Released the new version of the tracker of Web accessibility Observatory

El Observatorio de Accesibilidad Web ha desarrollado una nueva versión de su herramienta del Rastreador compatible con todos los requisitos del seguimiento simplificado de la Implementation decision (HAT) 2018/1524 . This version is based on the draft of the new methodology that has been working in collaboration with different actors (public authorities, associations of disabled, business sector, experts in accessibility, etc.)

Esta nueva versión (en concreto la 5.0.4) se ha liberado con licencia EUPL v 1.2 y se encuentra disponible por 2 medios:

• Como paquete distribuible en el área de descargas de la solución en el CTT.
• As collaborative development project in GITHUB http://github.com/ctt-gob-es/oaw

Esta liberación se realiza para su compartición con otros estados o instituciones que tengan interés en realizar actividades de monitorización con respecto al cumplimiento de los requisitos de accesibilidad en sus sitios web. Es de especial interés para todos los países europeos que también tienen que cumplir con los requisitos de la Directiva Europea, concretamente para los "Organismos de seguimiento y presentación de Informes" que existirán en todos los Estados Miembros.

The Spanish public administrations do not need to perform the installation as they have at their disposal free of charge the diagnostic service online community Accessibility (Service tab).

Entre las mejoras incluidas en esta nueva versión del rastreador, cabe destacar:

• The standard application UNE-EN 301549:2019 (WCAG 2.1).
• Se ha incluido una traducción al inglés de la herramienta generado a través de herramientas de traducción automática
• Se han creado nuevas funcionalidades para la gestión de las semillas asociadas a un observatorio mejorando su caracterización para controlar su posterior ejecución y agregación de resultados.

1. Management of complexities to analyze different number of pages of a website according to their complexity.
2. Gestión de recurrencia (fija, par, impar) para controlar las semillas que se analizan en cada periodo de monitorización.
3. Management of tags by type of service (education, health, etc.), geographic location, the institutional level, etc. totally changeable for future expansion.
4. Mejora de la importación y exportación de semillas, pudiéndose filtrar las semillas a importar/exportar y estableciendo mayores controles en el proceso.
5. New functionality to include seeds en bloc from a file to an already created observatory.
6. New field of "comments" for seeds.

• Nuevas características para el proceso de generación de informes agregados dinámicos a través de plantillas y las caracterización de la semilla.

All these new features have been developed by allowing the backwards compatibility for institutions that already have installed the previous version of the tool.

Text in English

The Web Accessibility Observatory has developed a new version of its Tracker tool that is compatible with all the requirements for simplified monitoring of Implementation Decision (EU) 2018/1524 . This version is based on the draft of the new methodology   in which we have been working in collaboration with the different actors involved (public administrations, associations of disabled people, sector business, accessibility experts, etc.)

This new version (specifically 5.0.4) has been released with EUPL v 1.2 license and is available by 2 means:

• As a distributable package in the download area of the solution in the CTT.
• As a collaborative development project at GITHUB: http://github.com/ctt-gob-es/oaw

This release is made for sharing with other states or institutions that have an interest in conducting monitoring activities regarding compliance with accessibility requirements on their websites. It is of special interest for all European countries that also have to comply with the requirements of the European Directive, specifically for the "Monitoring and Reporting Bodies" that will exist in all EU Member States.

Spanish public administrations do not need to carry out this installation as they have the Community's online diagnostic service Accessibility free of charge. (ENLACE)

Among the improvements included in this new version of the tracker, it is worth highlighting:

• Application of the UNE-EN 301549: 2019 standard (WCAG 2.1) [enlace a la norma].
• An English translation of the tool generated through automatic translation tools has been included
• New functionalities have been created for the management of seeds associated with an observatory, improving their characterization to control their subsequent execution and aggregation of results:

1. Complexity management to analyze different number of pages of a website depending on its complexity.
2. Recurrence management (fixed, even, odd) to control the seeds that are analyzed in each monitoring period.
3. Label management by type of service (education, health, etc.), geographical location, institutional level, etc. fully parameterizable for future expansion.
4. Improvement of the import and export of seeds, being able to filter the seeds to import / export and establishing greater controls in the process.
5. New functionality to include block seeds from a file to an already created observatory.
6. New field of "Observations" for seeds.

• New features for the process of generating dynamic aggregated reports through templates and characterization of the seed.

All these new functionalities have been developed allowing backward compatibility for institutions that already have the previous version of the tool installed.