- From: Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:52:10 -0700
- To: Felix Nagel <info@felixnagel.com>
- CC: wai-eo-editors@w3.org
Hi Felix, Thank you for the information. We apprecaite that you took the time to send it. We hope to update the Policies page soon. Best regards, ~Shawn ----- Shawn Lawton Henry W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) e-mail: shawn@w3.org phone: +1.617.395.7664 about: http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/ Felix Nagel wrote: > *Hey there, > > the EU has another Doucment relating to the WCAG 2.0 published > *31/03/2009 named > 2935TH TRANSPORT, TELECOMMUNICATIONS and ENERGY Council meeting - > Brussels, 30 and 31 March 2009 > <http://www.consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressdata/en/trans/107025.pdf> > * > Documet in all EU related languages: > http://www.consilium.europa.eu/applications/search/newsDocDetails.asp?cmsid=650&dockey=107025&doclang=EN&lang=EN > <http://www.consilium.europa.eu/applications/search/newsDocDetails.asp?cmsid=650&dockey=107025&doclang=EN&lang=EN> > > related parts are filed under TELECOMMUNICATIONS (page 36): > > 4.d) > * > *The adoption of the second version of the Web Content Accessibility > Guidelines* > *(WCAG 2.0) by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) provides the necessary* > *technical specifications.* > ** > *and 7. g) > * > *Adopt, and better implement measures, to promote e-accessibility, and > particularly to* > *implement the WCAG 2.0 guidelines. A common approach could be expressed* > *through a Recommendation from the Commission in order to avoid a > fragmented* > *European market. Moreover, as WCAG 1.0 is becoming outdated a > recommendation* > *from the Commission could avoid that some Member states still apply > different* > *certification standards than recommended by the W3C (World Wide Web* > *Consortium (W3C).* > ** > * > > Hope i could provide some useful information. Please contact me if you > need some further information. > > * > Greetings from Hamburg, Germany > > Felix Nagel > -- > Bethesdastraße 16 > 20535 Hamburg > > m /01 71 / 19 80 16 7/ > t /040 / 33 98 35 41/ > skype /felixnagel.com <http://felixnagel.com>/ > gtalk /felix.nagel@googlemail.com <mailto:felix.nagel@googlemail.com>/ > icq /323632957/ > msn /re-aktor@hotmail.de <mailto:re-aktor@hotmail.de>/ > xing felix_nagel2 > > www.felixnagel.com <http://www.felixnagel.com/> | info@felixnagel.com > <mailto:info@felixnagel.com>| www.nonkonform-design.de > <http://www.nonkonform-design.de/> > Unleashed Emotion <http://www.nonkonform-design.de/mach1/> - Fotografie > auf dem Mach1 Festival (FH-Projekt) > > * > *
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