Oracle Accessibility Conformance Report

VPAT® Version 2.0 - October 2017

Name of Product:

Oracle Application Express (APEX) Packaged Apps 19.1

Product Description:

Packaged Apps

The product is comprised of several web applications. These apps are divided into the following two categories:

Productivity Apps - ready-to-use business-related applications bundled with Application Express
Sample Apps - applications used to model standard functionality in Application Express (for example charts, reports, dynamic actions, REST services)

Please note the general accessibility for Application Express should be reviewed when assessing the accessibility of the Packaged Apps, because there are general issues with the framework which also affect the Packaged Apps. Please see the issues in the Oracle Application Express VPAT, categorized as 'Affecting Database Applications' for details of issues which may affect the Packaged Apps.

Date:

08-Mar-2019

Archive Note:

This VPAT applies to only version 19.1. It does not apply to any versions of Oracle Application Express (APEX) Packaged Apps after this. This VPAT has been superseded by Oracle Application Express (APEX) Packaged Apps 19.2.

Contact Information:

accessible_ww@oracle.com

Notes:

This VPAT does not cover the following product areas:

External content (web pages served from non-Packaged Apps domains).

Dependent Products

This product interacts with or is built with the other Oracle products listedin this section. Click below to view information about the accessibility ofthese dependent products. Products listed are the versions available at thetime of publication of this document; newer documents may be available that supersedethese versions.

Evaluation Methods Used:

Oracle's policy is to design, develop and test both products and documentation to be accessible. The recommended styles of testing for accessibility include: (i) algorithmic automated tests, (ii) human judgement tests such as tool-assisted tests, visual inspection and manual operation, and (iii) testing with assistive technology by people with and without disabilities. Additional information about Oracle's accessibility program is available on http://www.oracle.com/corporate/accessibility/index.html

Accessibility Standards/Guidelines

This report covers the degree of conformance for the following accessibility standard/guideline:

Standard/Guideline	Included In Report
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0, at https://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-WCAG20-20081211/	Level A - Yes Level AA - Yes Level AAA - No
Section 508 as published in 2017, at https://www.Section508.gov	Yes

Terms

The terms used in the Conformance Level information are defined as follows:

Supports: The functionality of the product has at least one method that meets the criteria without known defects or meets with equivalent facilitation.
Supports with Exceptions: Some functionality of the product does not meet the criteria.
Does Not Support: Majority of functionality of the product does not meet the criteria.
Not Applicable: The criteria are not relevant to the product.

WCAG 2.0 Report

Table 1 also documents conformance with:

Section 508: Chapter 5 - 501.1 Scope, 504.2 Content Creation or Editing, and Chapter 6 - 602.3 Electronic Support Documentation

Note: When reporting on conformance with the WCAG 2.0 Success Criteria, they are scoped for full pages, complete processes, and accessibility-supported ways of using technology as documented in the WCAG 2.0 Conformance Requirements.

