# The principles of open accessibility

**URL:** <https://forum.edch.eu/t/the-principles-of-open-accessibility/457>\
**Category:** EDIB, Gender and Multilingualism\
**Tags:** accessibility, open-access\
**Created:** [17 July 2025 08:28 UTC](https://forum.edch.eu/t/the-principles-of-open-accessibility/457 "2025-07-17T08:28:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![mpaulhac](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.edch.eu/mpaulhac/32/48_2.png) [@mpaulhac](https://forum.edch.eu/u/mpaulhac)\
**Post date:** [18 July 2025 09:22 UTC](https://forum.edch.eu/t/the-principles-of-open-accessibility/457/6 "2025-07-18T09:22:24Z")

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And for those who want to dive deeper, this is linked to another post you made, that is also very interesting:

> [@New resource to help diamond open access publishers improve accessibility as much as possible!](https://forum.edch.eu/t/new-resource-to-help-diamond-open-access-publishers-improve-accessibility-as-much-as-possible/458):
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> [This new resource from the Open Book Futures project](https://compass.copim.ac.uk/books/09-open-accessibility-Iyy) aims to support small diamond open access publishers to improve their accessibility. It is organised into 6 chapters. The first 3 chapters, Principles of Open Accessibility, Legislation and Standards, are knowledge based and are intended to inform. They present the moral, ethical, legal and standards based justifications for producing accessible books and websites, with some suggestions, interpretations and recommendations (that do not consti…

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