- From: Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2021 08:21:29 +0100
- To: Alastair Campbell <acampbell@nomensa.com>, Bruce Bailey <Bailey@Access-Board.gov>
- Cc: AGWG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Hi Alastair, al, The EU Web Accessibility Directive (WAD) should go into review this year. If clearer guidance is provided on these aspects, maybe these differences in applicable requirements could get better aligned. Best, Shadi On 16/03/2021 22:18, Alastair Campbell wrote: > The EU public sector regulations [1] exclude: > - live time-based media; > - online maps and mapping services, as long as essential information is provided in an accessible digital manner for maps intended for navigational use; > - reproductions of items in heritage collections that cannot be made fully accessible... > > That's taken from the UK implementation, which I find easier to read [2]. > > Cheers, > > -Alastair > > 1] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32016L2102#d1e800-1-1 > 2] https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/952/regulation/4/made > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce Bailey > > On the call today David mentioned that the Canadian government had made an exception for "complex maps" and that it would be certainly great if there was more WAI guidance on the topic. > > Here is their "list of exclusions" (August 2011) from the CA Standard on Web Accessibility: > https://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/pol/doc-eng.aspx?id=23601#appB > > I knew about the exception for live captioning, but didn't remember the complex map bit. > > My understanding is that the policy is being reviewed, and thus will almost certainly be updated, but no insight to the timeline or other details. > > > -- Shadi Abou-Zahra - http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/ Accessibility Strategy and Technology Specialist Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
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