Table 1: WCAG Conformance Criteria

Criteria	Conformance Level	Remarks and Explanations
1.1.1 Non-text Content (Level A)	Supports	The product was tested for: Images that convey information have meaningful alternative text using ALT and if necessary, LONGDESC Images that are decorative are marked so as to be ignored by assistive technology, either by using ALT=”” or CSS background images Images are used consistently throughout the product. CAPTCHAs include text alternatives that describe the purpose of the non-text content, and provide an alternative CAPTCHA serving the same purpose using a different modality Non-text characters are not used or have meaningful alternative text.
1.2.1 Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded) (Level A)	Not Applicable	The product has no multimedia.
1.2.2 Captions (Prerecorded) (Level A)	Not Applicable	The product has no multimedia.
1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded) (Level A)	Not Applicable	The product has no multimedia.
1.2.4 Captions (Live) (Level AA)	Not Applicable	The product has no multimedia.
1.2.5 Audio Description (Prerecorded) (Level AA)	Not Applicable	The product has no multimedia.
1.3.1 Info and Relationships (Level A)	Supports with Exceptions	The product was tested for: Table usage – only data tables, as opposed to layout tables, use table elements of TH and table attributes of SUMMARY, SCOPE and HEADERS. Each column of a data table is marked up with TH, and SCOPE=”COL” or uses ID and HEADERS associations. Complex data tables with multiple levels of table headings or other organization of data, use the ID and HEADERS attributes. User interface component labels are associated with the fields they are labeling. Headings are encoded with HTML heading tags. List markup is used for marking up lists. Groups of components are marked up with their description. Style sheets are used only to change the layout and presentation on the screen. Exception: Affecting the 'Checklist Manager' packaged app: On the page used to update the status of items in the checklist, there is a multi-row table containing what appear to be checkboxes to perform the updates. However these controls are not checkboxes as they should be, rather links with images that look like checkboxes. This issue is tracked with Oracle bug 27788007.
1.3.2 Meaningful Sequence(Level A)	Supports	The product was tested for: The sequence of elements in the DOM matches a logical reading sequence.
1.3.3 Sensory Characteristics(Level A)	Supports	The product was tested for: Instructions provided do not refer to things solely based on their sensory characteristics such as shape, size, visual location, orientation, color, or sound Instructions provided which refer to graphics included a reference to the text alternative of the graphic
1.4.1 Use of Color(Level A)	Supports	The product was tested for: Information conveyed by color is available in alternative formats, such as shape, text, font weight.
1.4.2 Audio Control(Level A)	Not Applicable	The product has no multimedia.
1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) (Level AA)	Supports with Exceptions	The product was tested for: Text and images of text in non-disabled controls have a luminosity contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1. Large scale text has a minimum ratio of at least 3:1. Exception: Affecting the 'Live Poll' packaged app: The visual challenge of the Google ReCaptcha item plugin contains text with insufficient color contrast. This issue is tracked with Oracle bug 29454458.
1.4.4 Resize text(Level AA)	Supports	The product was tested for: Text can be resized up to 200% without loss of content or functionality
1.4.5 Images of Text(Level AA)	Supports	The product was tested for: Images of text are not used
2.1.1 Keyboard(Level A)	Supports	The product was tested for: Ability to perform functions with keyboard only. Logical tab order through the product controls and selectable elements. Proper operation of unique keystrokes and access keys, including those listed in the product documentation.
2.1.2 No Keyboard Trap (Level A)	Supports	The product was tested for: Movement of focus through each control only using the keyboard, with no "keyboard trap" that prevents focus from moving away from any control.
2.2.1 Timing Adjustable(Level A)	Supports	The product was tested for: Content that automatically updates, or time limits, can be adjusted by the user.
2.2.2 Pause, Stop, Hide (Level A)	Supports	The product was tested for: There is no moving, blinking or scrolling content
2.3.1 Three Flashes or Below Threshold(Level A)	Supports	The product was tested for: No portion of the screen flickers or flashes with a frequency between 2 Hz and 55 Hz.
2.4.1 Bypass Blocks(Level A)	Supports	The product was tested for: Structure and hierarchy is marked up with Header elements.
2.4.2 Page Titled(Level A)	Supports	The product was tested for: Titles for Pages, Objects and Applets are provided
2.4.3 Focus Order(Level A)	Supports	The product was tested for: Logical tab order through the product controls and selectable elements.
2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context)(Level A)	Supports	The product was tested for: The text of links and their surrounding paragraph, list, table cell (with marked up table headers), is sufficient to describe their purpose
2.4.5 Multiple Ways(Level AA)	Supports	The product was tested for: Pages are fully inter-linked to each other Page contains controls that enable reaching all pages
2.4.6 Headings and Labels(Level AA)	Supports	The product was tested for: Headers describe the topic or purpose of the content below them. Labels describe the purpose of the associated field.
2.4.7 Focus Visible(Level AA)	Supports	The product was tested for: Visual indication of the position of the cursor. Current focus location is programmatically exposed.
3.1.1 Language of Page(Level A)	Supports	The product was tested for: html tag contains lang parameter with a value of "en" on every page
3.1.2 Language of Parts(Level AA)	Supports	The product was tested for: Proper use of lang attribute for text passages that are in a different language than that of the page.
3.2.1 On Focus(Level A)	Supports	The product was tested for: When an element receives focus, it does not result in a substantial change to the page, an additional change of keyboard focus, or the spawning of a pop-up window.
3.2.2 On Input(Level A)	Supports	The product was tested for : Changes in the value of user interface components does not result in a substantial change to the page, an additional change of keyboard focus, or the spawning of a pop-up window.
3.2.3 Consistent Navigation(Level AA)	Supports	The product was tested for: Pages that are grouped together into sets with a common navigation mechanism utilize that navigation mechanism in the same fashion, with navigation elements appearing in the same relative order each time. There are no navigational mechanisms that are repeated.
3.2.4 Consistent Identification(Level AA)	Supports	The product was tested for: Images that convey information have meaningful alternative text using ALT and if necessary, LONGDESC Images that are decorative are marked so as to be ignored by assistive technology, either by using ALT=”” or CSS background images Images and controls are used and identified consistently throughout the product.
3.3.1 Error Identification(Level A)	Supports with Exceptions	The product was tested for: When input errors are detected, they are described to the user in text, including identifying the item where the error occurred. Exception: Affecting the 'Survey Builder' packaged app: When validation errors occur on the questionnaire form a javascript confirm appears denoting the number of errors and when you click "OK" focus is set on the first error. This makes it difficult to find other errors on the page when using a screen reader. This issue is tracked with Oracle bug 16582182.
3.3.2 Labels or Instructions (Level A)	Supports with Exceptions	The product was tested for: Controls have a programmatically associated name, derived from the appropriate HTML elements and attributes including LABEL and TITLE. Labels or instructions are provided when the product requires user input. Exceptions: Affecting the 'Survey Builder' packaged app: Required form elements in questionnaire form display an asterisk (denoting required field), which is unnecessarily read out by a screen reader. It is unnecessary because the form element already has ARIA-REQUIRED defined. This issue is tracked with Oracle bug 16582246. Affecting the 'Live Poll' packaged app: On the 'Request Access' page (14), there is a page item 'Captcha Challenge' that uses the Google reCaptcha plugin. When using the 'Audio Challenge' (which is an alternative to the 'visual challenge'), there is a form field where the user is asked to enter text that is audible in an audio clip. This form field has no label. This issue is tracked with Oracle bug 29460448.
3.3.3 Error Suggestion (Level AA)	Supports	The product was tested for: Where suggestions for fixing an input error are known, they are provided to the user.
3.3.4 Error Prevention (Legal, Financial, Data)(Level AA)	Supports	The product was tested for: Submissions can be reversed by the user. Data is checked for input errors with an opportunity for the user to correct them. Data can be reviewed, corrected, and confirmed by the user before they are finalized.
4.1.1 Parsing(Level A)	Supports with Exceptions	The product was tested for: Elements in HTML content have complete start and end tags, are properly nested, do not contain duplicate attributes, and have unique IDs. Pages validate to the HTML specification. Exceptions: Packaged Apps containing Interactive Grid regions have duplicate ID attribute values. This issue is tracked with Oracle bug 29325893.
4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (Level A)	Supports with Exceptions	The product was tested for: HTML controls have a programmatically associated name, derived from the appropriate HTML elements and attributes including LABEL, TITLE, SUMMARY, CAPTION, etc. Additional state information is programmatically exposed for HTML controls, such as whether a field is ‘required’. Custom controls have appropriate roles specified using the role attribute. Custom controls have appropriate state and property information conveyed using the relevant WAI-ARIA or HTML5 attributes. Custom controls have a meaningful programatically exposed name. Exceptions: Packaged Apps that have pages using the 'Wizard Modal Dialog' dialog template do not work well with screen readers, because the screen reader does not announce any form field labels within the dialog. This issue is tracked with Oracle bug 25165429.

