Hi all,
we received the following request on the PSC’s mailing list.
This is specifically related to US policy standard required for federal public administrations. This requires some declarative work and form filling task and then we need to upload it on QGIS website.
Is it a blocker for such administration not to have this VPAT forms available as QGIS is not really sold most of the time ?
If so, is anyone familiar with this would be motivated to maintain these forms up to date? Maybe some end user organization would be interested in funding or taking the task?
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The examples in the wikipedia page seem to show that it is not that hard to maintain.
https://www.section508.gov/sell/vpat/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary_Product_Accessibility_Template
All the best!
Régis on behalf of the PSC.
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Anita Graser <anita@qgis.org> |
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As a volunteer-driven open source project, we always appreciate it when people and organizations step up to address issues or fund work on them. The VPAT seems like a prime example of an initiative for US based users to tackle.
For more information on how to help sustain the project, see https://qgis.org/en/site/about/sustaining_members.html
Regards,
Anita
On Friday, 03. March 2023 18:11:59 (+01:00), Roberts, Zach (JSC-XI111)[Jacobs Technology, Inc.] wrote:
Thanks for the quick response Anita, in that case, we will have to pursue alternatives.
Thank you,
Zach Roberts | Barrios - Jacobs JETS II Contract | ARES IT Specialist
M: 713.410.3553 | zach.roberts@nasa.gov
2101 NASA Parkway | Mailcode: XI | Houston, TX 77058-3696 | USA
From: Anita Graser anita@qgis.org
Sent: Friday, March 3, 2023 10:37 AM
To: Roberts, Zach (JSC-XI111)[Jacobs Technology, Inc.] zach.roberts@nasa.gov; ‘Roberts, Zach (JSC-XI111)[Jacobs Technology, Inc.]’ via public psc group psc@qgis.org
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: QGIS VPAT RequestDear Zach,
We had a thread on this topic last year: https://www.mail-archive.com/qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org/msg54077.html
However, as far as I know, nobody has been following up on this task.
Regards,
Anita
On Friday, 03. March 2023 16:32:20 (+01:00), ‘Roberts, Zach (JSC-XI111)[Jacobs Technology, Inc.]’ via public psc group wrote:
Good morning,
Is there a current VPAT for the QGIS software? My organization requires section 508 compliance documentation before deploying in out environment. Thank you!
Zach Roberts | Barrios - Jacobs JETS II Contract | ARES IT Specialist
M: 713.410.3553 | zach.roberts@nasa.gov
2101 NASA Parkway | Mailcode: XI | Houston, TX 77058-3696 | USA
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