Re: content guidelines checkpoint 3.1

As a Web Developer, I want to make my site as accessible as I can. As a
contractor for the US Federal Government, it looks as though I'll have to
rigidly follow the guidlines-cum-law (Section 508 references the Content
Guidelines), regardless of whether a given guideline actually improves
accessibility or not. It is unfortunate, but possibly inevitable.

Trying to follow standards (Section 508) that haven't been published in the
Federal Register yet is probably premature. In retrospect, my question was
never about accessibility--it was about legal technicalities. Perhaps this
isn't the best forum for that question, since the focus of this IG is the
former, not the latter.

Thanks to all for your posts on the topic anyway!

zm

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At approximately 8/9/00 4:41 AM, the esteemed Steven McCaffrey
(smccaffr@MAIL.NYSED.GOV) typed the following:

> Primarily in response to DJW and Zachary:
> 
> Maybe I was not clear.
> I am merely trying to shift the focus away from being too bogged down in legal
> technicalities.

Received on Wednesday, 9 August 2000 13:27:27 UTC