Accessibility for the Output Delivery System

The Output Delivery System conforms to the U.S. Section 508 guidelines for Web-based content. If you have specific questions about the accessibility of SAS products, send them to accessibility@sas.com or call SAS Technical Support.
The following additional accessibility items are available as programming options:
Event Variables
Tip
For details about the following event variables, see Event Variables.
ABBR
specifies an abbreviation for the event variable.
ACRONYM
specifies an acronym for an event variable.
ALT
specifies an alternate description of an event variable.
CAPTION
specifies the caption for a table.
LONGDESC
specifies the long description of an event variable.
SUMMARY
specifies a summary of a table.
Style Template
STYLES.HIGHCONTRAST
creates the same output as the default output except all of the colors are black on white.
Header Attributes
Tip
For details about the following header attributes, see Event Variables.
ABBR=
specifies an abbreviation for the header.
ACRONYM=
specifies an acronym for the header.
ALT=
specifies an alternate description of the header.
GENERIC
specifies whether multiple columns can use the header.
LONGDESC=
specifies the long description of the header.
Table Attibutes
LONGDESC=
specifies a long description of a table.
ALT=
specifies an alternate description of a table.
The following tagsets and ODS statements are 508 compliant:
ODS PHTML Statement
opens, manages, or closes the PHTML destination, which produces simple HTML output that uses twelve style elements and no class attributes. For more information about the ODS PHTML statement, see ODS PHTML Statement.
ODS HTMLCSS Statement
opens, manages, or closes the HTMLCSS destination, which produces HTML output with cascading style sheets. For more information about the ODS HTMLCSS statement, see ODS HTMLCSS Statement.
ODS HTML Statement
opens, manages, or closes the HTML destination, which produces HTML 4.0 output that contains embedded style sheets. For more information about the ODS HTML statement, see ODS HTML Statement .
MSOFFICE2K tagset
produces HTML code for output generated by ODS for Microsoft Office products. For more information about the MSOFFICE2K tagset, see MSOFFICE2K.
In SAS 9.1 and later releases, all of the accessibility enhancements have been merged into the ODS HTML tagsets. No additional steps are required.