2017 Section 508 Report

Chapter 3: Functional Performance Criteria (FPC)

Criteria	Conformance Level	Remarks and Explanations
302.1 Without Vision	Not Applicable	The product does not rely on equivalent functionality, and all aspects are addressed by the technical standards.
302.2 With Limited Vision	Not Applicable	The product does not rely on equivalent functionality, and all aspects are addressed by the technical standards.
302.3 Without Perception of Color	Not Applicable	The product does not rely on equivalent functionality, and all aspects are addressed by the technical standards.
302.4 Without Hearing	Not Applicable	The product does not rely on equivalent functionality, and all aspects are addressed by the technical standards.
302.5 With Limited Hearing	Not Applicable	The product does not rely on equivalent functionality, and all aspects are addressed by the technical standards.
302.6 Without Speech	Not Applicable	The product does not rely on equivalent functionality, and all aspects are addressed by the technical standards.
302.7 With Limited Manipulation	Not Applicable	The product does not rely on equivalent functionality, and all aspects are addressed by the technical standards.
302.8 With Limited Reach and Strength	Not Applicable	The product does not rely on equivalent functionality, and all aspects are addressed by the technical standards.
302.9 With Limited Language, Cognitive, and Learning Abilities	Not Applicable	The product does not rely on equivalent functionality, and all aspects are addressed by the technical standards.

