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E-Book & Digital Publishing Checklist

EAA Annex I Section VIII Compliance Checklist

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Tick one box per row. Add comments and evidence references in the Notes column as needed.

Accessibility Metadata

EPUB Accessibility 1.1, Publications must declare their accessibility features in metadata.

Ref	Severity	Requirement	Status
EAA Annex I §VIII	Critical	EPUB accessibility metadata is present, all six required schema.org/EPUB Accessibility terms.The OPF file must include all six required metadata terms: schema:accessMode, schema:accessModeSufficient, schema:accessibilityFeature, schema:accessibilityHazard, schema:accessibilitySummary, and dcterms:conformsTo.	☐ Pass ☐ Partial ☐ FAIL ☐ N/A
EAA Annex I §VIII	Major	Accessibility summary describes the publication's accessibility in human-readable text.The accessibilitySummary field should describe features and limitations, 'This publication includes alt text for all images. Mathematical content uses MathML.'	☐ Pass ☐ Partial ☐ FAIL ☐ N/A
EAA Annex I §VIII	Major	Access modes are declared (textual, visual, auditory).Declaring access modes helps reading systems and users understand what sensory capabilities are needed to consume the content.	☐ Pass ☐ Partial ☐ FAIL ☐ N/A

WCAG applied to digital publications, reading order, navigation, headings.

Ref	Severity	Requirement	Status
WCAG 1.3.2	Critical	Reading order is logical and matches visual presentation order.The document's DOM order must reflect the intended reading sequence. Side panels, footnotes, and figures must appear in context.	☐ Pass ☐ Partial ☐ FAIL ☐ N/A
WCAG 2.4.5	Critical	Table of contents is navigable by assistive technology.The ToC must use proper <nav epub:type='toc'> with nested lists. Each entry must be a link to the corresponding section.	☐ Pass ☐ Partial ☐ FAIL ☐ N/A
WCAG 1.3.1	Critical	Heading structure is logical and sequential (H1-H6).Chapters should use H1, sections H2, subsections H3. No skipped levels. Headings enable screen reader navigation.	☐ Pass ☐ Partial ☐ FAIL ☐ N/A
EAA Annex I §VIII	Major	Page navigation landmarks are present (epub:type='pagebreak').Page break markers allow users to reference specific pages, essential for classroom use and citations.	☐ Pass ☐ Partial ☐ FAIL ☐ N/A
WCAG 1.3.1	Major	Footnotes and endnotes are linked bidirectionally.Each footnote reference must link to the note, and each note must link back to the reference point. Use epub:type='noteref' and epub:type='footnote'.	☐ Pass ☐ Partial ☐ FAIL ☐ N/A

Images, maths, tables, and text content within the publication.

Ref	Severity	Requirement	Status
WCAG 1.1.1	Critical	All images have meaningful alt text in the publication markup.Alt text is set in the EPUB HTML, <img alt='...'/>. Decorative images use alt=''. Complex images need long descriptions.	☐ Pass ☐ Partial ☐ FAIL ☐ N/A
WCAG 1.3.1	Major	Data tables use proper header cells (<th>) with scope attributes.Tables must be structured data tables, not layout tables. Headers allow screen readers to announce column/row context.	☐ Pass ☐ Partial ☐ FAIL ☐ N/A
EAA Annex I §VIII	Critical	Mathematical content uses MathML, not images.MathML is read aloud by screen readers and can be converted to braille. Image-based equations are completely inaccessible.	☐ Pass ☐ Partial ☐ FAIL ☐ N/A
WCAG 1.4.5	Critical	Text content is real text, not images of text.All body text, headings, and captions must be selectable, searchable, reflowable text. Images of text prevent resizing and translation.	☐ Pass ☐ Partial ☐ FAIL ☐ N/A

Publications must work with reading systems and assistive technology.

Ref	Severity	Requirement	Status
EAA Annex I §VIII	Critical	Text content is reflowable, not fixed-layout unless essential.Reflowable EPUB allows text resizing, reflow, and custom styling. Only use fixed layout when the content genuinely requires it.	☐ Pass ☐ Partial ☐ FAIL ☐ N/A
EAA Annex I §VIII	Critical	Font size and line spacing are adjustable by the reading system.Don't override user font preferences with fixed CSS. Use relative units (em, rem) not absolute (px).	☐ Pass ☐ Partial ☐ FAIL ☐ N/A
EAA Annex I §VIII	Critical	Text-to-speech is not blocked by DRM.Digital Rights Management must not prevent legitimate text-to-speech functionality. Blind users depend on TTS to read e-books.	☐ Pass ☐ Partial ☐ FAIL ☐ N/A
WCAG 1.4.3	Major	Default colour contrast meets 4.5:1 ratio.The publication's default text and background colours must meet WCAG contrast requirements.	☐ Pass ☐ Partial ☐ FAIL ☐ N/A
EAA Annex I §VIII	Major	Colour and contrast are customisable by the reading system.Don't use CSS that prevents reading system colour overrides. Avoid!important on background-color and color properties.	☐ Pass ☐ Partial ☐ FAIL ☐ N/A