- From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 22:19:19 +0000
- To: 'WAI Interest Group' <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Sailesh Panchang wrote: > Well but it is correct to say that S508 does not apply outside the U.S. > because it is a U.S.law. Countries and organizations are at liberty to > borrow certain or all rules from S508 and stick it into their Web > accessibility policy or legislation. In the U.S. too some universities, > state and county governments have chosen to adopt S508 as their > accessibility policy. That does not mean S508 legislation applies to them. Yes, but the original question was: >> Does Section 508 can serve for international standard for the web >> accessibility issues? It can serve as a set of guidelines/recommendations, but not as a standard. Maybe I'm splitting hairs here, but I think the distinction is important. -- Patrick H. Lauke __________________________________________________________ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk http://redux.deviantart.com __________________________________________________________ Web Standards Project (WaSP) Accessibility Task Force http://webstandards.org/ __________________________________________________________
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