- From: Ineke van der Maat <inekemaa@xs4all.nl>
- Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 14:55:36 +0100
- To: "Yvette P. Hoitink" <y.p.hoitink@heritas.nl>, <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Hallo Yvette, Thanks for your mail. You wrote: > If I have a page that conforms to WCAG level AA, I can both place a > WCAG-AA-logo and state that the site is accessible for people with visual > impairments if I want to, can't I? http://www.huberthueppe.de I tested the site in Bobby, but it fails WCAG-AA, though the WCAG-AA-logo is in the site.. My concern is that accessibility logos will get an emty meaning (and perhaps accessibility) when showed on pages that does not pass automatic tests like Bobby or WAVE. And writing a statement under a logo as: accessible for people with visual impairments gives a certain explanation of the logo to people who don't understand what the logos really mean. And that is still always more than 85% of the visitors. I even have seen a site of a web design company that claim their CMS produces accessible site and you can chooce a site with A, AA or AAA logo. Nowhere in the site is stated what this really means. http://universum-online.de/barrierefrei/index.php?show=5 The company site is not valid and accessible at all, but who cares for that? The WCAG? Even member-sites are not valid (X)html and at least WCAG-AA conform. Greetings Ineke van der Maat
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