From 0d7ba59791b0564e8f78c6a6ba4b3a0a18b29478 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregorio Pellegirno <gregorio.pellegrino@effata.it>
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2023 14:49:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 01/14] Update to the EPUB Accessibility - EU Accessibility Act
 Mapping

---
 epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html | 80 ++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html b/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
index 72a1f7b25..aa430c3ea 100644
--- a/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
+++ b/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 		<script src="../common/js/css-inline.js" class="remove"></script>
 		<script class="remove">
 			var respecConfig = {
-				group: "epub",
-				wgPublicList: "public-epub-wg",
+				group: "pm",
+				wgPublicList: "public-pm-wg",
 				specStatus: "ED",
 				noRecTrack: true,
 				shortName: "epub-a11y-eaa-mapping",
@@ -58,8 +58,7 @@
 				disabilities to access goods and services, including ebooks, dedicated reading software, ereading
 				devices, and ecommerce.</p>
 
-			<p>The EAA has been approved on 27 June 2019, should be implemented by EU Member States within 28 June 2022
-				and will enter in force from 28 June 2025.</p>
+			<p>The EAA has been approved on 27 June 2019 and will come into force from 28 June 2025. The directive has already been implemented at national level in many member states and is being implemented in the remaining.</p>
 
 			<p>This note aims to demonstrate that the technical requirements of the European Accessibility Act related
 				to ebooks are met by the EPUB® standard.</p>
@@ -75,8 +74,8 @@ <h2>How EPUB conforming to EPUB accessibility guidelines cover European Accessib
 				trade sector.</p>
 
 			<p>The specifications of the EPUB standard are based on the <a
-					href="https://www.w3.org/wiki/Open_Web_Platform">Open Web Platform</a>: HTML, CSS, JavaScript and
-				SVG are the core technologies used for content creation. The use of the latter means that EPUB
+					href="https://www.w3.org/wiki/Open_Web_Platform">Open Web Platform</a>: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, MathML and
+				SVG are the core technologies used for content creation. This means that EPUB
 				publications can be written with a high degree of accessibility simply through the proper application of
 				established web accessibility techniques, namely the <a
 					href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/">Web Content Accessibility Guidelines</a>
@@ -88,21 +87,30 @@ <h2>How EPUB conforming to EPUB accessibility guidelines cover European Accessib
 
 			<ul>
 				<li>discoverability of accessibility features of publications;</li>
-				<li>evaluation and certification of accessible EPUB publications.</li>
+				<li>conformance to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines;</li>
+				<li>specific EPUB requirements for accessibility;</li>
+				<li>evaluation and conformance reporting of accessible EPUB publications.</li>
 			</ul>
 
 			<p>Providing accessibility metadata facilitates informed decisions about the usability of an EPUB
 				publication. Consumers can examine the characteristics of the content and decide whether an EPUB
 				publication is appropriate for each need.</p>
 
-			<p>While it has always been possible to create EPUB publications with a high degree of accessibility, this
-				document also establishes formal requirements for contents to be certified as accessible. These
+			<p>While it has always been possible to create EPUB publications with a high degree of accessibility, 
+				this document establishes the formal accessibility requirements that content must meet to be declared 
+				as conformant with the EPUB Accessibility. These
 				requirements provide EPUB creators with a clear set of guidelines for evaluating their content with
-				respect to quality certification and enable it.</p>
+				respect to quality assurance and enable it.</p>
 
 			<p>The EPUB Accessibility does not target a single version of EPUB (most commercially available publications
 				are in EPUB 3 or EPUB 2 format). It is designed to be applicable to all EPUB publications conforming to
 				any version or profile, including future versions of the standard.</p>
+			
+			<p>The EPUB format provides the ability to create reflowable publications (whose content adapts to the user's viewport,
+				depending also on the user's chosen graphical characteristics, such as font size, line spacing, etc.), but it also
+				allows the creation of EPUB Fixed Layout in which each element is positioned absolutely on the page (mainly used
+				for publications such as comics, illustrated children’s books and art books). Specific features of Fixed Layout EPUBs
+				should be considered in the light of all applicable accessibility requirements.</p>
 		</section>
 		<section id="mappings">
 			<h2>Mappings</h2>
@@ -203,11 +211,15 @@ <h6>(v)</h6>
 									spacing between letters, lines and paragraphs</p>
 							</blockquote>
 
-							<p>This requirement is satisfied by WCAG requirement <a
-									href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG2/#resize-text">1.4.4 Resize text</a> (level AA) and
-								by WCAG requirement Contrast 1.4.3 <a
-									href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG2/#contrast-minimum">1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum)</a>
-								(level AA).</p>
+							<p>This requirement is satisfied by WCAG Success Criterion <a
+								href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG2/#resize-text">1.4.4 Resize text</a> (level AA), WCAG Success Criterion
+								<a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG2/#contrast-minimum">1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum)</a> (level AA)
+								and WCAG Success Criterion <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG2/#text-spacing">1.4.12 Text Spacing</a> (level AA).</p>
+								
+							<div class="note">
+								<p>Specific features (like adjustable spacing between letters, lines and paragraphs) of Fixed Layout EPUBs should
+									be considered in the light of all applicable accessibility requirements.</p>
+							</div>
 						</section>
 
 						<section id="annex-I-section-III-b-vi">
@@ -218,9 +230,11 @@ <h6>(vi)</h6>
 									content and</p>
 							</blockquote>
 
-							<p>This requirement is satisfied by WCAG requirement <a
+							<p>This requirement is satisfied by WCAG Success Criterion <a
 									href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG2/#non-text-content">1.1.1 Non-text Content</a>
-								(level A).</p>
+								(level A), WCAG Success Criterion <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG2/#audio-only-and-video-only-prerecorded">1.2.1
+								Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded)</a> (level A) and WCAG Success Criterion 
+								<a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG2/#captions-prerecorded">1.2.2 Captions (Prerecorded)</a> (level A).</p>
 						</section>
 
 						<section id="annex-I-section-III-b-vii">
@@ -306,7 +320,7 @@ <h6>(ii)</h6>
 										Accessibility-Supported Ways of Using Technologies</a>;</li>
 								<li>WCAG conformance requirement <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG2/#cc5">
 										Non-Interference</a>;</li>
-								<li>WCAG principle <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG2/#robust">4 Robust</a> (level
+								<li>WCAG Principle <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG2/#robust">4 Robust</a> (level
 									A);</li>
 								<li>WCAG Guideline <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG2/#keyboard-accessible">2.1
 										Keyboard Accessible</a> (level A).</li>
@@ -328,9 +342,15 @@ <h6>(iii)</h6>
 								<li>EPUB specifications section <a data-cite="epub-33#sec-nav-toc">TOC nav</a>;</li>
 								<li>EPUB Accessibility <a data-cite="epub-a11y-11#sec-page-nav">Page Navigation</a>
 									requirement;</li>
-								<li>WCAG Principle <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG2/#adaptable">1.3 Adaptable</a>
-									(level A).</li>
+								<li>WCAG Guideline <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG2/#adaptable">1.3 Adaptable</a>
+									(level A);</li>
+								<li>WCAG Success Criterion <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG2/#reflow">1.4.10 Reflow</a> (level AA).</li>
 							</ul>
+							
+							<div class="note">
+								<p>Specific features (like flexibility and choice in the presentation of the content) of Fixed Layout EPUBs
+								should be considered in the light of all applicable accessibility requirements.</p>
+							</div>
 						</section>
 
