Accessibility conformance report for EMS Press platform

(Based on VPAT® Version 2.5 WCAG edition)

Product Name

EMS Press Platform

Report Date

This report was last updated on September 24, 2025.

Product Description

The EMS Press platform located at https://ems.press is the primary digital publication platform of the publishing house of the European Mathematical Society. The platform hosts journal and book publications in mathematics.

Scope

All web content of the public website of EMS Press located at https://ems.press. This in particular includes journals and books pages on the website and the web shop for purchasing books. Note: Full texts of articles and books are currently not included in this evaluation as they are delivered in the PDF format with limited accessibility features. Full text delivery with an accessible HTML-based format is under active development and the scope of this report will be extended to full texts.

Contact Information

Please contact info@ems.press for any enquiries.

Notes:

Evaluation Methods Used

Scenarios were tested using the WCAG-EM report tool.

Applicable Standards/Guidelines

This report reflects outstanding issues found by an audit based on the level A and AA criteria of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 (WCAG 2.2 AA).

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 criterion without known defects or meets with equivalent facilitation.
  • Partially Supports: Some functionality of the product does not meet the criterion.
  • Does Not Support: The majority of product functionality does not meet the criterion.
  • Not Applicable: The criterion is not relevant to the product.
  • Not Evaluated: The product has not been evaluated against the criterion. This can only be used in WCAG Level AAA criteria.

WCAG 2.x Report

Note: When reporting on conformance with the WCAG 2.x 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.

Level A Success Criteria

Success CriteriaConformance LevelRemarks and Explanations
1.1.1 Non-text ContentSupports
1.2.1 Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded)Not applicable
1.2.2 Captions (Prerecorded)Not applicable
1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded)Not applicable
1.3.1 Info and RelationshipsSupports
1.3.2 Meaningful SequenceSupports
1.3.3 Sensory CharacteristicsSupports
1.4.1 Use of ColorSupports
1.4.2 Audio ControlNot applicable
2.1.1 KeyboardSupports
2.1.2 No Keyboard TrapSupports
2.1.4 Character Key ShortcutsSupports
2.2.1 Timing AdjustableSupports
2.2.2 Pause, Stop, HideSupports
2.3.1 Three Flashes or Below ThresholdSupports
2.4.1 Bypass BlocksSupports
2.4.2 Page TitledSupports
2.4.3 Focus OrderSupports
2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context)Supports
2.5.1 Pointer GesturesSupports
2.5.2 Pointer CancellationSupports
2.5.3 Label in NameSupports
2.5.4 Motion ActuationSupports
3.1.1 Language of PageSupports
3.2.1 On FocusSupports
3.2.2 On InputSupports
3.2.6 Consistent HelpSupports
3.3.1 Error IdentificationSupports
3.3.2 Labels or InstructionsSupports
3.3.7 Redundant EntrySupports
4.1.2 Name, Role, ValueSupports

Level AA Success Criteria

Success CriteriaConformance LevelRemarks and Explanations
1.2.4 Captions (Live)Not applicable
1.2.5 Audio Description (Prerecorded)Not applicable
1.3.4 OrientationSupports
1.3.5 Identify Input PurposeSupports
1.4.10 ReflowSupports
1.4.11 Non-text ContrastSupports
1.4.12 Text SpacingSupports
1.4.13 Content on Hover or FocusSupports
1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum)Supports
1.4.4 Resize textSupports
1.4.5 Images of TextSupports
2.4.11 Focus Not Obscured (Minimum)Supports
2.4.5 Multiple WaysSupports
2.4.6 Headings and LabelsSupports
2.4.7 Focus VisibleSupports
2.5.7 Dragging MovementsSupports
2.5.8 Target Size (Minimum)Supports
3.1.2 Language of PartsSupportsSome abstracts on journal article pages in non-English languages may be incorrectly tagged as English due to data inconsistencies that will be addressed.
3.2.3 Consistent NavigationSupports
3.2.4 Consistent IdentificationSupports
3.3.3 Error SuggestionSupports
3.3.4 Error Prevention (Legal, Financial, Data)Supports
3.3.8 Accessible Authentication (Minimum)Supports
4.1.3 Status MessagesSupports