General information on accessibility at https://rptu.de
This declaration applies to the central website of the University of Kaiserslautern-Landau under the initial link https://rptu.de and its departments. These each have an abbreviation in the URL before "rptu.de". They are technically identical.
The University of Kaiserslautern-Landau is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities.
Thus, the University of Kaiserslautern-Landau strives to make its websites and mobile applications accessible to the public in accordance with national legislation implementing Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the accessibility of websites and mobile applications.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This declaration was created on October 09, 2024.
Our website was independently tested by Academic Hero via BITV test according to WCAG 2.1. You can view the complete test on which this declaration is based here.
The declaration was last reviewed on October 09, 2024.
Status of compatibility with the requirements
This website is partially compatible with the Federal and State Disability Equality Acts (BGG & LGG), the Barrier-free Information Technology Ordinance (BITV) and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1.
Justification
The University of Kaiserslautern-Landau has a very extensive website with at least several hundred web pages. However, due to the disproportionate burden imposed by the federal and state equality laws, the website is not yet fully accessible. The technical implementation is being carried out successively.
Non-accessible content
- Content in sign language and/or plain language is not offered.
- A cookie banner is not used.
- All PDF documents checked in the corresponding test pages are not accessible according to the PAC 2024 test tool.
- Some links/control elements do not have an alt attribute
- Some image content does not have an alt attribute
- Some videos do not have comprehensible subtitles
- Some videos do not have audio description
- Some headings are not consistently marked with H elements
- Some text paragraphs are not consistently marked with P elements
- Not all form fields are marked with LABEL
- Input fields for user data (e.g. name, addresses, e-mail) do not have an autocomplete attribute
- Minimum contrast ratio of 3:1 or 4.5:1 is not adhered to in some places (e.g. image carousel, in front of background images, up button, slider bullets)
- Keyboard operability at 200% zoom is not always guaranteed (e.g. drop-down menu)
- Keyboard operability is not always guaranteed on narrow screens (e.g. drop-down menu)
- Some functions cannot be operated without a mouse (e.g. video activation, register form)
- No jump links to skip page areas (e.g. navigation, image carousel)
- Some links are not meaningful
- Minimum contrast ratio of 3:1 with keyboard focus is not guaranteed
- HTML syntax not in accordance with W3C recommendations on all pages
- Not all elements are marked with correct ARIA semantics (e.g. tabs, multiple selection fields)
Documentation on accessibility does not fulfill all criteria of EN 301 549.
Report barriers and get help
The University of Kaiserslautern-Landau is working to remove the existing barriers.
If
- you encounter barriers when using the website
- Content that is difficult to access,
- content that violates the general recommendations for accessibility or is not compliant with WCAG,
- or content that is unclear and should be expressed or formulated differently,
- or have other questions about the implementation of accessibility,
please contact us by e-mail or telephone:
Phone: +49 631 205 0
info@rptu.de
Alternatively, you can contact us by post:
University of Kaiserslautern-Landau
Gottlieb-Daimler-Straße
67663 Kaiserslautern
Enforcement and arbitration proceedings
If no satisfactory solution has been found after your feedback to the above-mentioned contact, you can contact the arbitration board for accessible information technology. The arbitration board has the task of supporting an out-of-court settlement of disputes between people with disabilities and public bodies on the subject of accessibility. The arbitration procedure is free of charge. No legal assistance is required.
Contact details
Matthias Rösch
State representative for the interests of people with disabilities
Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Transformation and Digitization of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
Bauhofstraße 9, 55116 Mainz
Phone: +49 6131 16 5342
durchsetzungsstelle(at)mastd.rlp.de