 						<section id="annex-I-section-IV-f-iv">
@@ -379,5 +399,25 @@ <h6>(vi)</h6>
 				</section>
 			</section>
 		</section>
+		<section id="exemptions">
+			<h2>Metadata to describe possible exemptions</h2>
+			
+			<p>The European Accessibility Act foresee three possible exemptions to meeting its requirements:</p>
+			
+			<ul>
+				<li>to microenterprises providing services that employ fewer than ten people and have an annual turnover not exceeding 
+					EUR 2 million or an annual balance sheet total not exceeding EUR 2 million;</li>
+				<li>when compliance with accessibility requirements would impose a disproportionate burden on economic operators as 
+					defined in Annex VI of the Directive;</li>
+				<li>when the compliance with accessibility requirements require a significant change in a product or service 
+					that results in the fundamental alteration of its basic nature as described in article 4 of the Directive.</li>
+			</ul>
+
+			<p>Metadata standards for digital publishing ONIX (via <a href="https://ns.editeur.org/onix/en/196">Code List 196</a>)
+				and EPUB metadata (via <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/epub-a11y-exemption/">The EPUB Accessibility exemption property</a>)
+				provide specific codes for communicating to the digital publishing supply chain (and the end user) any exceptions related 
+				to specific publications. In any case economic operators will be responsible to provide the necessary documentation to 
+				support the exception they invoke.</p>
+		</section>
 	</body>
 </html>

From 385ee27b1dec118cd6bfdd27e30159d85cfe69a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregorio Pellegirno <gregorio.pellegrino@effata.it>
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2024 19:14:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 02/14] Updates to EAA mapping

---
 epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html | 150 ++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 63 insertions(+), 87 deletions(-)

diff --git a/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html b/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
index aa430c3ea..a062b8b26 100644
--- a/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
+++ b/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
@@ -16,18 +16,13 @@
 				edDraftURI: "https://w3c.github.io/epub-specs/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/",
 				errata: "https://w3c.github.io/epub-specs/epub33/errata.html",
                 copyrightStart: "2021",
-				editors:[
+				editors: [
 					{
 						name: "Cristina Mussinelli",
 						company: "Fondazione LIA",
 						companyURL: "https://www.fondazionelia.org",
 						w3cid: 66100
 					},
-					{
-						name: "Luc Audrain",
-						company: "Invited Expert",
-						w3cid: 65303
-					},
 					{
 						name: "Gregorio Pellegrino",
 						company: "Fondazione LIA",
@@ -35,6 +30,13 @@
 						w3cid: 97111
 					}
 				],
+				formerEditors :[
+					{
+						name: "Luc Audrain",
+						company: "Invited Expert",
+						w3cid: 65303
+					}
+				],
 				includePermalinks: true,
 				permalinkEdge: true,
 				permalinkHide: false,
@@ -53,37 +55,31 @@
 	<body>
 		<section id="abstract">
 			<p>The <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32019L0882">European
-					Accessibility Act (EAA)</a> is an EU directive that establishes binding accessibility targets that
+					Accessibility Act (EAA)</a> is an EU directive that establishes binding accessibility requirements that
 				must be met by many different types of products and services to strengthen the rights of people with
 				disabilities to access goods and services, including ebooks, dedicated reading software, ereading
-				devices, and ecommerce.</p>
+				devices, digital rights management softwares and ecommerce.</p>
 
-			<p>The EAA has been approved on 27 June 2019 and will come into force from 28 June 2025. The directive has already been implemented at national level in many member states and is being implemented in the remaining.</p>
+			<p>The EAA has been approved on 27 June 2019 and will come into force from 28 June 2025.</p>
 
-			<p>This note aims to demonstrate that the technical requirements of the European Accessibility Act related
-				to ebooks are met by the EPUB® standard.</p>
+			<p>This note aims to demonstrate that EPUB® standard meets all the technical requirements related
+				to ebooks defined by the European Accessibility Act.</p>
 
 			<p>The methodology used is mapping the requirements of the EU Accessibility Act related to ebooks to the <a
 					href="https://www.w3.org/TR/epub-a11y-11/">EPUB Accessibility</a> specification.</p>
 		</section>
-		<section id="sotd"></section>
 		<section id="introduction">
 			<h2>How EPUB conforming to EPUB accessibility guidelines cover European Accessibility Act requirements</h2>
 
-			<p>EPUB is the standard format for the creation and distribution of publications in the digital publishing
-				trade sector.</p>
+			<p>EPUB is the standard format for the creation and distribution of publications in the digital publishing sector.</p>
 
 			<p>The specifications of the EPUB standard are based on the <a
-					href="https://www.w3.org/wiki/Open_Web_Platform">Open Web Platform</a>: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, MathML and
+					href="https://www.w3.org/wiki/Open_Web_Platform">Open Web Platform</a>: HTML, CSS, XML, MathML and
 				SVG are the core technologies used for content creation. This means that EPUB
-				publications can be written with a high degree of accessibility simply through the proper application of
-				established web accessibility techniques, namely the <a
-					href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/">Web Content Accessibility Guidelines</a>
-				(WCAG).</p>
+				publications can be created with a high degree of accessibility simply through the proper application of
+				established digital accessibility techniques.</p>
 
-			<p>In order to outline how to make fully accessible EPUBs, the <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/epub-a11y-11/"
-					>EPUB Accessibility</a> guidelines have been drafted to address two key needs in the EPUB
-				ecosystem:</p>
+			<p>The <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/epub-a11y-11/">EPUB Accessibility</a> specifications [epub-a11y-11] address the following key areas for making fully accessible EPUB publications:</p>
 
 			<ul>
 				<li>discoverability of accessibility features of publications;</li>
@@ -91,39 +87,50 @@ <h2>How EPUB conforming to EPUB accessibility guidelines cover European Accessib
 				<li>specific EPUB requirements for accessibility;</li>
 				<li>evaluation and conformance reporting of accessible EPUB publications.</li>
 			</ul>
+			
+			<p>The EPUB Accessibility defines requirements for accessibility metadata. In this way consumers can examine the accessibility characteristics of the content and make well-informed decisions on whether an EPUB publication is appropriate for each need before buying, borrowing or downloading it.
+				This metadata, attached to the digital file and distributed along the supply chain, ensures that persons with disabilities can be informed about the publication accessibility features.
+				In order to make sure that information gets to the end user, it is critical that all players in the value chain do their part in managing metadata and displaying it to the end user (aggregators, ecommerce, reading solutions).</p>
 
-			<p>Providing accessibility metadata facilitates informed decisions about the usability of an EPUB
-				publication. Consumers can examine the characteristics of the content and decide whether an EPUB
-				publication is appropriate for each need.</p>
-
-			<p>While it has always been possible to create EPUB publications with a high degree of accessibility, 
-				this document establishes the formal accessibility requirements that content must meet to be declared 
-				as conformant with the EPUB Accessibility. These
-				requirements provide EPUB creators with a clear set of guidelines for evaluating their content with
-				respect to quality assurance and enable it.</p>
-
+			<p>EPUB Accessibility also defines the official accessibility criteria that EPUBs must adhere to claim conformance to the standard.
+				These criteria offer EPUB creators a precise set of instructions to assess their content in terms of quality assurance.</p>
+			
 			<p>The EPUB Accessibility does not target a single version of EPUB (most commercially available publications
 				are in EPUB 3 or EPUB 2 format). It is designed to be applicable to all EPUB publications conforming to
 				any version or profile, including future versions of the standard.</p>
+				
+			<p>The EPUB allows to create both reflowable and Fixed Layout publications.</p>
 			
