Basic Accessibility Check

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Accessibility notice

A Basic accessibility check has been completed for this website, the BAS Data Catalogue, available at data.bas.ac.uk (and several preview URLs).

This check is not intended as a formal accessibility assessment.

Limitations of this check

This check does not cover the homepage for this website as it belongs to a separate service.

This check does not cover downloads linked to from item pages as:

  • they use technical and/or scientific data formats that cannot be easily provided in an accessible alternative
  • they contain detailed and specialist information that cannot be easily conveyed in plain language

This check does not cover interactive maps used to show the geographic extent of items.

Content reviewed by this check

A sample of this website's content was reviewed including:

  • legal pages (including this accessibility check)
  • a collection page
  • an item page (including the item enquiry form but excluding the item extent map)

Results of this check

Issues we found when reviewing the sample content:

  • the website feedback widget does not work when CSS styles are disabled
  • some links within item descriptions may not include sufficient context (such as DOIs)
  • item tabs are not visually highlighted when using a keyword to navigate
  • some page elements have poor colour contrast
  • anti-spam checks on item enquiry forms may not work with all assistive technologies

We will regularly review these issues, and repeat this review, as part of improving and maintaining this website.

Feedback and requesting accessible content

To request information on this website in a different format please contact us with the following:

  • the web address (URL) of the content
  • your email address and name
  • the format you need - for example, large print

Changes to this page

2025-10-10

Resolved issue with item thumbnail alternate text using aria-describes to link images with abstracts.

Added potential issue caused by spam protection added to item enquiry forms

2025-08-15

Initial accessibility check.