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Accessibility report for Sweden's data portal

This website is run by The Agency for Digital Government. We want as many people as possible to be able to use it, and this document describes how Sweden's data portal complies with the accessibility regulations, any known accessibility issues, and how you can report problems so that we can fix them.

How accessible is the site?

We know some parts of this website aren’t fully accessible.

The accessibility problems you may encounter in different usage situations are the following:

  • Usage without vision
  • Usage with limited vision
  • Usage with limited manipulation or strength
  • Usage with limited reach
  • Usage with difficulties in reading or understanding

What to do if you can’t access parts of this website?

If you need content from this website that is not accessible for you, but is not within the scope of the accessibility regulations as described below, please let us knowOpens in new tab.

You can also contact us in the following ways:

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems that aren’t listed on this page or if we’re not meeting the requirements of the accessibility regulations, contact usOpens in new tab and let us know about the problem.

Enforcement procedure

The Agency for Digital Government is responsible for enforcing the accessibility regulations. If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint about web accessibility or your request to make content accessible, you can submit a complaint to the Agency for Digital GovernmentOpens in new tab.

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

This website is partially compliant with the Swedish accessibility regulations, due to the non-compliances listed below.

Non-accessible content

The content described below is, in one way or another, not fully accessible.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

Issues with usage without vision

  • There are buttons that have no readable text. The problem occurs on pages with functionality to explore APIs.
  • There is content that is not manageable with a keyboard. The problem occurs on pages with functionality to explore APIs.
  • There are error messages not highligthing input fields and not providing explanatory text in case of incorrect entry. In some cases, correction suggestions are displayed in a non-accessible way. The problem occurs on pages with functionality to explore APIs.
  • Some input fields are not connected to its label. The problem occurs on pages with functionality to explore APIs.
  • There are components in the user interface that are missing a name and a role. The problem occurs on pages with functionality to explore APIs.
  • The metadata on Sweden's data portal is non-accessible regarding marking of languages (lang-attributes). This applies to the metadata for data and APIs, concepts and specifications.

Issues with usage with limited vision

  • There are buttons that have no readable text. The problem occurs on pages with functionality to explore APIs.
  • There is content that is not manageable with a keyboard. The problem occurs on pages with functionality to explore APIs.
  • There are error messages not highligthing input fields and not providing explanatory text in case of incorrect entry. In some cases, correction suggestions are displayed in a non-accessible way. The problem occurs on pages with functionality to explore APIs.
  • Some input fields are not connected to its label. The problem occurs on pages with functionality to explore APIs.
  • There are components in the user interface that are missing a name and a role. The problem occurs on pages with functionality to explore APIs.

Issues with usage with limited manipulation or strength

  • There is content that is not manageable with a keyboard. The problem occurs on pages with functionality to explore APIs.

Issues with usage with limited reach

  • There are components in the user interface that do not have machine-readable names. The problem occurs on pages with functionality to explore APIs.

Issues with usage with difficulties in reading or understanding

  • There are error messages not highligthing input fields and not providing explanatory text in case of incorrect entry. In some cases, correction suggestions are displayed in an inaccessible way. The problem occurs on pages with functionality to explore APIs.
  • Some input fields are not connected to its label. The problem occurs on pages with functionality to explore APIs.

Data producers are encouraged to follow the recommendation for language indicationOpens in new tab to make the metadata harvested to the data portal accessible.

How we tested the site

We have done a self-assessment (internal testing) of Sweden's data portal.

The most recent assessment was made on 22 December 2020. On February 16, 2022, a specific review of the "Explore APIs" pages was conducted.

The report was last updated on 1 Mars 2022.