Web Accessibility Action Plan (Draft)

Beginning August 1, 2010, any new additions and/or revisions made to the web site follow the following rules. Elements that are not accessible and created prior to August 1, 2010, will be made accessible upon request. Please contact Marina Krob, Web ADA coordinator, at (406) 582-2338 or email mkrob@bozeman.net for assistance in providing an accessible alternative.

1. Provide Alternate Text -  A text equivalent for every non-text element shall be provided via "alt" (alternative text attribute), "longdesc" (long description tag), or in element content. This applies:
   1. Images and graphical buttons
   2. Graphical representations of text
   3. Image map regions
   4. animations
   5. applets and programmatic object
   6. ASCII  art (two slides)
   7. Frames
   8. Scripts
2. Meaning must be independent of color -
   Web pages shall be designed so that all information required for navigation or meaning is not dependent on the ability to identify specific colors.
3. Identify Language changes -
   Changes in the natural language (e.g., English to French) of a document's text and any text equivalents shall be clearly identified.
   1. For short passages of different languages with a page
   2. When the entire page is in different language
4. Style sheet independent -
   Document shall be organized so they readable without requiring an associated style sheet.
5. Update equivalents for dynamic content -
   Web pages shall update equivalents for dynamic content whenever they dynamic content.
   1. Image used FRAMES
   2. FRAMES and dynamic content created by SCRIPTS
6. Redundant text links for server-side image maps whenever possible -
   Redundant text links shall be provided for each active region of a server-side image map.
7. Row and Column Headers in Data Tables -
   Data tables shall provide identification of row and column headers.
8. Data cells must be associated with header cells -
   Markup shall be used to associate data cells and header cells for data table that have two or more logical levels of row or column headers.
9. Title all frames -
   Frames shall be titled with text that facilitates frame identification and navigation.
   1. Simple titles
   2. Complex frameset descriptions
10. Multimedia-
    Equivalent alternatives for any multimedia presentation will be provide upon request. If you have a special need please contact our Web ADA coordinator.