Accessibility in the Aurora starter store

The Aurora starter store follows the IBM accessibility guidelines to implement accessibility features. Accessibility features help users who have a physical disability, such as a visual impairment, hearing impairment, or limited mobility, successfully use the store.

For more information about IBM Accessibility, see the Human Ability and Accessibility Center.

The Aurora store that is provided as a starting point is accessible based on IBM standards. You are responsible for understanding the accessibility requirements for your company. As you modify any type of store content, such as catalog and marketing data, JSP files, CSS files, or e-Marketing Spots, keep in mind the accessibility guidelines to ensure you meet requirements.

Accessibility testing for the Aurora starter store was completed with Firefox 10 and JAWS 13. The store demonstrates WAI-ARIA technologies, including landmarks (on certain content updates, a live region is updated for the user to know which landmark regions are updated). The store uses the WAI-ARIA tag for widgets such as tab and swatch attribute selector.

Notes:

Some users might not have enough time to complete form information; because the default session timeout is 30 minutes. To allow users enough time to complete the form, a store administrator can change the session timeout properties in the wc-server.xml file to another value. The default value, as shown in the following snippet, is 1800000 milliseconds:
```
<LoginTimeout enabled="true"> 
    <Timeout display="false" value="1800000"/> 
</LoginTimeout>
```
Based on W3C and IBM standards, setting the limit to 20 hours passes accessibility standards. For information see, http://www.w3.o../UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/time-limits-required-behaviors.html. Increasing the limit to 20 hours might cause a security issue.
You can update your store by applying the interim fix for APAR JR44149 to provide shoppers with the capability to extend their session pass the 30-minute timeout limit. When a shopper nears the 30-minute timeout, a window displays with option for the shopper to extend the length or their session. When a shopper selects to extend the session, the session limit is reset for another 30 minutes.
The interim fix is no longer required to resolve this timeout limitation. By default, the Aurora and Aurora extended sites starter stores display a message to shoppers when they near the 30-minute timeout and provide the option to extend the session.
Sample data included in the Aurora starter store is intended for demonstration purposes only. Sample data includes catalog data, promotion images, Flash content, and PDF files for warranty and user manuals. Sample data is not tested for accessibility.