Hi, I would like to draw your attention to a study by the Design for All Research Group at Middlesex University that was commissioned by ANEC (a European organisation that represents consumers in standardisation): "Declaring conformance on web accessibility" <http://www.anec.eu/attachments/ANEC-R&T-2011-ICT-002finalrev.pdf> (untagged PDF). An ANEC press release about this study is available at <http://www.anec.eu/attachments/ANEC-R&T-2011-ICT-002finalrev.pdf> (tagged PDF). This study was presented at the "Open workshop on European Accessibility Requirements in Public Procurement of ICT products and services" two days ago (<http://www.epractice.eu/en/events/2011-eaccessibility-public-procurement>). The study confirmed findings from earlier studies and arrived at the depressing conclusion that few sites conform, even when they claim to conform. The study also tried to find out whether 3rd-party certification is more reliable than self-declaration of conformity (SDOC), but the percentage of conforming sites in the study seems too low to make statistically meaningful statements on this question. Read and weep (again). Best regards, Christophe -- Christophe Strobbe K.U.Leuven - Dept. of Electrical Engineering - SCD Research Group on Document Architectures Kasteelpark Arenberg 10 bus 2442 B-3001 Leuven-Heverlee BELGIUM tel: +32 16 32 85 51 www.docarch.be Twitter: @RabelaisA11yReceived on Friday, 13 May 2011 13:29:12 GMT
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