Barnes and Noble College VPAT™
Voluntary Product AccessibilityTemplate®
Version 1.3
The purpose of the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template, or VPAT™ is to assist Federal contracting officials and other buyers in making preliminary assessments regarding the availability of commercial “Electronic and Information Technology” products and services with features that support accessibility. It is assumed and recommended that offerers will provide additional contact information to facilitate more detailed inquiries.
The first table of the Template provides asummary view of the Section 508 Standards. The subsequent tables provide more detailed views of each subsection. There are three columns in each table. Column oneof the Summary Table describes the subsections of subparts B and C of the Standards. The second column describes the supporting features of the product or refers you to the corresponding detailed table, e.g., “equivalent facilitation." The third column contains any additional remarks and explanations regarding the product. In the subsequent tables, the first column contains the lettered paragraphs of the subsections. The second column describes the supporting features of the product with regard to that paragraph. The third column contains any additional remarks and explanations regarding the product.
Date: 4/21/2009
Name of Product: Barnes and Noble College
Contact for more Information(name/phone/email): Contact local Barnes and Noble College Bookstore through "Contact Us" link on web site.
Summary Table VPAT™ Voluntary Product Accessibility Template® | ||
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Criteria | SupportingFeatures | Remarks andexplanations |
Section 1194.21 SoftwareApplications and Operating Systems | Not Applicable | Barnes and Noble College is not considered a desktop application. |
Section 1194.22 Web-basedInternet Information and Applications | Supported with Exceptions | See attached document. |
Section 1194.23 TelecommunicationsProducts | Not Applicable | Barnes and Noble College is not considered a telecommunications product. |
Section 1194.24 Video andMulti-media Products | Not Applicable | Barnes and Noble College is not a video or multimedia product. |
Section 1194.25 Self-Contained,Closed Products | Not Applicable | Barnes and Noble College is not a self-contained closed product. |
Section 1194.26 Desktopand Portable Computers | Not Applicable | Barnes and Noble College is not a desktop or portable computer. |
Section 1194.31 FunctionalPerformance Criteria | Not Tested | Barnes and Noble College did not perform functional performance testing. |
Section 1194.41 Information,Documentation and Support | Supported | See attached document. |
Section 1194.22Web-based Internet information and applications – Detail VPAT™ Voluntary Product AccessibilityTemplate® | ||
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Criteria | SupportingFeatures | Remarks and explanations |
(a) A text equivalent for every non-text elementshall be provided (e.g., via "alt", "longdesc", or inelement content). | Supported with Minor Exceptions | Many images are missing alt attributes but contain their text descriptions near the image. Some checkboxes do not associate labels correctly. Some form elements have incorrect labels. |
(b) Equivalent alternatives for any multimediapresentation shall be synchronized with the presentation. | Not supported | Captions are not provided for multimedia content |
(c) Web pages shall be designed so that allinformation conveyed with color is also available without color, for examplefrom context or markup. | Supported | |
(d) Documents shall be organized so they arereadable without requiring an associated style sheet. | Supported | |
(e) Redundant text links shall be provided for eachactive region of a server-side image map. | Not Applicable | |
(f) Client-side image maps shall be providedinstead of server-side image maps except where the regions cannot be definedwith an available geometric shape. | Supported | |
(g) Row and column headers shall be identified fordata tables. | Supported | |
(h) Markup shall be used to associate data cellsand header cells for data tables that have two or more logical levels of rowor column headers. | Supported | |
(i) Frames shall be titled with text thatfacilitates frame identification and navigation | Not Applicable | |
(j) Pages shall be designed to avoid causing thescreen to flicker with a frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz. | Supported | |
(k) A text-only page, with equivalent informationor functionality, shall be provided to make a web site comply with theprovisions of this part, when compliance cannot be accomplished in any otherway. The content of the text-only page shall be updated whenever the primarypage changes. | Not Applicable | The primary content is accessible so a text-only page is not necessary. |
(l) When pages utilize scripting languages todisplay content, or to create interface elements, the information provided bythe script shall be identified with functional text that can be read byAssistive Technology. | Supported | |
(m) When a web page requires that anapplet, plug-in or other application be present on the client system tointerpret page content, the page must provide a link to a plug-in or appletthat complies with §1194.21(a) through (l). | Not Applicable | No applets or plugins are required to use this web site. |
(n) When electronicforms are designed to be completed on-line, the form shall allow people usingAssistive Technology to access the information, field elements, andfunctionality required for completion and submission of the form, includingall directions and cues. | Supported with Minor Exceptions | Select elements and check boxes do not have explicit labels. This may cause issues for some users of assistive technologies. |
(o) A method shallbe provided that permits users to skip repetitive navigation links. | Not Supported | |
(p) When a timedresponse is required, the user shall be alerted and given sufficient time toindicate more time is required. | Not Applicable | |
Note to 1194.22: The Board interpretsparagraphs (a) through (k) of this section as consistent with the followingpriority 1 Checkpoints of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (WCAG1.0) (May 5 1999) published by the Web Accessibility Initiative of the WorldWide Web Consortium: Paragraph (a) - 1.1, (b) - 1.4, (c) - 2.1, (d) - 6.1, (e)- 1.2, (f) - 9.1, (g) - 5.1, (h) - 5.2, (i) - 12.1, (j) - 7.1, (k) - 11.4.
Section 1194.41Information, Documentation and Support – Detail VPAT™ Voluntary Product Accessibility Template® | ||
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Criteria | SupportingFeatures | Remarks andexplanations |
(a) Product support documentation provided toend-users shall be made available in alternate formats upon request, at noadditional charge | Supported | Contact local Barnes and Noble College Bookstore through "Contact Us" link on web site. |
(b) End-users shall have access to a description ofthe accessibility and compatibility features of products in alternate formatsor alternate methods upon request, at no additional charge. | Supported | Contact local Barnes and Noble College Bookstore through "Contact Us" link on web site. |
(c) Support services for products shall accommodatethe communication needs of end-users with disabilities. | Supported | Contact local Barnes and Noble College Bookstore through "Contact Us" link on web site. |