-			<p>The EPUB format provides the ability to create reflowable publications (whose content adapts to the user's viewport,
-				depending also on the user's chosen graphical characteristics, such as font size, line spacing, etc.), but it also
-				allows the creation of EPUB Fixed Layout in which each element is positioned absolutely on the page (mainly used
-				for publications such as comics, illustrated children’s books and art books). Specific features of Fixed Layout EPUBs
-				should be considered in the light of all applicable accessibility requirements.</p>
+			<p>In a reflowable EPUB the content adapts to the user's viewport, depending also on the user's chosen graphical characteristics, such as font size, line spacing, text color, etc.; while in Fixed Layout EPUBs each element is positioned absolutely on the page (as it is usually an exact replica of the paper version) and the user has not the ability to change the text formatting.</p>
+
+			<p>EPUB Fixed Layout are mainly used for publications in which the meaning is layout-driven such as comics, illustrated children’s books and art books.</p>
+
+			<p>Although it is technically possible to produce Fixed Layout publications with a good level of accessibility, it should be kept in mind that some accessibility requirements cannot be met, precisely because of the limitation of the format, such as the ability to change the graphical formatting of the text according to the user's needs.</p>
+		
+			<section id="relationship-to-wcag">
+				<h2>Relationship of EPUB Acessibility to WCAG</h2>
+				
+				<p>EPUB Accessibility specification defines the requirements necessary to make an EPUB publication fully accessible including to the ones defined by the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and adding the ones related with the specific characteristic of ebooks and digital publications.</p>
+
+				<p>Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) offer a broad framework of requirements for making digital content accessible to all, addressing a wide range of problems and providing solutions. WCAG guidelines cover several aspects, including multimedia content, interactive content, and basic web page structure.</p>
+				
+				<p>EPUB Accessibility specification not only defines how to apply WCAG specifically to EPUB publications, but adds additional requirements such as accessibility metadata, page navigation, audio-text synchronization and Digital Rights Management guidance.</p>
+			
+				<p>The additional requirements set by EPUB Accessibility specification are critical to fully comply with the requirements of the European Accessibility Act.</p>
+			</section>
 		</section>
 		<section id="mappings">
 			<h2>Mappings</h2>
+			
+			<p>This section of the document maps the requirements defined by EPUB Accessibility specification to the ones defines in European Accessibility Act in Annex I <cite>"Accessibility requirements for products and services"</cite>.</p>
+			
+			<p>The mapping takes into account Section III <cite>"Accessibility requirements for products and services"</cite> related to all services identified by the European Accessibility Act - including ebooks - and Section IV <cite>"Additional accessibility requirements related to specific services"</cite>, sub-section (f) <cite>"Ebooks"</cite>, which defines specific requirements for ebooks.</p>
 
 			<section id="annex-I">
-				<h3>Annex I</h3>
-
-				<blockquote>
-					<p>Accessibility requirements for products and services</p>
-				</blockquote>
+				<h3>Annex I – Accessibility requirements for products and services</h3>
 
 				<section id="annex-I-section-III">
-					<h4>Section III</h4>
+					<h4>Section III – General accessibility requirements related to all services</h4>
 
 					<blockquote>
 						<p>General accessibility requirements related to all services covered by this Directive in
@@ -161,7 +168,7 @@ <h6>(i)</h6>
 								<p>Making the information available via more than one sensory channel</p>
 							</blockquote>
 
-							<p>Out of scope: requirement for reading systems and Distributors.</p>
+							<p>Out of scope: requirement for reading systems, ecommerce websites and platforms.</p>
 						</section>
 
 						<section id="annex-I-section-III-b-ii">
@@ -171,7 +178,7 @@ <h6>(ii)</h6>
 								<p>Presenting the information in an understandable way</p>
 							</blockquote>
 
-							<p>Out of scope: requirement for reading systems and Distributors.</p>
+							<p>Out of scope: requirement for reading systems, ecommerce websites and platforms.</p>
 						</section>
 
 						<section id="annex-I-section-III-b-iii">
@@ -181,7 +188,7 @@ <h6>(iii)</h6>
 								<p>Presenting the information to users in ways they can perceive</p>
 							</blockquote>
 
-							<p>Out of scope: requirement for reading systems and Distributors.</p>
+							<p>Out of scope: requirement for reading systems, ecommerce websites and platforms.</p>
 						</section>
 
 						<section id="annex-I-section-III-b-iv">
@@ -217,8 +224,7 @@ <h6>(v)</h6>
 								and WCAG Success Criterion <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG2/#text-spacing">1.4.12 Text Spacing</a> (level AA).</p>
 								
 							<div class="note">
-								<p>Specific features (like adjustable spacing between letters, lines and paragraphs) of Fixed Layout EPUBs should
-									be considered in the light of all applicable accessibility requirements.</p>
+								<p>In case of Fixed Layout EPUBs some features (like adjustable spacing between letters, lines and paragraphs) may not be available.</p>
 							</div>
 						</section>
 
@@ -227,7 +233,7 @@ <h6>(vi)</h6>
 
 							<blockquote>
 								<p>Supplementing any non-textual content with an alternative presentation of that
-									content and</p>
+									content</p>
 							</blockquote>
 
 							<p>This requirement is satisfied by WCAG Success Criterion <a
@@ -246,7 +252,7 @@ <h6>(vii)</h6>
 									robust</p>
 							</blockquote>
 
-							<p>Out of scope: requirement for reading systems and Distributors.</p>
+							<p>Out of scope: requirement for reading systems, ecommerce websites and platforms.</p>
 						</section>
 					</section>
 
@@ -259,7 +265,7 @@ <h5>(c)</h5>
 								making them perceivable, operable, understandable and robust</p>
 						</blockquote>
 
-						<p>Out of scope: requirement for reading systems and Distributors.</p>
+						<p>Out of scope: requirement for reading systems, ecommerce websites and platforms.</p>
 					</section>
 
 					<section id="annex-I-section-III-d">
@@ -272,23 +278,15 @@ <h5>(d)</h5>
 								communication</p>
 						</blockquote>
 
-						<p>Out of scope: requirement for reading systems and Distributors.</p>
+						<p>Out of scope: requirement for reading systems, ecommerce websites and platforms.</p>
 					</section>
 				</section>
 
 				<section id="annex-I-section-IV">
-					<h4>Section IV</h4>
-
-					<blockquote>
-						<p>Additional accessibility requirements related to specific services</p>
-					</blockquote>
+					<h4>Section IV: Additional accessibility requirements related to specific services</h4>
 
 					<section id="annex-I-section-IV-f">
-						<h5>(f)</h5>
-
-						<blockquote>
-							<p>Ebooks</p>
-						</blockquote>
+						<h5>(f) Ebooks</h5>
 
