Accessibility standards harmonisation in the press

Accessify carries this entry:

IBM Worldwide Accessibility Director Frances West wrote an op-ed piece in
News.com raising what IBM sees as a red flag: the numerous new accessibility
policies in development within Europe. Titled "Accessibility could take a
step backward",
See: http://www.accessify.com/2005/07/copying-508-vs-raising-bar.asp

The news.com article is at:
http://news.com.com/Accessibility+could+take+a+step+backward/2010-1071_3-579
4513.html?part=rss&tag=5794513&subj=news

There are some quite interesting responses on news.com too.

Cheers, Andrew
_________________________________
Dr Andrew Arch
Manager Online Accessibility Consulting
Accessible Information Solutions, NILS
Ph 613 9864 9282; Fax 613 9864 9210; Mobile 0438 755 565
http://www.nils.org.au/ais/ | http://www.ozewai.org/2004/

Member, Education & Outreach Working Group,
W3C Web Accessibility Initiative
http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/

National Information & Library Service, Australia
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