Released the new version of the tracker of Web accessibility Observatory

The Observatory of Web Accessibility has developed a new version of its Tracker tool compatible with all the requirements of the simplified monitoring Implementation decision (HAT) 2018/1524 . This version is based on the draft of the new methodology  en el que se ha venido trabajando en colaboración con los diferentes actores implicados (administraciones públicas, asociaciones de discapacitados, sector empresarial, expertos en accesibilidad, etc.)

This new version (in particular 5.0.4) has been released under licence EUPL v 1.2 and is available for 2 means:

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

This release is done for sharing with other states or institutions that are interested in monitoring activities with regard to compliance with accessibility requirements on their websites. Is of particular interest to all European countries must also comply with the requirements of the European directive, specifically for the "Agencies of monitoring and reporting" that exist in all member states.

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).

Among the improvements included in this new version of the tracker include:

• The standard application UNE-EN 301549:2019 (WCAG 2.1).
• Has been included an English translation of the tool generated through automatic translation tools
• 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. Recurrence management (fixed, pair, evens) to control the seeds that are discussed in each period of monitoring.
3. Management of tags by type of service (education, health, etc.), geographic location, the institutional level, etc. totally changeable for future expansion.
4. Improvement of the import and export of seeds, with filter seeds to import/export and establishing greater controls in the process.
5. Nueva funcionalidad para incluir semillas en bloque desde un fichero a un observatorio ya creado.
6. New field of "comments" for seeds.

• New features to the process of generating reports dynamic aggregates through templates and the characterization of the seed.

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.