 						<section id="annex-I-section-IV-f-i">
 							<h6>(i)</h6>
@@ -320,9 +318,8 @@ <h6>(ii)</h6>
 										Accessibility-Supported Ways of Using Technologies</a>;</li>
 								<li>WCAG conformance requirement <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG2/#cc5">
 										Non-Interference</a>;</li>
-								<li>WCAG Principle <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG2/#robust">4 Robust</a> (level
-									A);</li>
-								<li>WCAG Guideline <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG2/#keyboard-accessible">2.1
+								<li>WCAG Success Criterion <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG2/#name-role-value">4.1.2 Name, Role, Value</a> (level A).</li>
+								<li>WCAG Success Criterion <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG2/#keyboard-accessible">2.1
 										Keyboard Accessible</a> (level A).</li>
 							</ul>
 						</section>
@@ -348,8 +345,7 @@ <h6>(iii)</h6>
 							</ul>
 							
 							<div class="note">
-								<p>Specific features (like flexibility and choice in the presentation of the content) of Fixed Layout EPUBs
-								should be considered in the light of all applicable accessibility requirements.</p>
+								<p>In case of Fixed Layout EPUBs some features (like flexibility and choice in the presentation of the content) may not be available.</p>
 							</div>
 						</section>
 
@@ -399,25 +395,5 @@ <h6>(vi)</h6>
 				</section>
 			</section>
 		</section>
-		<section id="exemptions">
-			<h2>Metadata to describe possible exemptions</h2>
-			
-			<p>The European Accessibility Act foresee three possible exemptions to meeting its requirements:</p>
-			
-			<ul>
-				<li>to microenterprises providing services that employ fewer than ten people and have an annual turnover not exceeding 
-					EUR 2 million or an annual balance sheet total not exceeding EUR 2 million;</li>
-				<li>when compliance with accessibility requirements would impose a disproportionate burden on economic operators as 
-					defined in Annex VI of the Directive;</li>
-				<li>when the compliance with accessibility requirements require a significant change in a product or service 
-					that results in the fundamental alteration of its basic nature as described in article 4 of the Directive.</li>
-			</ul>
-
-			<p>Metadata standards for digital publishing ONIX (via <a href="https://ns.editeur.org/onix/en/196">Code List 196</a>)
-				and EPUB metadata (via <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/epub-a11y-exemption/">The EPUB Accessibility exemption property</a>)
-				provide specific codes for communicating to the digital publishing supply chain (and the end user) any exceptions related 
-				to specific publications. In any case economic operators will be responsible to provide the necessary documentation to 
-				support the exception they invoke.</p>
-		</section>
 	</body>
 </html>

From a15dce70c79534e0718d291cc0a7c424381cfc34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shadi Abou-Zahra <7383985+nitedog@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 19:15:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 03/14] mostly editorial copy-editing

Mostly editorial work; a few changes in the mapping too.
---
 epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html | 102 ++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-)

diff --git a/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html b/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
index a062b8b26..7ca6562a4 100644
--- a/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
+++ b/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
@@ -54,77 +54,67 @@
 	</head>
 	<body>
 		<section id="abstract">
-			<p>The <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32019L0882">European
-					Accessibility Act (EAA)</a> is an EU directive that establishes binding accessibility requirements that
-				must be met by many different types of products and services to strengthen the rights of people with
-				disabilities to access goods and services, including ebooks, dedicated reading software, ereading
-				devices, digital rights management softwares and ecommerce.</p>
+			<p>The <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32019L0882">European Accessibility Act (EAA)</a> is an EU directive that establishes accessibility requirements for different types of products and services. It aims to strengthen the rights of people with disabilities by providing access to products and services, including e-books, dedicated e-reading devices and software, digital rights management software, and e-commerce.</p>
 
-			<p>The EAA has been approved on 27 June 2019 and will come into force from 28 June 2025.</p>
+			<p>The EAA was enacted on 27 June 2019 to be forced from 28 June 2025.</p>
 
-			<p>This note aims to demonstrate that EPUB® standard meets all the technical requirements related
-				to ebooks defined by the European Accessibility Act.</p>
+			<p>This note aims to demonstrate that EPUB® standard meets all the technical requirements related to e-books, as defined by the EAA.</p>
 
-			<p>The methodology used is mapping the requirements of the EU Accessibility Act related to ebooks to the <a
-					href="https://www.w3.org/TR/epub-a11y-11/">EPUB Accessibility</a> specification.</p>
+			<p>The methodology used is mapping the requirements of the EAA related to e-books to the <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/epub-a11y-11/">EPUB Accessibility</a> specification.</p>
 		</section>
 		<section id="introduction">
-			<h2>How EPUB conforming to EPUB accessibility guidelines cover European Accessibility Act requirements</h2>
+			<h2>How EPUB addresses all EAA requirements</h2>
 
-			<p>EPUB is the standard format for the creation and distribution of publications in the digital publishing sector.</p>
+			<p>EPUB is the standard format for the creation and distribution of digital publications, including e-books.</p>
 
-			<p>The specifications of the EPUB standard are based on the <a
-					href="https://www.w3.org/wiki/Open_Web_Platform">Open Web Platform</a>: HTML, CSS, XML, MathML and
-				SVG are the core technologies used for content creation. This means that EPUB
-				publications can be created with a high degree of accessibility simply through the proper application of
-				established digital accessibility techniques.</p>
+			<p>The EPUB standard is based on the <a href="https://www.w3.org/wiki/Open_Web_Platform">Open Web Platform</a>: HTML, CSS, XML, MathML, and SVG are the core technologies used for content creation. This means that EPUB publications can be created with a high degree of accessibility simply through proper application of established techniques for digital accessibility.</p>
 
-			<p>The <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/epub-a11y-11/">EPUB Accessibility</a> specifications [epub-a11y-11] address the following key areas for making fully accessible EPUB publications:</p>
+			<p>The <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/epub-a11y-11/">EPUB Accessibility</a> standard [epub-a11y-11] addresses the following key areas for making EPUB publications fully accessible:</p>
 
 			<ul>
+				<li>conformance to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG);</li>
 				<li>discoverability of accessibility features of publications;</li>
-				<li>conformance to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines;</li>
 				<li>specific EPUB requirements for accessibility;</li>
 				<li>evaluation and conformance reporting of accessible EPUB publications.</li>
 			</ul>
 			
-			<p>The EPUB Accessibility defines requirements for accessibility metadata. In this way consumers can examine the accessibility characteristics of the content and make well-informed decisions on whether an EPUB publication is appropriate for each need before buying, borrowing or downloading it.
-				This metadata, attached to the digital file and distributed along the supply chain, ensures that persons with disabilities can be informed about the publication accessibility features.
-				In order to make sure that information gets to the end user, it is critical that all players in the value chain do their part in managing metadata and displaying it to the end user (aggregators, ecommerce, reading solutions).</p>
+			<p>EPUB Accessibility defines requirements for accessibility metadata. In this way consumers can examine the accessibility characteristics of the content and make well-informed decisions on whether an EPUB publication is suitable for each need before buying, borrowing, or downloading it. This metadata, attached to the digital file and distributed along the supply chain, ensures that persons with disabilities can be informed about the publication accessibility features. In order to make sure that information gets to the end user, it is critical that all players in the value chain do their part in managing metadata and displaying it to the end user (aggregators, e-commerce, reading solutions).</p>
 
-			<p>EPUB Accessibility also defines the official accessibility criteria that EPUBs must adhere to claim conformance to the standard.
-				These criteria offer EPUB creators a precise set of instructions to assess their content in terms of quality assurance.</p>
+			<p>EPUB Accessibility also defines the official accessibility criteria that EPUBs must adhere to, to claim conformance to the standard.	These criteria offer EPUB creators a precise set of instructions to assess their content in terms of quality assurance.</p>
 			
-			<p>The EPUB Accessibility does not target a single version of EPUB (most commercially available publications
-				are in EPUB 3 or EPUB 2 format). It is designed to be applicable to all EPUB publications conforming to
-				any version or profile, including future versions of the standard.</p>
+			<p>EPUB Accessibility does not target a single version of EPUB (most commercially available publications are in EPUB 3 or EPUB 2 format). It is designed to be applicable to all EPUB publications conforming to any version or profile, including future versions of the standard.</p>
 				
-			<p>The EPUB allows to create both reflowable and Fixed Layout publications.</p>
+			<p>EPUB itself (the core format) allows the creation of both Reflowable and Fixed Layout publications.</p>
 			
-			<p>In a reflowable EPUB the content adapts to the user's viewport, depending also on the user's chosen graphical characteristics, such as font size, line spacing, text color, etc.; while in Fixed Layout EPUBs each element is positioned absolutely on the page (as it is usually an exact replica of the paper version) and the user has not the ability to change the text formatting.</p>
+			<p>In a Reflowable publication, the content adapts to the user's viewport. This includes the user's chosen graphical characteristics, such as font size, line spacing, text color, etc. In a Fixed Layout publication, each element has a fixed position because the publication is usually an exact replica of the paper version. In these publications the user does not have the ability to change the graphical characteristics, such as font size, line spacing, text color, etc.</p>
 
-			<p>EPUB Fixed Layout are mainly used for publications in which the meaning is layout-driven such as comics, illustrated children’s books and art books.</p>
+			<p>EPUB Fixed Layout are mainly used for publications in which the meaning is layout-driven such as comics, illustrated children’s books, and art books.</p>
 
-			<p>Although it is technically possible to produce Fixed Layout publications with a good level of accessibility, it should be kept in mind that some accessibility requirements cannot be met, precisely because of the limitation of the format, such as the ability to change the graphical formatting of the text according to the user's needs.</p>
+			<p>Although it is technically possible to produce Fixed Layout publications with a good level of accessibility, it should be kept in mind that some accessibility requirements cannot be met. This is because of the limitation of the format, including the ability to change the graphical formatting of the text according to the user's needs.</p>
 		
 			<section id="relationship-to-wcag">
 				<h2>Relationship of EPUB Acessibility to WCAG</h2>
 				
-				<p>EPUB Accessibility specification defines the requirements necessary to make an EPUB publication fully accessible including to the ones defined by the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and adding the ones related with the specific characteristic of ebooks and digital publications.</p>
+				<p>EPUB Accessibility defines the requirements necessary to make an EPUB publication fully accessible, including the requirements defined by the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). It further adds requirements solely related to the specific characteristics of e-books and other digital publications.</p>
 
-				<p>Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) offer a broad framework of requirements for making digital content accessible to all, addressing a wide range of problems and providing solutions. WCAG guidelines cover several aspects, including multimedia content, interactive content, and basic web page structure.</p>
+				<p>Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for making many different types of digital content accessible. It addresses a wide range of situations and technologies, including multimedia content, interactive content, and basic web page structure.</p>
 				
-				<p>EPUB Accessibility specification not only defines how to apply WCAG specifically to EPUB publications, but adds additional requirements such as accessibility metadata, page navigation, audio-text synchronization and Digital Rights Management guidance.</p>
+				<p>EPUB Accessibility defines how to apply WCAG specifically to EPUB publications, and defines additional requirements such as accessibility metadata, page navigation, audio-text synchronization and Digital Rights Management guidance.</p>
 			
-				<p>The additional requirements set by EPUB Accessibility specification are critical to fully comply with the requirements of the European Accessibility Act.</p>
+				<p>The additional requirements defined by EPUB Accessibility are critical to fully comply with the requirements of the European Accessibility Act.</p>
 			</section>
 		</section>
 		<section id="mappings">
 			<h2>Mappings</h2>
 			
-			<p>This section of the document maps the requirements defined by EPUB Accessibility specification to the ones defines in European Accessibility Act in Annex I <cite>"Accessibility requirements for products and services"</cite>.</p>
+			<p>This section of the document maps the requirements defined of the European Accessibility to the EPUB Accessibility technical standard.</p>
 			
-			<p>The mapping takes into account Section III <cite>"Accessibility requirements for products and services"</cite> related to all services identified by the European Accessibility Act - including ebooks - and Section IV <cite>"Additional accessibility requirements related to specific services"</cite>, sub-section (f) <cite>"Ebooks"</cite>, which defines specific requirements for ebooks.</p>
+			<p>The mapping includes the following sections from Annex I <cite>"Accessibility requirements for products and services"</cite> of the EAA:</p>
+
+			<ul>
+				<li>Section III<cite> "Accessibility requirements for products and services"</cite> related to all services covered by the EAA, including e-books</li>
+				<li>Section IV<cite> "Additional accessibility requirements related to specific services"</cite>, sub-section (f) <cite>"E-books"</cite>, which defines specific requirements for e-books</li>
+			</ul>
 
 			<section id="annex-I">
 				<h3>Annex I – Accessibility requirements for products and services</h3>
@@ -145,6 +135,8 @@ <h5>(a)</h5>
 						<blockquote>
 							<p>Ensuring the accessibility of the products used in the provision of the service, in
 								accordance with Section I of this Annex and, where applicable, Section II thereof</p>
+
+							<p>Out of scope: requirement for reading systems and other products used to provide the service.</p>
 						</blockquote>
 					</section>
 
@@ -158,8 +150,7 @@ <h5>(b)</h5>
 								facilities</p>
 						</blockquote>
 
-						<p>This requirement is satisfied by EPUB Accessibility, <a
-								data-cite="epub-a11y-11#sec-discovery">section Discoverability</a>.</p>
+						<p>Satisfied by EPUB Accessibility, <a data-cite="epub-a11y-11#sec-discovery">section Discoverability</a>.</p>
 
 						<section id="annex-I-section-III-b-i">
 							<h6>(i)</h6>
@@ -168,7 +159,7 @@ <h6>(i)</h6>
 								<p>Making the information available via more than one sensory channel</p>
 							</blockquote>
 
-							<p>Out of scope: requirement for reading systems, ecommerce websites and platforms.</p>
+							<p>Provision of information is covered by EPUB Accessibility, <a data-cite="epub-a11y-11#sec-discovery">section Discoverability</a>. Presentation of this information is out of scope of e-books, it is a requirement for reading systems, e-commerce websites, and platforms. </p>
 						</section>
 
 						<section id="annex-I-section-III-b-ii">
@@ -178,7 +169,7 @@ <h6>(ii)</h6>
 								<p>Presenting the information in an understandable way</p>
 							</blockquote>
 
-							<p>Out of scope: requirement for reading systems, ecommerce websites and platforms.</p>
+							<p>Provision of information is covered by EPUB Accessibility, <a data-cite="epub-a11y-11#sec-discovery">section Discoverability</a>. Presentation of this information is out of scope of e-books, it is a requirement for reading systems, e-commerce websites, and platforms. </p>
 						</section>
 
 						<section id="annex-I-section-III-b-iii">
@@ -188,7 +179,7 @@ <h6>(iii)</h6>
 								<p>Presenting the information to users in ways they can perceive</p>
 							</blockquote>
 
-							<p>Out of scope: requirement for reading systems, ecommerce websites and platforms.</p>
+							<p>Provision of information is covered by EPUB Accessibility, <a data-cite="epub-a11y-11#sec-discovery">section Discoverability</a>. Presentation of this information is out of scope of e-books, it is a requirement for reading systems, e-commerce websites, and platforms. </p>
 						</section>
 
 						<section id="annex-I-section-III-b-iv">
@@ -206,7 +197,7 @@ <h6>(iv)</h6>
 									to access content in different ways.</p>
 							</div>
 
-							<p>This requirement is satisfied by <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG2/">WCAG 2</a>.</p>
+							<p>Provision of information is covered by EPUB Accessibility, <a data-cite="epub-a11y-11#sec-discovery">section Discoverability</a>. Presentation of this information is out of scope of e-books, it is a requirement for reading systems, e-commerce websites, and platforms. </p>
 						</section>
 
 						<section id="annex-I-section-III-b-v">
@@ -218,14 +209,7 @@ <h6>(v)</h6>
 									spacing between letters, lines and paragraphs</p>
 							</blockquote>
 
-							<p>This requirement is satisfied by WCAG Success Criterion <a
-								href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG2/#resize-text">1.4.4 Resize text</a> (level AA), WCAG Success Criterion
-								<a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG2/#contrast-minimum">1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum)</a> (level AA)
-								and WCAG Success Criterion <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG2/#text-spacing">1.4.12 Text Spacing</a> (level AA).</p>
-								
-							<div class="note">
-								<p>In case of Fixed Layout EPUBs some features (like adjustable spacing between letters, lines and paragraphs) may not be available.</p>
-							</div>
+							<p>Provision of information is covered by EPUB Accessibility, <a data-cite="epub-a11y-11#sec-discovery">section Discoverability</a>. Presentation of this information is out of scope of e-books, it is a requirement for reading systems, e-commerce websites, and platforms. </p>
 						</section>
 
 						<section id="annex-I-section-III-b-vi">
@@ -236,11 +220,7 @@ <h6>(vi)</h6>
 									content</p>
 							</blockquote>
 
-							<p>This requirement is satisfied by WCAG Success Criterion <a
-									href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG2/#non-text-content">1.1.1 Non-text Content</a>
-								(level A), WCAG Success Criterion <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG2/#audio-only-and-video-only-prerecorded">1.2.1
-								Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded)</a> (level A) and WCAG Success Criterion 
-								<a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG2/#captions-prerecorded">1.2.2 Captions (Prerecorded)</a> (level A).</p>
+							<p>Provision of information is covered by EPUB Accessibility, <a data-cite="epub-a11y-11#sec-discovery">section Discoverability</a>. Presentation of this information is out of scope of e-books, it is a requirement for reading systems, e-commerce websites, and platforms. </p>
 						</section>
 
 						<section id="annex-I-section-III-b-vii">
@@ -252,7 +232,7 @@ <h6>(vii)</h6>
 									robust</p>
 							</blockquote>
 
-							<p>Out of scope: requirement for reading systems, ecommerce websites and platforms.</p>
+							<p>Provision of information is covered by EPUB Accessibility, <a data-cite="epub-a11y-11#sec-discovery">section Discoverability</a>. Presentation of this information is out of scope of e-books, it is a requirement for reading systems, e-commerce websites, and platforms. </p>
 						</section>
 					</section>
 
@@ -265,7 +245,7 @@ <h5>(c)</h5>
 								making them perceivable, operable, understandable and robust</p>
 						</blockquote>
 
-						<p>Out of scope: requirement for reading systems, ecommerce websites and platforms.</p>
+						<p>This requirement is satisfied by <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG2/">WCAG 2</a>.</p>
 					</section>
 
 					<section id="annex-I-section-III-d">
@@ -278,7 +258,7 @@ <h5>(d)</h5>
 								communication</p>
 						</blockquote>
 
-						<p>Out of scope: requirement for reading systems, ecommerce websites and platforms.</p>
+						<p>Out of scope: requirement for support services, such as call centres.</p>
 					</section>
 				</section>
 
@@ -286,7 +266,7 @@ <h5>(d)</h5>
 					<h4>Section IV: Additional accessibility requirements related to specific services</h4>
 
 					<section id="annex-I-section-IV-f">
-						<h5>(f) Ebooks</h5>
+						<h5>(f) E-books</h5>
 
 						<section id="annex-I-section-IV-f-i">
 							<h6>(i)</h6>
@@ -345,7 +325,7 @@ <h6>(iii)</h6>
 							</ul>
 							
 							<div class="note">
-								<p>In case of Fixed Layout EPUBs some features (like flexibility and choice in the presentation of the content) may not be available.</p>
+								<p>There are technical limitation for certain types of Fixed Layout publications, such as comics, illustrated children’s books, and art books. For example, the flexibility and choice in the presentation of the content may not be available for these types of e-books.</p>
 							</div>
 						</section>
 

From a489d09c43d6021cff3f5b666a279b6e5ba12f03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregorio Pellegirno <gregorio.pellegrino@effata.it>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 23:34:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 04/14] Update epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html

Co-authored-by: Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org>
---
 epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html b/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
index a062b8b26..2438a4b8d 100644
--- a/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
+++ b/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 					Accessibility Act (EAA)</a> is an EU directive that establishes binding accessibility requirements that
 				must be met by many different types of products and services to strengthen the rights of people with
 				disabilities to access goods and services, including ebooks, dedicated reading software, ereading
-				devices, digital rights management softwares and ecommerce.</p>
+				devices, digital rights management softwares, and ecommerce.</p>
 
 			<p>The EAA has been approved on 27 June 2019 and will come into force from 28 June 2025.</p>
 

From d09da49d698d4c5411f7f8d3213844117a085479 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregorio Pellegirno <gregorio.pellegrino@effata.it>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 23:35:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 05/14] Update epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html

Co-authored-by: Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org>
---
 epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html b/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
index 2438a4b8d..dce2e20c9 100644
--- a/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
+++ b/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 			<p>The EAA has been approved on 27 June 2019 and will come into force from 28 June 2025.</p>
 
 			<p>This note aims to demonstrate that EPUB® standard meets all the technical requirements related
-				to ebooks defined by the European Accessibility Act.</p>
+				to ebooks, as defined by the European Accessibility Act.</p>
 
 			<p>The methodology used is mapping the requirements of the EU Accessibility Act related to ebooks to the <a
 					href="https://www.w3.org/TR/epub-a11y-11/">EPUB Accessibility</a> specification.</p>

From 5f577b79a7b4565f594e563c28c54a2a017d43e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregorio Pellegirno <gregorio.pellegrino@effata.it>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 23:35:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 06/14] Update epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html

Co-authored-by: Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org>
---
 epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html b/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
index dce2e20c9..c770b2355 100644
--- a/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
+++ b/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ <h2>How EPUB conforming to EPUB accessibility guidelines cover European Accessib
 				publications can be created with a high degree of accessibility simply through the proper application of
 				established digital accessibility techniques.</p>
 
-			<p>The <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/epub-a11y-11/">EPUB Accessibility</a> specifications [epub-a11y-11] address the following key areas for making fully accessible EPUB publications:</p>
+			<p>The <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/epub-a11y-11/">EPUB Accessibility</a> specification [epub-a11y-11] addresses the following key areas for making fully accessible EPUB publications:</p>
 
 			<ul>
 				<li>discoverability of accessibility features of publications;</li>

From efdea4b7778f494906301e1bda6c6be35658a195 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregorio Pellegirno <gregorio.pellegrino@effata.it>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 23:35:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 07/14] Update epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html

Co-authored-by: Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org>
---
 epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html b/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
index c770b2355..8ec791a6d 100644
--- a/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
+++ b/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ <h2>How EPUB conforming to EPUB accessibility guidelines cover European Accessib
 				<li>evaluation and conformance reporting of accessible EPUB publications.</li>
 			</ul>
 			
-			<p>The EPUB Accessibility defines requirements for accessibility metadata. In this way consumers can examine the accessibility characteristics of the content and make well-informed decisions on whether an EPUB publication is appropriate for each need before buying, borrowing or downloading it.
+			<p>The EPUB Accessibility defines requirements for accessibility metadata. In this way consumers can examine the accessibility characteristics of the content and make well-informed decisions on whether an EPUB publication is appropriate for each need before buying, borrowing, or downloading it.
 				This metadata, attached to the digital file and distributed along the supply chain, ensures that persons with disabilities can be informed about the publication accessibility features.
 				In order to make sure that information gets to the end user, it is critical that all players in the value chain do their part in managing metadata and displaying it to the end user (aggregators, ecommerce, reading solutions).</p>
 

From 2edad9b817ca8ae61c5f17cd628f55a4956f9b64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregorio Pellegirno <gregorio.pellegrino@effata.it>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 23:36:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 08/14] Update epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html

Co-authored-by: Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org>
---
 epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html b/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
index 8ec791a6d..a074e27b4 100644
--- a/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
+++ b/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ <h2>How EPUB conforming to EPUB accessibility guidelines cover European Accessib
 				are in EPUB 3 or EPUB 2 format). It is designed to be applicable to all EPUB publications conforming to
 				any version or profile, including future versions of the standard.</p>
 				
-			<p>The EPUB allows to create both reflowable and Fixed Layout publications.</p>
+			<p>The EPUB allows the creation of both reflowable and Fixed Layout publications.</p>
 			
 			<p>In a reflowable EPUB the content adapts to the user's viewport, depending also on the user's chosen graphical characteristics, such as font size, line spacing, text color, etc.; while in Fixed Layout EPUBs each element is positioned absolutely on the page (as it is usually an exact replica of the paper version) and the user has not the ability to change the text formatting.</p>
 

From 60dd48d81104e4d54ddbb99e3e356e7c200cb436 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregorio Pellegirno <gregorio.pellegrino@effata.it>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 23:36:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 09/14] Update epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html

Co-authored-by: Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org>
---
 epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html b/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
index a074e27b4..6d9d0cc86 100644
--- a/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
+++ b/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ <h2>How EPUB conforming to EPUB accessibility guidelines cover European Accessib
 				
 			<p>The EPUB allows the creation of both reflowable and Fixed Layout publications.</p>
 			
-			<p>In a reflowable EPUB the content adapts to the user's viewport, depending also on the user's chosen graphical characteristics, such as font size, line spacing, text color, etc.; while in Fixed Layout EPUBs each element is positioned absolutely on the page (as it is usually an exact replica of the paper version) and the user has not the ability to change the text formatting.</p>
+			<p>In a reflowable EPUB the content adapts to the user's viewport, depending also on the user's chosen graphical characteristics, such as font size, line spacing, text color, etc.. In Fixed Layout EPUBs each element is positioned absolutely on the page (as it is usually an exact replica of the paper version) and the user does not have the ability to change the text formatting.</p>
 
 			<p>EPUB Fixed Layout are mainly used for publications in which the meaning is layout-driven such as comics, illustrated children’s books and art books.</p>
 

From cdafd30108af1c928b896847f543a73ff774a74d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregorio Pellegirno <gregorio.pellegrino@effata.it>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 23:36:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 10/14] Update epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html

Co-authored-by: Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org>
---
 epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html b/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
index 6d9d0cc86..94834e674 100644
--- a/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
+++ b/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ <h2>How EPUB conforming to EPUB accessibility guidelines cover European Accessib
 			
 			<p>In a reflowable EPUB the content adapts to the user's viewport, depending also on the user's chosen graphical characteristics, such as font size, line spacing, text color, etc.. In Fixed Layout EPUBs each element is positioned absolutely on the page (as it is usually an exact replica of the paper version) and the user does not have the ability to change the text formatting.</p>
 
-			<p>EPUB Fixed Layout are mainly used for publications in which the meaning is layout-driven such as comics, illustrated children’s books and art books.</p>
+			<p>EPUB Fixed Layout are mainly used for publications where the meaning is layout-driven, such as comics, illustrated children’s books, and art books.</p>
 
 			<p>Although it is technically possible to produce Fixed Layout publications with a good level of accessibility, it should be kept in mind that some accessibility requirements cannot be met, precisely because of the limitation of the format, such as the ability to change the graphical formatting of the text according to the user's needs.</p>
 		

From 1b7eef5c07a90fa811b4ba6b001866c7082dee0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregorio Pellegirno <gregorio.pellegrino@effata.it>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 23:36:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 11/14] Update epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html

Co-authored-by: Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org>
---
 epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html b/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
index 94834e674..b7f055636 100644
--- a/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
+++ b/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ <h2>How EPUB conforming to EPUB accessibility guidelines cover European Accessib
 			<section id="relationship-to-wcag">
 				<h2>Relationship of EPUB Acessibility to WCAG</h2>
 				
-				<p>EPUB Accessibility specification defines the requirements necessary to make an EPUB publication fully accessible including to the ones defined by the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and adding the ones related with the specific characteristic of ebooks and digital publications.</p>
+				<p>EPUB Accessibility specification defines requirements necessary to make an EPUB publication fully accessible; these are on top of the requirements defined by the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and relate to the specificificities of ebooks and digital publications.</p>
 
 				<p>Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) offer a broad framework of requirements for making digital content accessible to all, addressing a wide range of problems and providing solutions. WCAG guidelines cover several aspects, including multimedia content, interactive content, and basic web page structure.</p>
 				

From 4846bea3590156d68b6df79c3622f1b19de94cba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregorio Pellegirno <gregorio.pellegrino@effata.it>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 23:36:29 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 12/14] Update epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html

Co-authored-by: Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org>
---
 epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html b/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
index b7f055636..b978ee490 100644
--- a/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
+++ b/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ <h2>Relationship of EPUB Acessibility to WCAG</h2>
 
 				<p>Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) offer a broad framework of requirements for making digital content accessible to all, addressing a wide range of problems and providing solutions. WCAG guidelines cover several aspects, including multimedia content, interactive content, and basic web page structure.</p>
 				
