Re: Accessibility certification

Sailesh
You might want to have a look at the work undertaken by the EU funded SupportEAM project:
http://www.support-eam.org/supporteam/default 

Included on the project site are the results of a stakeholder survey on the need for European
eAccessibility certification:
http://www.support-eam.org/supporteam/survey/surveyclosed.asp 

I hope this helps

Jenny Craven



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>>> "Sailesh Panchang" <sailesh.panchang@deque.com> 25 October 2005 >>>
Hello List,

Does anyone know of any Web accessibility certification process in the E.U., U.K., Canada,
Australia or elsewhere? If there is any, what authority and acceptability does it have?   

The European Commission, in its 2005 Communication on e-Accessibility, indicated that they are
examining accessibility compliance evaluation that could include certification and labeling by a
third party. Any progress here? 

Thanks,
Sailesh Panchang
Senior Accessibility Engineer
Deque Systems (www.deque.com)
11180 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite #400
Reston VA 21091
E-mail: sailesh.panchang@deque.com 
Tel: 703-225-0380 (ext 105)

Received on Tuesday, 25 October 2005 14:48:50 UTC