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Web Accessibility and Standards

The OLS site strives to conform to the latest Web Standards as proposed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The OLS site uses a template based Content Management System that facilitates the creation of valid XHTML 1.0 transitional documents. OLS web pages been validated against the XHTML 1.0 Transitional DTD. The validation service can be found here.

The OLS web site also meets the accessibility recommendations of both Section 508 Rehabilitation Act and those of the W3C.

To find out more about issues surrounding Web accessibility, visit the W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative.

Web Standards are constantly evolving. As such, we welcome feedback regarding web standards and accessibility issues at all times to ensure that OLS is accessible as possible.


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