Repsol YPF
Accessibility
Repsol, in line with its social commitment, is working to make access to repsol.com easier for everybody, regardless of:
- > Technological or environmental limitations (noise, poor illumination, old browsers, slow connections)
- > Physical conditions (visual, auditory, motor, neurological or cognitive problems, including where related to language or old-age)
In 2007 repsol.com was brought up to date in accordance with the following standards of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C): XHTML 1.0 and CSS 2.0.
In 2008 a representative sample of repsol.com web pages was subjected to audit to determine the site's level of accessibility according to generally accepted standards. As a means of measuring accessibility, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), as defined by the W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). These guidelines take the form of a series of check-points that have to be fulfilled in order to attain an accessible web environment. The audit was carried out by ADESIS, a member company of the W3C since 2007.
In November 2008, repsol.com achieved the following performance levels:
- > A: 26.68%
- > AA: 31.22%
- > AAA: 32.93 %
Throughout 2009, repsol.com will continue to work on incorporating accessibility criteria into its web development, particularly in its corporate information area.
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