Can you tell me if your theme validates according to:
* WCAG 1.0 Priority 1
* XHTML 1.0 Strict

Also, info on Section 508 compliance would also be useful.

I haven't found an easy way to scan through those themes which comply.

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frjo commented
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The theme is XHTML 1.0 Strict but accessibility I don't know about.

I recommend you set up a test site and run it through checkers like http://www.contentquality.com/ and http://www.sidar.org/hera/ (what I found in a quick Google search.)

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Glad it's xHTML Strict. Thanks for the Hera Link. It's more useful it seems than the Content Quality one.

Based on a Drupal Core install, all themes should be validated with every release to ensure that it has validates to the DocType it uses, that the CSS validates and that there is some verification for accessibility (even just alt tags). All of these are available in the Firefox Extension WebDeveloper Toolkit.

However just like initiatives within modules for coding standards, validation and lifting the bar by including unit testing, people should be able to know if these themes validate and are designed to modern standards.

Having accessible themes is increasingly important both as the population ages and as we are designing for a more mobile, machine readable world. New standards, like RDFa are also already in Drupal 7's roadmap and also have theme implications.

We're trying to blog about accessibility and Drupal. Still a lot more to be done about this, and I will try to do some testing of themes in the future.

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No accessibility issues were identified when I scanned your theme with http://wave.webaim.org/

Could you add that it validates to the description of your theme? Just makes it easier to identify for folks looking for an accessible starting point.

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Issue tags: +Accessibility

Adding accessibility tag

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This theme passes all the validations at http://d-theme.com/slash. I tried the Hera validation but does not allow a validation from a link which makes it difficult to include for automated validation. Hera also rejects absolute measurements and that would fail almost every theme because of measurements related to the size of logos and similar items.

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