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Public Accessibility Signal Sources

Accesserty separates traceable public accessibility sources into certifications, recognitions, badges, awards, and self-published accessibility statements. This page explains the boundary and purpose of those source types.

Why this is broader than “certifications”

Public accessibility signals do not only come from certification programs. Some countries have official or third-party badges, while others mainly publish public-sector accessibility statements, monitoring records, or self-published accessibility pages.

This overview should only explain the source families. Certification-like sources have their own detail page, and accessibility statement sources should also have their own detail page so statement coverage is not hidden inside the parent page.

Two source families

Certification, recognition, badge, and award sources

Public web accessibility certifications, badges, recognitions, or website-category awards from governments, delegated authorities, or trusted organizations. These usually have an issuer, standard, level, date, or public list.

Review certification-like sources

Accessibility statement sources

Self-published accessibility statements, accessibility declarations, or accessibility pages published by websites, often because of public-sector accessibility rules. These indicate a public explanation channel, not third-party certification.

Review statement sources

How Signal uses these sources

Signal does not need to send a user’s search results back to Accesserty for live lookup. The product strategy is to organize supported public records into indexes so matching can stay local as much as possible while keeping source limits visible.

  1. Show Accesserty ALLY first because it is tied to verified domains and ongoing maintenance.
  2. Then show stronger public records such as certifications, recognitions, badges, and awards.
  3. If those are not found, show known accessibility statements.
  4. When no supported record matches, show no badge and do not treat the gap as proof that the site is inaccessible.

What this source overview is not

This page explains source coverage. It is not a compliance promise.

  • It is not an Accesserty-issued certification or endorsement.
  • It is not a complete global database or website ranking.
  • It cannot prove that a whole domain, every page, authenticated flow, or third-party service is accessible.
  • An accessibility statement only indicates a public explanation channel; the content still needs to be checked for scope, updates, limits, and feedback paths.

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