Policy update: WCAG 2.0 in Switzerland

Christophe Strobbe wrote:
> For those who keep track of policy regarding web accessibility:
> 
> On 26 January 2010, the Federal IT Council (FITC) in Switzerland 
> (Informatikrat des Bundes - IRB) accepted the changes to P028 Version 
> 2.0 with unanimous consent. As a result of these changes, existing 
> federal websites must meet WCAG 2.0 Level AA by 31 December 2010. New 
> federal websites must meet this conformance level immediately.
> 
> Standard P028 can be downloaded from 
> <http://www.isb.admin.ch/themen/standards/alle/03237/> (only in 
> German).The standard itself does not copy the full text of WCAG 2.0 but 
> only the conformance requirements; the other sections of the document 
> are about the scope and the deadlines and contain appendices.
> There is also a document with additional recommendations (zus�tzliche 
> Empfehlungen):
> * recommendations for sign language videos,
> * a recommendation to use validating code (because the removal of this 
> requirement from WCAG 2.0 is controversial according to FITC),
> * a set of access keys.
> 
> The authorised German translation of WCAG 2.0 is available at:
> <http://www.w3.org/Translations/WCAG20-de/>.
> 
> All the announcements that I could find about this policy are in German:
> * "Berge hoch, Barrieren niedrig � Schweiz setzt WCAG 2.0 um":
>   <http://www.einfach-fuer-alle.de/blog/id/2563/>
> * "Schweiz goes WCAG 2.0":
>   <http://www.bizeps.or.at/news.php?nr=11033>
> * <http://www.access-for-all.ch/ch/richtlinien/gesetz-schweiz.html>
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Christophe Strobbe
> 
> 

Received on Friday, 26 February 2010 15:16:52 UTC