Introduction
This site was designed according to the privacy policy recommendations of the worldwide web consortium W3C with regard to the privacy protection initiative of the Web WAI (ALT: exterior link to their site), according to the principle of universality and in respect of the technical requirements listed in the official document issued by CNIPA.
In evaluating the degree of privacy of the resources included on this site, applications supporting the site’s technical validity have been used; nevertheless, great care has also been taken to assure the analytical and manual validity of the site by qualified personnel specialized in web design and information management, according to the checkpoints laid out in Web WCAG 1.0.
Technical verifications
With the aim of certifying the conformity of the pages to all required rules, automated tools, semi-automated tools, and expert advice have all been used. Following is a list of the tools used:
Automated and semi-automated verifications
- XHTML grammatical check
- CSS syntax check
- WebXact™ privacy check
- Etre privacy check
- Tool for checking brightness and color differences
Testing of pages with various graphic browsers
This site’s pages have been tested using the guidelines of the CNIPA, published on the site Pubbliaccesso.it
- content and functions of each page are the same in each browser;
- page presentation and appearance are similar in all the browsers that support the technology listed in point 1;
- image, content, and downloads can be deactivated if desired;
- deactivation of sound and the contents of any audio files is possible;
- using the controls available in each browser to determine font size, the page contents are still functional;
- the page is navigable in a clear fashion solely with the use of a keyboard;
- the page’s content and functionality are still useable (even if only in equivalent fashion) when markers, style sheets, scripts, applets and objects are disabled.
Operating systems and browsers used to test this site
Windows™:
Internet Explorer 5.5 - Internet Explorer 6
Netscape 7.1
Opera 7 - Opera 8 - Opera 8 in simulation of a text-only browser
Mozilla - 1.6 - Mozilla 1.7
Firefox 1.02 - Firefox 1.03
OS X:
Internet Explorer 5.2
Netscape 7.2
Opera 7 - Opera 8 - Opera 8 in simulation of a text-only browser
Mozilla - 1.6 - Mozilla 1.7
Firefox 1.02 - Firefox 1.03
Camino 1.01
Safari
Linux:
Opera 7 - Opera 8 - Opera 8 in simulation of a text-only browser
Mozilla - 1.6 - Mozilla 1.7
Firefox 1.02 - Firefox 1.03
Ephifany 1.8.5
Konqueror 3.4
Lynx 2.8.5
Following the above checks, the site was deemed to be of the second privacy level (AA) according to WCAG 1.0
Adherence to the guidelines of WCAG 1.0
The following guidelines have been fully respected:
- Provide equivalent alternatives to auditory and visual content. (guideline 1)
- Don't rely on color alone. (guideline 2)
- Use markup and style sheets and do so properly. (guideline 3)
- Clarify natural language usage (guideline 4)
- Create tables that transform gracefully. (guideline 5)
- Ensure that pages featuring new technologies transform gracefully. (guideline 6)
- Ensure user control of time-sensitive content changes. (guideline 7)
- Ensure direct accessibility of embedded user interfaces. (guideline 8)
- Design for device-independence. (guideline 9)
- Use interim solutions. (guideline 10)
- Use W3C technologies and guidelines. W3C (guideline 11)
- Provide context and orientation information. (guideline 12)
- Provide clear navigation mechanisms. (guideline 13)
- Ensure that documents are clear and simple. (guideline 14)
