- From: Jon Gunderson <jongund@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 09:19:04 -0500
- To: <gv@trace.wisc.edu>, <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Gregg, Section 5.3.3 of the Access Board Final Report references and appears to require conformance to the WAI guidelines for HTML and XML applications. Do you think that this was to narrow use of the guidelines by the access board? Jon Electronic and Information Technology Access Advisory Committee Final Report <BLOCKQOUTE> 5.3.3 If the E&IT utilizes Web based information or applications... In addition to the requirements in Section 5.2 and applicable portions of Section 5.3, if the E&IT utilizes Web-based information or formats, including intranet information, HyperText Markup Language (HTML), Extensible Markup Language (XML)and similar formats, it shall meet the following requirements: 5.3.3.1 Web content shall conform with level 'Double-A', satisfying all Priority 1 and 2 checkpoints, of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) 'Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0" available at http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT 5.3.3.2 Tools for authoring Web page and sites (What-You-See-Is-What-I-Get (WYSIWIG)editors, conversion tools, image editors, site management tools) shall comply with Priorities 1 and 2 of the [ latest version at time Access Board does its regulations] of the W3C 'Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines' available at http://www.w3.org/TR. 5.3.3.3. User agents shall comply with Priorities 1 and 2 of the [ latest version at time Access Board does its regulations] of the W3C 'User Agent Accessibility Guidelines' available at http://www.w3.org/TR. </BLOCKQOUTE> Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology Chair, W3C WAI User Agent Working Group Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services College of Applied Life Studies University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign 1207 S. Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820 Voice: (217) 244-5870 Fax: (217) 333-0248 E-mail: jongund@uiuc.edu WWW: http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~jongund WWW: http://www.w3.org/wai/ua
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