- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 20:25:48 -0400 (EDT)
- To: ptr@mother.com
- cc: w3c-wai-au@w3.org
The reason for using W3C recommendations rather than those of other standards bodies is that W3C standards are required to support accessibility, and are developed by a vendor-neutral consortium. In addition they are required to promote the interoperability of the web, which is a critical foundation for accessibility. regards Charles McCathieNevile On Mon, 4 Oct 1999 ptr@mother.com wrote: checkpoint 2.1 says to use applicable W3C Recommmendations. Since these guidelines are being published by the W3C, this may give the appearance of bias. Are these guidelines meant to be adopted by companies not using W3C technologies? If so, I think the guidelines should be standards body neutral, as well as vendor neutral. Peter M. G. p.s. Sorry if this has been discussed before, there's not enough time left to search the list archives. --Charles McCathieNevile mailto:charles@w3.org phone: +1 617 258 0992 http://www.w3.org/People/Charles W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI MIT/LCS - 545 Technology sq., Cambridge MA, 02139, USA
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