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Accessibility

Accessibility statement

Last reviewed July 23, 2026

Standards Body wants its research to be readable by everyone, and treats accessibility as part of publication quality. This page states the site's current posture honestly, including its known limitations.

What the site does

  • Semantic HTML with landmarks, a single H1 per page, and an orderly heading hierarchy.
  • A skip-to-content link and visible keyboard focus styling on every page.
  • Keyboard-operable navigation, including the mobile menu, which also closes with the Escape key.
  • Reduced-motion preferences respected.
  • Long documents provide a collapsible table of contents, and library records carry visible status and review-state badges.
  • Text that can be resized in the browser without loss of function, and layouts that work on small screens.
  • Publication downloads include a tagged, selectable-text PDF with a defined document language.

Known limitations

  • Resolved July 23, 2026: the low-emphasis gray design token, previously #71717a at a measured 4.12 to 1 against the site background, has been revised to #7d7d86, which measures 4.88 to 1 on the page background and 4.70 to 1 on raised surfaces, meeting the WCAG 2.1 AA threshold of 4.5 to 1 for small text. The token remains confined to decorative elements such as breadcrumb separators as an additional margin.
  • The site has not yet undergone an external accessibility audit or assistive-technology user testing.

Feedback and support

If any part of this site or its publications is difficult for you to access, or if you need content in another format, contact [email protected]. Accessibility reports are handled through the same recorded correction discipline as factual errors.