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Sample Accessibility Conformance Report

This is an anonymized ACR in the ITI VPAT 2.5 WCAG edition layout. The product name, version, and screen names have been changed. The structure, the wording of the remarks, and the level of detail are what a buyer would receive.

The mix of Supports, Partially Supports, and Does Not Support entries is real, because a truthful ACR is the point. A report that says Supports on every row is the document reviewers reject.

Placeholder: sample ACR content not yet supplied

The tables on this page are layout skeletons. The practitioner supplies the anonymized report in content/sample-acr.md, and each placeholder row is then replaced with real criteria entries. No conformance entries have been invented for this page.

Product and evaluation details

Report metadata, VPAT 2.5 WCAG edition
FieldValue
Name of product and versionPlaceholder: supplied by practitioner
Report datePlaceholder: supplied by practitioner
Product descriptionPlaceholder: supplied by practitioner
Contact informationPlaceholder: supplied by practitioner
NotesPlaceholder: supplied by practitioner
Evaluation methods usedPlaceholder: supplied by practitioner (tested environments, assistive technology, browsers, tester name)
Applicable standards and guidelinesPlaceholder: supplied by practitioner

Terms used in the report

Conformance level terms as defined by the VPAT 2.5 template
TermMeaning
SupportsThe functionality of the product has at least one method that meets the criterion without known defects or meets with equivalent facilitation.
Partially SupportsSome functionality of the product does not meet the criterion.
Does Not SupportThe majority of product functionality does not meet the criterion.
Not ApplicableThe criterion is not relevant to the product.
Not EvaluatedThe product has not been evaluated against the criterion. This can only be used in WCAG Level AAA criteria.

WCAG 2.x report

One table per conformance level, as laid out in the template. Each row names the success criterion, the conformance level term, and the remarks that explain the result.

Table 1: Success criteria, Level A
CriteriaConformance levelRemarks and explanations
Placeholder: Level A criterion rows supplied by practitionerPlaceholderPlaceholder
Table 2: Success criteria, Level AA
CriteriaConformance levelRemarks and explanations
Placeholder: Level AA criterion rows supplied by practitionerPlaceholderPlaceholder
Table 3: Success criteria, Level AAA (optional in the WCAG edition)
CriteriaConformance levelRemarks and explanations
Placeholder: Level AAA criterion rows supplied by practitioner, or the table is removedPlaceholderPlaceholder

The VPAT is a registered service mark of the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI). The template text quoted above is from the VPAT 2.5 WCAG edition. Verify the current template version at ITI before relying on this layout.

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