	Supports
1.3.3 Sensory Characteristics (Level A)	Supports
1.4.1 Use of Color (Level A)	Supports
1.4.2 Audio Control (Level A)	Not Applicable
2.1.1 Keyboard (Level A)	Supports
2.1.2 No Keyboard Trap (Level A)	Supports
2.1.4 Character Key Shortcuts (Level A 2.1 and 2.2)	Does Not Support	Provide a mechanism to turn off our keystroke navigation (IN-730)
2.2.1 Timing Adjustable (Level A)	Not Applicable
2.2.2 Pause, Stop, Hide (Level A)	Not Applicable
2.3.1 Three Flashes or Below Threshold (Level A)	Not Applicable
2.4.1 Bypass Blocks (Level A)	Supports
2.4.2 Page Titled (Level A)	Partially Supports	Quote and Trial requests to have clearer titles (IN-732)
2.4.3 Focus Order (Level A)	Supports
2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context) (Level A)	Partially Supports	Trial request form requires clearer login link (IN-738) Links with different destinations have same inner text (IN-778)
2.5.1 Pointer Gestures (Level A 2.1 and 2.2)	Not Applicable
2.5.2 Pointer Cancellation (Level A 2.1 and 2.2)	Supports
2.5.3 Label in Name (Level A 2.1 and 2.2)	Supports
2.5.4 Motion Actuation (Level A 2.1 and 2.2)	Not Applicable
3.1.1 Language of Page (Level A)	Supports
3.2.1 On Focus (Level A)	Supports
3.2.2 On Input (Level A)	Supports
3.2.6 Consistent Help (Level A 2.2 only)	Supports
3.3.1 Error Identification (Level A)	Partially Supports	Clearer labelling for captcha failure (IN-737)
3.3.2 Labels or Instructions (Level A)	Partially Supports	Quote and Trial requests require ARIA labels (IN-708)
3.3.7 Redundant Entry (Level A 2.2 only)	Not Applicable
4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (Level A)	Supports

Table 2: Success Criteria, Level AA
Criteria	Conformance Level	Remarks and Explanations
1.2.4 Captions (Live) (Level AA)	Not Applicable
1.2.5 Audio Description (Prerecorded) (Level AA)	Not Applicable
1.3.4 Orientation (Level AA 2.1 and 2.2)	Supports
1.3.5 Identify Input Purpose (Level AA 2.1 and 2.2)	Does Not Support	Quote and Trial form field purposes (IN-708)
1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) (Level AA)	Supports
1.4.4 Resize text (Level AA)	Supports
1.4.5 Images of Text (Level AA)	Partially Supports	Exception: A particular presentation of text is essential to the information being conveyed.
1.4.10 Reflow (Level AA 2.1 and 2.2)	Supports
1.4.11 Non-text Contrast (Level AA 2.1 and 2.2)	Supports
1.4.12 Text Spacing (Level AA 2.1 and 2.2)	Supports
1.4.13 Content on Hover or Focus (Level AA 2.1 and 2.2)	Not Applicable
2.4.5 Multiple Ways (Level AA)	Partially Supports	Provide a navigable sitemap for available content (IN-745)
2.4.6 Headings and Labels (Level AA)	Supports
2.4.7 Focus Visible (Level AA)	Supports
2.4.11 Focus Not Obscured (Minimum) (Level AA 2.2 only)	Supports
2.5.7 Dragging Movements (Level AA 2.2 only)	Not Applicable
2.5.8 Target Size (Minimum) (Level AA 2.2 only)	Partially Supports	Component distancing on magazine page (IN-783)
3.1.2 Language of Parts (Level AA)	Does Not Support	Magazine descriptions may be in a different language depending on country of publication (IN-747)
3.2.3 Consistent Navigation (Level AA)	Supports
3.2.4 Consistent Identification (Level AA)	Supports
3.3.3 Error Suggestion (Level AA)	Supports
3.3.4 Error Prevention (Legal, Financial, Data) (Level AA)	Supports
3.3.8 Accessible Authentication (Minimum) (Level AA 2.2 only)	Supports
4.1.3 Status Messages (Level AA 2.1 and 2.2)	Supports

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