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EAA-ACCESS-MODECritical Ingestion Error

Missing Mandatory EAA schema:accessMode Metadata

Book package document is missing required schema:accessMode metadata tags.

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What This Error Means in Plain English

The European Accessibility Act (EAA) legally requires commercial eBooks sold in EU territories to declare their sensory access modes (textual, visual, auditory) so readers know if the book is accessible before purchasing.

Why Retailers & EAA Regulations Block This File

Retailers distributing in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and all EU member states (including Apple Books EU, Tolino, and Kobo) face regulatory fines if they distribute non-compliant titles.

Technical Specification: Requires <meta property="schema:accessMode"> nodes within the <metadata> section of content.opf, specifying 'textual', 'visual', etc., conforming to EPUB Accessibility 1.1.

Manual Fix Instructions (for Sigil / Calibre)

  1. Open content.opf in your EPUB editor.
  2. Insert <meta property="schema:accessMode">textual</meta> and <meta property="schema:accessMode">visual</meta> tags into <metadata>.
  3. Declare schema:accessModeSufficient and dcterms:conformsTo nodes.