Re: Backoffice: must conform to WCAG?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason White" <jasonw@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au>
To: "Roberto Scano - IWA/HWG" <rscano@iwa-italy.org>
Cc: "WCAG List" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 5:51 AM
Subject: Re: Backoffice: must conform to WCAG?


>It's very much a policy question that will have different answers in
>different contexts. The guidelines aren't meant to answer that kind of
>question. Rather, they provide a technical specification which
>developers, policy makers etc., can use to define requirements that,
>if met, will improve the accessibility of content, by different
>degrees depending on which level of conformance is attained.
>External to the guidelines are such issues as whether there exists a
>legal obligation or organizational policy to bring certain content
>into conformance, and whether or not there is a strong argument, under
>given circumstances, for achieving conformance, if so at what level.

Taking out the "policy question", and making a "technical question",
must be consider backoffice contents as "web content" or not? Personally
I don't notice "technical difference" between public web sites page
structure and backoffice page structure: guidelines require that forms
must be accessible but don't specify the difference between backoffice
and public pages...

Received on Friday, 19 March 2004 03:38:07 UTC