The University of Vienna is committed to providing accessible websites in accordance with the Austrian Web-Zugänglichkeits-Gesetz (WZG, web accessibility act) as amended to implement the Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2016 on the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies (Official Journal L 327 issued on 2 December 2016, p. 1).
This accessibility statement applies to the website virsu-network.univie.ac.at.
Status of compliance with the requirements
Due to the exemptions listed below, the website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
The underlying criteria are based on standard AA as specified in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 and the European Standard EN 301 549 V3.1.2 (PDF).
Exemptions due to disproportionate burden
On 9 pages, elements were detected in which the contrast between background and foreground colours does not meet WCAG 2AA minimum ratio thresholds. The reason was that the element’s background color could not be determined because it is overlapped by another element. The problem pertains to the following pages:
- https://virsu-network.univie.ac.at/en/events/virsu-symposium-at-the-cifu-xii-in-oulu-2015/
- https://virsu-network.univie.ac.at/en/events/virsu-workshop-at-the-afinla-conference-in-turku-2013/
- https://virsu-network.univie.ac.at/en/events/virsu-symposium-at-cifu-xi-piliscsaba-2010/virsu-symposium-2010-cifu-xi-piliscsaba-abstracts/
- https://virsu-network.univie.ac.at/en/events/virsu-workshop-at-the-finnish-linguistics-conference-in-joensuu-may-15-16-2003/
- https://virsu-network.univie.ac.at/en/events/conference-to-celebrate-the-20th-anniversary-of-virsu-tallinn-october-5-6-2017/
- https://virsu-network.univie.ac.at/en/events/the-3rd-international-virsu-conference-joensuu-2007/
- https://virsu-network.univie.ac.at/et/
- https://virsu-network.univie.ac.at/en/events/virsu-workshop-in-joensuu-at-the-nordic-conference-on-bilingualism-august-11-2006/
- https://virsu-network.univie.ac.at/hu/
Due to the low volume of the use of this website, which is now functioning as an archive for a project currently in a dormant state, and due to lack of resources (maintenance personnel), we consider these issues to fall under “exemptions due to disproportionate burden”. Users potentially affected by this problem are kindly requested to contact the site administrator (see contact information below) for assistance.
The wp-login page https://virsu-network.univie.ac.at/wp-login.php has two issues: “[an] element’s background color could not be determined due to a background image”, and “[an] element’s background color could not be determined due to a pseudo element”. This issue only affects the site administrator.
Release of this accessibility statement
This statement was released on 5 August 2024.
The website’s status of compliance with the Austrian web accessibility act to implement the requirements specified in the Directive (EU) 2016/2102 was assessed with the software AxeMonitor on 5 August 2024.
Feedback and contact details
Please send us an e-mail if you encounter any accessibility problems that prevent you from using our website. This applies to issues that are not listed in this accessibility statement or serious shortcomings relating to the accessibility requirements.
We will examine your request and contact you as soon as possible.
Contact:
Project VIRSU / Prof. Johanna Laakso
University of Vienna, EVSL Finno-Ugristik
Campus Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 7.2, A-1090 Wien
johanna.laakso@univie.ac.at
Enforcement procedure
If you are not satisfied with how we respond to your request sent to us using the contact option specified above, you can contact the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) and file a complaint. You can file your complaint with the FFG by electronic means using the contact form.
Contact form of the FFG complaints office:
https://www.ffg.at/en/form/kontaktformular-beschwerdestelle
The FFG will investigate your complaint to determine whether the accessibility issues you addressed represent a violation of the provisions specified in the Austrian Web-Zugänglichkeits-Gesetz (web accessibility act), in particular shortcomings in compliance with the accessibility requirements, by the Federal Government or an institution affiliated with the Federal Government.
If the complaint is justified, the FFG issues recommendations to the Federal Government or the legal entity concerned and proposes measures that aim at resolving the issue.
Further information about the complaints procedure: