Accessibility

ESDS is committed to following agreed best standards and good practice in web design and usability. The underlying code of the ESDS web site achieves compliance with level 3(AAA) W3C guidelines for XHTML and Cascading Style Sheets, conforms to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, and is SENDA compliant. Where this is not feasible or practical, an alternative method will be provided for users to obtain the assistance they need from user support staff.

• XHTML 1.0 Transitional
• Cascading Style Sheets, level 2 revision 1 CSS 2.1
•  Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (WCAG 1.0)

• Firefox 3.0
• Internet Explorer 7.0
• Opera 9.0

• resizeable text - to resize the text, follow instructions specific to the browser being used, e.g. for Internet Explorer 7.0 go to 'View' and select 'Text Size' and select the appropriate size text
• print-friendly pages - available from the link at the top right of the content of each page
• search - available at the top right of each page
• A-Z index of all ESDS web pages

UKDA/ESDS registration requires that cookies are accepted on your computer. The most common reason for not being able to log on is that cookies are being blocked on your computer.

A cookie is a small piece of information that is automatically stored on a computer within a web browser. The UKDA/ESDS use Cookies (that do not contain any personal information) in order to allow users to move from one resource to another.

You can check whether your computer is set up to accept cookies or change the settings using the following instructions:

• Firefox 3.0: Go to 'Tools' -> 'Options' -> 'Privacy' -> 'Cookies'
• Internet Explorer 7.0: Go to 'Tools' -> 'Internet Options' -> 'Privacy' -> 'Advanced Level' and select 'Accept cookies'
• Opera 9.0: Go to 'Tools' -> 'Preferences' -> 'Advanced' -> 'Cookies'

To successfully use the ESDS web site users require a JavaScript-enabled web browser.

Help for users

ESDS will provide help and support to any users having difficulties using the web site. Contact the help desk.

Feedback

ESDS is very keen to get feedback from users. Please email feedback with comments or suggestions.