ACR (Accessibility Conformance Report)
An Accessibility Conformance Report is a completed VPAT — the filled-in document that declares a specific product's actual conformance status against Section 508, WCAG, or EN 301 549 success criteria.
Detailed explanation
The ITI explicitly distinguishes the VPAT (the empty template) from the ACR (the completed report). When a procurement office "requests a VPAT", they almost always want the completed ACR for the specific product version under evaluation.
A defensible ACR includes: product name + version, evaluation methodology (axe-core scan + manual review + assistive-technology testing), per-criterion conformance status with remarks, and a signed declaration from the responsible accessibility lead.
How this applies to Shopify stores
AccessComply's ACR generator pulls scan results, manual-review notes, and merchant-supplied product metadata into a VPAT 2.5 template, producing a signed PDF + .docx that meets typical federal and Fortune 500 procurement bars.
What merchants should check next
Treat this term as a practical audit prompt, not just a definition. Check the storefront pages where the concept shows up in real customer journeys: product discovery, add-to-cart, cart drawer, checkout handoff, account login, and support contact flows. If the issue affects code, verify the rendered HTML and computed browser output after the theme change. If it affects copy or media, keep the merchant-facing wording accurate and easy to maintain.
Primary source: itic.org