Chapter 4: Hardware

These criteria are all Not Applicable because the product is not Hardware

Chapter 5: Software

Criteria	Conformance Level	Remarks and Explanations
501.1 Scope - Incorporation of WCAG 2.0 AA	Supports	See the responses in the WCAG 2.0 section of this report.
502 Interoperability with Assistive Technology	Heading cell - no response required	Heading cell - no response required
502.2.1 User Control of Accessibility Features	Not Applicable	The product is not a platform or does not have access to platform accessibility features.
502.2.2 No Disruption of Accessibility Features	Not Applicable	The product is designed to be isolated from the underlying platform.
502.3 Accessibility Services	Heading cell - no response required	Heading cell - no response required
502.3.1 Object Information	Not Applicable	The product is not a platform or does not have access to platform accessibility features.
502.3.2 Modification of Object Information	Not Applicable	The product is not a platform or does not have access to platform accessibility features.
502.3.3 Row, Column, and Headers	Not Applicable	The product is not a platform or does not have access to platform accessibility features.
502.3.4 Values	Not Applicable	The product is not a platform or does not have access to platform accessibility features.
502.3.5 Modification of Values	Not Applicable	The product is not a platform or does not have access to platform accessibility features.
502.3.6 Label Relationships	Not Applicable	The product is not a platform or does not have access to platform accessibility features.
502.3.7 Hierarchical Relationships	Not Applicable	The product is not a platform or does not have access to platform accessibility features.
502.3.8 Text	Not Applicable	The product is not a platform or does not have access to platform accessibility features.
502.3.9 Modification of Text	Not Applicable	The product is not a platform or does not have access to platform accessibility features.
502.3.10 List of Actions	Not Applicable	The product is not a platform or does not have access to platform accessibility features.
502.3.11 Actions on Objects	Not Applicable	The product is not a platform or does not have access to platform accessibility features.
502.3.12 Focus Cursor	Not Applicable	The product is not a platform or does not have access to platform accessibility features.
502.3.13 Modification of Focus Cursor	Not Applicable	The product is not a platform or does not have access to platform accessibility features.
502.3.14 Event Notification	Not Applicable	The product is not a platform or does not have access to platform accessibility features.
502.4 Platform Accessibility Features	Not Applicable	The product is not a platform or does not have access to platform accessibility features.
503 Applications	Heading cell - no response required	Heading cell - no response required
503.2 User Preferences	Not Applicable	The product is designed to be isolated from the underlying platform.
503.3 Alternative User Interfaces	Not Applicable	The product does not have assistive technology features.
503.4 User Controls for Captions and Audio Description	Heading cell - no response required	Heading cell - no response required
503.4.1 Caption Controls	Not Applicable	The product has no multimedia.
503.4.2 Audio Description Controls	Not Applicable	The product has no multimedia.
504 Authoring Tools	Heading cell - no response required	Heading cell - no response required
504.2 Content Creation or Editing	Not Applicable	The product is not an authoring tool.
504.2.1 Preservation of Information Provided for Accessibility in Format Conversion	Not Applicable	The product is not an authoring tool.
504.2.2 PDF Export	Not Applicable	The product is not an authoring tool.
504.3 Prompts	Not Applicable	The product is not an authoring tool.
504.4 Templates	Not Applicable	The product is not an authoring tool.

Chapter 6: Support Documentation and Services

Criteria	Conformance Level	Remarks and Explanations
602 Support Documentation	Heading cell - no response required	Heading cell - no response required
602.2 Accessibility and Compatibility Features	Supports	The product documentation describes: Accessibility Guide, dedicated to helping you both use APEX, and build APEX apps that meet accessibility guidelines. Special keystrokes needed to operate controls Please visit the APEX documentation homepage and then select 'Accessibility Guide'.
602.3 Scope - Incorporation of WCAG 2.0 AA	Supports	See the responses in the WCAG 2.0 section of this report.
602.4 Alternate Formats for Non-Electronic Support Documentation	Not Applicable	Documentation is provided in electronic formats.
603 Support Services	Heading cell - no response required	Heading cell - no response required
603.2 Information on Accessibility and Compatibility Features	Supports	Oracle Global Customer Support can provide information about accessibility features of the product.
603.3 Accommodation of Communication Needs	Supports	Oracle customers have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support or by calling Oracle Support at 1.800.223.1711. Hearing-impaired customers in the U.S. who wish to speak to an Oracle Support representative may use a telecommunications relay service (TRS). Information about the TRS is available at http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/trs.html, and a list of telephone numbers is available at https://www.fcc.gov/general/telecommunications-relay-services-directory. International hearing-impaired customers should use the TRS at +1.605.224.1837. An Oracle Support engineer will respond to technical issues according to the standard service request process.

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The information above describes this product's ability to support the applicableStandards/Guidelines, subject to Oracle's interpretation of those standards(available at https://www.oracle.com/corporate/accessibility/policy.html#standards-tab) and the remarks in this document. For more information regarding the accessibility status of this product or other Oracle products, see http://www.oracle.com/corporate/accessibility or contact: accessible_ww@oracle.com.

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