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Accessibility Policy

Hitachi Group Website Accessibility Policy

The following accessibility policy has been established for Hitachi Group websites, in line with "Guidelines for older persons and persons with disabilities - Information and communications equipment, software and services - Part 3: Web content" (JIS X 8341-3:2010) as a part of Japanese Industrial Standards, which guidelines are associated with WCAG 2.0 (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0) from W3C (World Wide Web Consortium).

  • Level of Accessibility and Extent of Compliance: We seek to achieve Level A and AA compliance according to JIS X 8341-3:2010 standards. (The level A and AA in JIS X 8341-3:2010 are equivalent to the level A and AA in WCAG 2.0)
    • The concept of compliance represents that web content is developed with the following requirements of JIS X 8341-3:2010, and also meets all accessibility criteria targeting level A and AA.
  • Scope of Compliance: The general compliance of entire websites is not our primary goal at this point. Rather, as a preliminary goal, we seek to achieve compliance for individual pages, and then to achieve compliance for as many pages as possible (with a minimum of approximately 50 pages).
    • After we have met our initial objectives, the scope will be expanded to include new pages being developed, as we gradually increase the number of compliant pages on Hitachi sites.

Upon this policy, we are committed to maintaining and improving accessibility in Hitachi Group websites, not just for disabled or elderly visitors but for all website visitors.

Test Results

The following pages have been tested according to JIS X 8341-3:2010, Section 8.1.1, and confirmed as "compliant".

Test Results
Level of Accessibility Targetted AA
URI 6 main pages
See "Tested Web pages" below.
Web content technologies relied upon XHTML 1.0 Strict, CSS 2, JavaScript 1.3.
Accessibility Criteria Checklist See "Accessibility Criteria Checklist" below.
The Latest Date of Testing Jan 28, 2013
Accessibility Criteria Met at a Higher Level Than That Declared
  • 7.2.4.8: Current Location
  • 7.3.2.5: Changes of Context by Visitor Request

Tested Webpages

Accessibility Criteria Checklist

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  • Applicable
    Yes: Accessibility criteria apply to the tested webpage
    –: Accessibility criteria do not apply to the tested webpage
  • Compliant
    Yes: Tested page meets accessibility criteria
    No: Tested page does not meet accessibility criteria

Level A

    • Item
    • Accessibility Criteria
    • Applicable
    • Compliant
    • Notes
  • Item
    7.1.1.1
    Accessibility Criteria
    Non-text Content
    Applicable
    Yes
    Compliant
    Yes
    Notes
     
  • Item
    7.1.2.1
    Accessibility Criteria
    Prerecorded Audio- or Video-only Media
    Applicable
       –
    Compliant
    Yes
    Notes
    No audio- or Video-only content
  • Item
    7.1.2.2
    Accessibility Criteria
    Captions for Prerecorded Audio Content
    Applicable
       –
    Compliant
    Yes
    Notes
     
  • Item
    7.1.2.3
    Accessibility Criteria
    Alternatives to/Audio Descriptions of Prerecorded Video Content
    Applicable
       –
    Compliant
    Yes
    Notes
    No audio- or Video-only content
  • Item
    7.1.3.1
    Accessibility Criteria
    Information and Relationships
    Applicable
    Yes
    Compliant
    Yes
    Notes
     
  • Item
    7.1.3.2
    Accessibility Criteria
    Meaningful Sequence
    Applicable
    Yes
    Compliant
    Yes
    Notes
     
  • Item
    7.1.3.3
    Accessibility Criteria
    Sensory Characteristics
    Applicable
    Yes
    Compliant
    Yes
    Notes
     
  • Item
    7.1.4.1
    Accessibility Criteria
    Use of Colour
    Applicable
    Yes
    Compliant
    Yes
    Notes
     
  • Item
    7.1.4.2
    Accessibility Criteria
    Control of Audio Content
    Applicable
       –
    Compliant
    Yes
    Notes
    No audio- or Video-only content
  • Item
    7.2.1.1
    Accessibility Criteria
    Keyboard Operations
    Applicable
    Yes
    Compliant
    No
    Notes
     
  • Item
    7.2.1.2
    Accessibility Criteria
    Control of Focus
    Applicable
    Yes
    Compliant
    Yes
    Notes
     
  • Item
    7.2.2.1
    Accessibility Criteria
    Adjustable Time Limits
    Applicable
       –
    Compliant
    Yes
    Notes
    No content with adjustable time limits
  • Item
    7.2.2.2
    Accessibility Criteria
    Pausing, Stopping, and Hiding Content
    Applicable
    Yes
    Compliant
    Yes
    Notes
     
