- From: Nick Kew <nick@webthing.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 21:50:52 +0000 (GMT)
- To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Rather than discussing "how applicable is/isn't SOCOG internationally?", can I suggest a different perspective? Suppose a case is going to court in your country. Someone asks you to assess the case as expert witness - maybe a real possibility for some on this list. Apart from a few yessirs to the lawyers, what do you consider? I expect the lawyers to deal with SOCOG, so that's not my business. I would expect to address the question: has the entity responsible for the website in question exercised due diligence? As a key element of this, I will assess what they've done against the best published guidelines a competent web developer could reasonably expect to use: the WCAG. What might be the outcome? If the problem arises in a failure to comply with WCAG, I will of course have to say so. I will also ask the site owners why the site fails to comply, and tell the court whether or not I am satisfied with the answer (if any). Alternatively, if the problem has arisen in spite of full WCAG compliance, I will expect to advise that they have indeed exercised due diligence. IANAL, but it seems to me that a court in any country might very well consider arguments based on something like the above process. -- Nick Kew Site Valet - the mark of Quality on the Web. <URL:http://valet.webthing.com/>
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