Israeli Standard 5568 (IS 5568)

Overview 

Israeli Standard 5568 (IS 5568) is a set of guidelines for web accessibility created by the Israeli Standards Institute (ISI). These guidelines are designed to make websites and digital content more accessible to people with disabilities, including those with visual, auditory, motor, or cognitive impairments. IS 5568 was first introduced in 2005 and has been updated several times since then to reflect technological advancements and changes in accessibility standards. The latest version, IS 5568:2020, was released in September 2020 and aligns with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1. The goal is to make digital documents perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust for people with disabilities, thereby enhancing equal access to information. The standard is divided into two parts:

• Part 1: Covers guidelines for the accessibility of websites, ensuring that web content is perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust for all users, including those with disabilities. This part provides a broad set of recommendations for making websites accessible by focusing on the entire structure and navigation of websites.

• Part 2: Focuses specifically on the accessibility of digital documents available online, such as PDFs, presentations, and other downloadable formats. It includes requirements for making these documents accessible, such as providing alternative text for images, using semantic tagging, and checking for logical document structure.