Being awarded the Quality mark drempelvrij.nl

Organisations that wish to demonstrably (by means of a Quality Mark) comply with the Web Guidelines or lack the time for self-checks can have the manual inspection carried out by an official inspection body. Quality mark drempelvrij.nl Foundation is the organisation that coordinates these inspections in the Netherlands and that is allowed to award the Quality Mark drempelvrij.nl. More about the organisations involved. 

Accredited inspection bodies

The inspection bodies that are allowed to inspect websites for the Quality Mark drempelvrij.nl have been accredited by the Dutch Accreditation Council. This means that they inspect objectively and independently.

How are inspections carried out?

The inspections are carried out with the help of the Normative Document, as well as the document for Evaluation and Sampling. These documents can be downloaded at the website of the Quality Mark drempelvrij.nl Foundation (page in Dutch, downloadable documents in English). These documents set out how a website is checked for compliance with the Web Guidelines. Likewise, the weighting of inspection results and the way a sample is compiled are laid down in these documents.