-				<p>EPUB Accessibility specification not only defines how to apply WCAG specifically to EPUB publications, but adds additional requirements such as accessibility metadata, page navigation, audio-text synchronization and Digital Rights Management guidance.</p>
+				<p>EPUB Accessibility specification not only defines how to apply WCAG specifically to EPUB publications, but adds additional requirements such as accessibility metadata, page navigation, audio-text synchronization, and Digital Rights Management guidance.</p>
 			
 				<p>The additional requirements set by EPUB Accessibility specification are critical to fully comply with the requirements of the European Accessibility Act.</p>
 			</section>

From dd0c87b36fb9854216c5d674b79ada6b4bdf1bf9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregorio Pellegirno <gregorio.pellegrino@effata.it>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 23:44:35 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 13/14] Revision after Ivan and Matt comments

---
 epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html | 21 +++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html b/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
index b978ee490..11363371d 100644
--- a/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
+++ b/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
@@ -56,18 +56,19 @@
 		<section id="abstract">
 			<p>The <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32019L0882">European
 					Accessibility Act (EAA)</a> is an EU directive that establishes binding accessibility requirements that
-				must be met by many different types of products and services to strengthen the rights of people with
+				must be met by many different types of products and services. It strengthens the rights of people with
 				disabilities to access goods and services, including ebooks, dedicated reading software, ereading
 				devices, digital rights management softwares, and ecommerce.</p>
 
-			<p>The EAA has been approved on 27 June 2019 and will come into force from 28 June 2025.</p>
+			<p>The EAA was approved on 27 June 2019 and comes into force on 28 June 2025.</p>
 
 			<p>This note aims to demonstrate that EPUB® standard meets all the technical requirements related
 				to ebooks, as defined by the European Accessibility Act.</p>
 
 			<p>The methodology used is mapping the requirements of the EU Accessibility Act related to ebooks to the <a
-					href="https://www.w3.org/TR/epub-a11y-11/">EPUB Accessibility</a> specification.</p>
+					href="https://www.w3.org/TR/epub-a11y-11/">EPUB Accessibility 1.1</a> specification.</p>
 		</section>
+		<section id="sotd"></section>
 		<section id="introduction">
 			<h2>How EPUB conforming to EPUB accessibility guidelines cover European Accessibility Act requirements</h2>
 
@@ -88,14 +89,14 @@ <h2>How EPUB conforming to EPUB accessibility guidelines cover European Accessib
 				<li>evaluation and conformance reporting of accessible EPUB publications.</li>
 			</ul>
 			
-			<p>The EPUB Accessibility defines requirements for accessibility metadata. In this way consumers can examine the accessibility characteristics of the content and make well-informed decisions on whether an EPUB publication is appropriate for each need before buying, borrowing, or downloading it.
+			<p>The EPUB Accessibility 1.1 defines requirements for accessibility metadata. In this way consumers can examine the accessibility characteristics of the content and make well-informed decisions on whether an EPUB publication is appropriate for each need before buying, borrowing, or downloading it.
 				This metadata, attached to the digital file and distributed along the supply chain, ensures that persons with disabilities can be informed about the publication accessibility features.
 				In order to make sure that information gets to the end user, it is critical that all players in the value chain do their part in managing metadata and displaying it to the end user (aggregators, ecommerce, reading solutions).</p>
 
-			<p>EPUB Accessibility also defines the official accessibility criteria that EPUBs must adhere to claim conformance to the standard.
+			<p>EPUB Accessibility 1.1 also defines the official accessibility criteria that EPUBs must adhere to claim conformance to the standard.
 				These criteria offer EPUB creators a precise set of instructions to assess their content in terms of quality assurance.</p>
 			
-			<p>The EPUB Accessibility does not target a single version of EPUB (most commercially available publications
+			<p>The EPUB Accessibility 1.1 does not target a single version of EPUB (most commercially available publications
 				are in EPUB 3 or EPUB 2 format). It is designed to be applicable to all EPUB publications conforming to
 				any version or profile, including future versions of the standard.</p>
 				
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ <h5>(b)</h5>
 								facilities</p>
 						</blockquote>
 
-						<p>This requirement is satisfied by EPUB Accessibility, <a
+						<p>This requirement is satisfied by EPUB Accessibility 1.1, <a
 								data-cite="epub-a11y-11#sec-discovery">section Discoverability</a>.</p>
 
 						<section id="annex-I-section-III-b-i">
@@ -308,7 +309,7 @@ <h6>(ii)</h6>
 									properly</p>
 							</blockquote>
 
-							<p>The EPUB Accessibility document uses the definition of assistive technology as defined in
+							<p>The EPUB Accessibility specification uses the definition of assistive technology as defined in
 									<a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG2/">WCAG2</a>.</p>
 
 							<p>This requirement is satisfied by:</p>
@@ -375,7 +376,7 @@ <h6>(v)</h6>
 									accessibility features</p>
 							</blockquote>
 
-							<p>This requirement is satisfied by EPUB Accessibility, <a
+							<p>This requirement is satisfied by EPUB Accessibility 1.1, <a
 									data-cite="epub-a11y-11#sec-discovery">section Discoverability</a>.</p>
 						</section>
 
@@ -387,7 +388,7 @@ <h6>(vi)</h6>
 									features</p>
 							</blockquote>
 
-							<p>This requirement is satisfied by EPUB Accessibility, <a
+							<p>This requirement is satisfied by EPUB Accessibility 1.1, <a
 									data-cite="epub-a11y-11#sec-distribution">section Distribution</a> (non
 								normative).</p>
 						</section>

From 4402e67eb028a1e800cf1a207caaac513fd5d54d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregorio Pellegirno <gregorio.pellegrino@effata.it>
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 00:04:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 14/14] Small changs

- Bib reference to epub-a11y-11
- Changed "ebook" to "e-book"
---
 epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html b/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
index ecc9aabeb..fc129c6a0 100644
--- a/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
+++ b/epub33/epub-a11y-eaa-mapping/index.html
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ <h2>How EPUB addresses all EAA requirements</h2>
 
 			<p>The EPUB standard is based on the <a href="https://www.w3.org/wiki/Open_Web_Platform">Open Web Platform</a>: HTML, CSS, XML, MathML, and SVG are the core technologies used for content creation. This means that EPUB publications can be created with a high degree of accessibility simply through proper application of established techniques for digital accessibility.</p>
 
-			<p>The <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/epub-a11y-11/">EPUB Accessibility</a> standard [epub-a11y-11] addresses the following key areas for making EPUB publications fully accessible:</p>
+			<p>The <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/epub-a11y-11/">EPUB Accessibility</a> standard [[epub-a11y-11]] addresses the following key areas for making EPUB publications fully accessible:</p>
 
 			<ul>
 				<li>conformance to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG);</li>
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ <h5>(f) E-books</h5>
 							<h6>(i)</h6>
 
 							<blockquote>
-								<p>Ensuring that, when an ebook contains audio in addition to text, it then provides
+								<p>Ensuring that, when an e-book contains audio in addition to text, it then provides
 									synchronised text and audio</p>
 							</blockquote>
 							<p>The audio synched to text feature is called <a data-cite="epub-33#sec-media-overlays">media
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ <h6>(i)</h6>
 							<h6>(ii)</h6>
 
 							<blockquote>
-								<p>Ensuring that ebook digital files do not prevent assistive technology from operating
+								<p>Ensuring that e-book digital files do not prevent assistive technology from operating
 									properly</p>
 							</blockquote>