Gen 8.6 Accessibility Compliance for user interface applications
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Gen 8.6 Accessibility Compliance for user interface applications

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Issue/Introduction

What is the Accessibility Compliance for the various types of Gen 8.6 generated application types that have user interfaces?
The Accessibility standard of interest is WCAG 2.0 or above: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Overview

Resolution

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG standard) appear to be exclusively for Web Content.

Gen 8.6 Web Generation application accessibility compliance with the US Section 508 standard is located in this section of the documentation:
Gen™ 8.6 > Distributed Processing > Working With Web Generation > Designing a Web Generation Application > Accessibility

For all Gen generated application type user interfaces and Development tool user interfaces here is a list of their Section 508 VPAT (Voluntary Product Accessibility Template") compliance:

MAINFRAME:
Application:
MF Block Mode Runtime Demo - Supports with Exceptions
Development Tools: 
Implementation Toolset and HE for zOS - Supports with Exceptions. However, including documentation the status is Does not Support
 
DISTRIBUTED:  
Application:
Nonstop 8 6 Runtime - Does not Support
Unix Block Mode Runtime Demo - Supports with Exceptions
Windows Block Mode Runtime Demo - Does not support
ASP.Net Runtime Demo - Does not Support 
Web Generation Runtime Demo - Supports with Exceptions 
Webview Runtime Demo - Does Not Support
Development Tools:
Implementation Toolset For NonStop - Does not Support 
Unix ImplementationToolset and CSE - Does Not Support
Toolset Build Test Tools - Does Not Support

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