  • Item
    7.2.3.1
    Accessibility Criteria
    Three Flashes or Below Threshold
    Applicable
       –
    Compliant
    Yes
    Notes
    No flashing content
  • Item
    7.2.4.1
    Accessibility Criteria
    Bypassing Blocks of Content
    Applicable
    Yes
    Compliant
    Yes
    Notes
     
  • Item
    7.2.4.2
    Accessibility Criteria
    Page Title
    Applicable
    Yes
    Compliant
    Yes
    Notes
     
  • Item
    7.2.4.3
    Accessibility Criteria
    Focus Sequence
    Applicable
    Yes
    Compliant
    Yes
    Notes
     
  • Item
    7.2.4.4
    Accessibility Criteria
    Purpose of Links, as Determined by Context
    Applicable
    Yes
    Compliant
    Yes
    Notes
     
  • Item
    7.3.1.1
    Accessibility Criteria
    Language of Page
    Applicable
    Yes
    Compliant
    Yes
    Notes
     
  • Item
    7.3.2.1
    Accessibility Criteria
    Consistent Behaviour When Components Receive Focus
    Applicable
    Yes
    Compliant
    Yes
    Notes
     
  • Item
    7.3.2.2
    Accessibility Criteria
    Consistent Behaviour When Visitors Change Settings
    Applicable
    Yes
    Compliant
    Yes
    Notes
     
  • Item
    7.3.3.1
    Accessibility Criteria
    Input Error Identification
    Applicable
       –
    Compliant
    Yes
    Notes
    No content with input error identification
  • Item
    7.3.3.2
    Accessibility Criteria
    Labels or Instructions
    Applicable
    Yes
    Compliant
    Yes
    Notes
     
  • Item
    7.4.1.1
    Accessibility Criteria
    Parsing of Content
    Applicable
    Yes
    Compliant
    Yes
    Notes
     
  • Item
    7.4.1.2
    Accessibility Criteria
    Recognisable/Configuration Names. Roles, and Values
    Applicable
    Yes
    Compliant
    Yes
    Notes
     

Level AA

    • Item
    • Accessibility Criteria
    • Applicable
    • Compliant
    • Notes
  • Item
    7.1.2.4
    Accessibility Criteria
    Caption for Live Audio Content
    Applicable
       –
    Compliant
    Yes
    Notes
    No live audio content
  • Item
    7.1.2.5
    Accessibility Criteria
    Audio Descriptions for Prerecorded Video Content
    Applicable
       –
    Compliant
    Yes
    Notes
    No audio- or Video-only content
  • Item
    7.1.4.3
    Accessibility Criteria
    Minimum Contrast
    Applicable
    Yes
    Compliant
    Yes
    Notes
     
  • Item
    7.1.4.4
    Accessibility Criteria
    Text Resizing
    Applicable
    Yes
    Compliant
    Yes
    Notes
     
  • Item
    7.1.4.5
    Accessibility Criteria
    Graphic Representations of Text
    Applicable
    Yes
    Compliant
    Yes
    Notes
     
  • Item
    7.2.4.5
    Accessibility Criteria
    Multiple Ways to Reach Content
    Applicable
    Yes
    Compliant
    Yes
    Notes
     
  • Item
    7.2.4.6
    Accessibility Criteria
    Headings and Labels
    Applicable
    Yes
    Compliant
    Yes
    Notes
     
  • Item
    7.2.4.7
    Accessibility Criteria
    Visible Focus
    Applicable
    Yes
    Compliant
    Yes
    Notes
     
  • Item
    7.3.1.2
    Accessibility Criteria
    Language of Parts
    Applicable
    Yes
    Compliant
    Yes
    Notes
     
  • Item
    7.3.2.3
    Accessibility Criteria
    Consistent Navigation
    Applicable
    Yes
    Compliant
    Yes
    Notes
     
  • Item
    7.3.2.4
    Accessibility Criteria
    Consistent Identification
    Applicable
    Yes
    Compliant
    Yes
    Notes
     
  • Item
    7.3.3.3
    Accessibility Criteria
    Suggestions to Correct Input Errors
    Applicable
       –
    Compliant
    Yes
    Notes
    No content with input error identification
  • Item
    7.3.3.4
    Accessibility Criteria
    Error Prevention (in Legal, Financial, Data Management, or Test Contexts)
    Applicable
       –
    Compliant
    Yes
    Notes
    No content with legal or financial transactions, data modification, or test responses

Level AAA

    • Item
    • Accessibility Criteria
    • Applicable
    • Compliant
    • Notes
  • Item
    7.2.4.8
    Accessibility Criteria
    Current Location
    Applicable
    Yes
    Compliant
    Yes
    Notes
     
  • Item
    7.3.2.5
    Accessibility Criteria
    Changes of Context by Visitor Request
    Applicable
    Yes
    Compliant
    Yes
    Notes