El documento CWA 15554:2006 Specifications for a Web Accessibility Conformity Assessment Scheme and a Web Accessibility Quality Mark fue una propuesta para una certificación europea en accesibilidad web. Estaba desarrollada por el Comité Europeo de Normalización (CEN). El preambulo de esta norma decía:
Foreword
This CWA was drawn up by a CEN/ISSS Workshop established to obtain a first level European agreement on
a European conformity assessment scheme concerning the delivery of a ÿQuality Markÿ for Web Accessibility,
in accordance with the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
The decision to launch the CEN/ISSS Workshop was taken at the Kick-Off meeting on 14 April 2005 in
Brussels.
This CEN Workshop Agreement was approved following the consensus of the Workshop's registered
participants at the final meeting in Brussels on 14-15 March 2006 and a subsequent expression of support
through an electronic process that ended on 5 April 2006.
The CEN Workshop Agreement is based on the assumption that a Quality Mark for Web Accessibility will be
beneficial to users including elderly people and users with disabilities. Many stakeholders support this
assumption, as proven by the existence of many (national) labelling schemes already. It was noted that some
major IT companies and their sector representative organisations clearly state a preference to use supplierÿs
declaration of conformity, which is more feasible and efficient according to their opinion. The Workshop
therefore considered third party conformity assessment and supplierÿs declaration of conformity equally.
The list of companies and organisations that have participated in the Workshop and expressed support to this
CEN Workshop Agreement is available from the CEN Management Centre upon request.
W3C/WAI asked it to be recorded that they object to the implementation of this CEN Workshop Agreement
until such time as high-quality, comprehensive, and consensed versions of the evaluation methodology and
training requirements & plan are available.
Y se proponía un proceso de inspección y certificación:
7 Specifications for the process to be followed by each organisation before issuing
the web accessibility quality mark
7.1 Inspection
7.1.1 Information gathered during the process of the inspection as well as the full reports of the assessment
are confidential, except for the information that has to be published in the register. The publication of
information is explicitly approved in the agreement between the inspection organisation and the supplier.
7.1.2 The inspection organisation effectuates the assessment according to the normative document, the
agreement with the institute and the processes to be followed by an accredited inspection organisation.
7.1.3 The results of the inspection are stated in a report containing a description of the object, date and time,
assessor and the results of the assessment. The inspection organisation issues the web accessibility quality
mark, when the assessment result is positive.
7.1.4 The supplier places the web accessibility quality mark on the website and links with the web
accessibility quality mark to the register which gives specifications about the normative document, the
assessment results and a mechanism for the public to register a complaint. The web accessibility quality mark
shall be placed in an easily identifiable way on the website, since it shall give web users a clear indication
whether they will be able to access the website. The inspection organisation reports the results of the
assessment to the institute for registration. The results are not published in the register if the website fails to
pass the assessment.
7.1.5 The web accessibility quality mark is valid for a maximum of one year. A surveillance inspection will
be undertaken during this period. The website has to be re-assessed before the period of one year ends. The
inspection organisation reports the results of the re-assessment to the institute for registration.
7.1.6 The supplier has to assure that the website continues to meet the web accessibility criteria specified
in the normative document during the period it shows the mark. The supplier has to notify the inspection
organisation when the website changes significantly.
7.1.7 Web users who notice limitations to the declared accessibility claim of a website displaying the quality
mark, shall have the opportunity to submit their complaints to the inspection organisation. The inspection
organisation notifies the supplier, and possibly withdraws the web accessibility quality mark, when the
complaint has been verified. The institute may request to be informed by the inspection organisation about
every valid complaint and the measures taken. The relevant dispositions of ISO 10002 regarding complaints
apply.
7.1.8 The supplier has to repair within a reasonable period of time (as decided by the institute) any nonconformity,
when the website does not pass the re-assessment or when a verified and valid user complaint is
submitted. The withdrawal of the web accessibility quality mark follows, when the repair is not sufficient. The
assessing organisation reports the results of the non-conformity repair to the institute for registration.
7.1.9 The payment of the inspection organisation is set in the agreement between the supplier and the
inspection organisations under free market conditions.
7.2 Certification
7.2.1 Information gathered during the process of the certification as well as the full reports of the
assessment are confidential, except for the information that has to be published in the register. The
publication of information is explicitly approved in the agreement between the certification organisation and
the supplier.
7.2.2 The certification organisation effectuates the assessment according to the normative document, the
agreement with the institute and the processes to be followed by an accredited certification organisation.
7.2.3 The results of the certification are stated in a report containing a description of the object, date and
time, assessor and the results of the assessment. The certification organisation issues the web accessibility
quality mark, when the assessment result is positive.
7.2.4 The supplier places the web accessibility quality mark on the website and links with the web
accessibility quality mark to the register which gives specifications about the normative document, the
assessment results and a mechanism for the public to register a complaint. The web accessibility quality mark
shall be placed in an easily identifiable way on the website, since it shall give web users a clear indication
whether they will be able to access the website. The certification organisation reports the results of the
assessment to the institute for registration. The results are not published in the register, if the website fails to
pass the assessment.
7.2.5 The web accessibility quality mark is valid for a maximum of one year. A surveillance inspection will
be undertaken during this period. The website has to be re-assessed before the period of one year ends. The
certification organisation reports the results of the re-assessment to the institute for registration.
7.2.6 The supplier has to assure that the website continues to meet the web accessibility criteria specified
in the normative document during the period it shows the mark. The supplier has to notify the certification
organisation when the website changes significantly.
7.2.7 Web users who notice limitations to the declared accessibility claim of a website displaying the quality
mark, shall have the opportunity to submit their complaints to the certification organisation. The certification
organisation notifies the supplier, and possibly withdraws the web accessibility quality mark, when the
complaint has been verified. The institute may request to be informed by the certification organisation about
every valid complaint and the measures taken. The relevant dispositions of ISO 10002 regarding complaints
apply.
7.2.8 The supplier has to repair within a reasonable period of time (as decided by the institute) any nonconformity,
when the website does not pass the re-assessment or when a verified and valid user complaint is
submitted. The withdrawal of the web accessibility quality mark follows, when the repair is not sufficient. The
certification organisation reports the results of the non-conformity repair to the institute for registration.
7.2.9 The payment of the certification organisation is set in the agreement between the supplier and the
certification organisations under free market conditions.
