Accessibility

Standards and guidelines | Test tools | Browser and platform compatibility | pdf documents

We have put this site through rigorous accessibility testing, to meet the standards and compatibilities listed below. If you experience any difficulties with this site, please contact us about it.

Note: This accessability information does not apply to BASIX, PlanConnect, Industrylands, or Businesslands.

Standards and guidelines

This site has been tested with the aim of conforming to the following standards and guidelines:

• W3C Web Content Accessability Guidelines (WCAG) compliance, meeting priority 1 and priority 2 requirements. For further information about W3C WCAG, see Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 .
• W3C HTML 4.0 Specification for valid use of HTML code. For further information, see HTML 4.01 Specification .
• W3C CSS Level Specification for valid use of cascading style sheets. For further information, see Cascading Style Sheets, level 2 CSS2 Specification .
• The Office of Information and Technology guidelines for government websites. For further information, see Providing Information and Services Using the Internet Guideline .
• AGLS Metadata Standard, defined by National Archives of Australia. For further information, see National Archives of Australia - Recordkeeping .

Test tools

This site is being tested with the following tools:

• Bobby A and AA approval, meeting W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Page Authoring Guidelines. For further information, see About Bobby .
• Cynthia Says, a content and accessability validator. For further information, see About Cynthia .
• Wave 3.0, a content and accessability validator. For further information, see WAVE 3.0 Accessibility Tool .

Browser and platform compatibility

This site is being tested with the aim of supporting multiple browsers and platforms including deprecation across older browsers (versions 4+) and with style sheets not supported, including the following:

• Mozilla Firebird version 0.7 on Windows
• Internet Explorer, versions 5.5, 6.0 on Windows
• Internet Explorer versions 4.5, 5.2 on Mac
• Netscape versions 4.7, 7.1 on Windows, Linux
• Netscape versions 4.7, 7.1 on Mac
• IBM Home Page Reader version 3.0 on Windows
• Opera version 7.11 on Windows, Mac
• Opera version 7.22 on Linux
• Lynx version 2.8.4 on Windows, Mac
• Konqueror version 3.1.93 on Linux
• Mozilla version 1.5 on Linux
• Safari version 1.0 on Mac

pdf documents

There are several pdf files available for download through the iPlan website. Next to each pdf file, there is a link to a pdf help page. This pdf help page has various solutions to problems users may be facing while trying to download the pdf document.