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RAWeb 1.1

Accessible version (for a downloadable document)

Downloadable documents whose format types are recognised as compatible with accessibility must be made accessible either directly or via an accessible version or a version in HTML. The document formats recognised as compatible are:

  • Microsoft Office (Word 2003, OOXML);
  • LibreOffice (ODF);
  • Adobe PDF;
  • EPUB/Daisy.

PDF documents must comply with the PDF accessibility assessment framework (RAPDF). Other types of content must comply with the criteria of section 10 Non-web documents of European standard EN 301 549 v3.2.1.

Note: the text format (txt) cannot be used to produce an accessible version (for a downloadable document).