RE: PDF's Exposed via Web Pages and Accessibility

Hi Jonathan et al,

 

Interesting exploration.

 

Wondering if any 508 solution actually serves the perpuse of being
accessible for those who need it.

 

I'm from the UK and think, possibly, over concern with formal standards may
miss the true ability to make websites and e-documents as truly accessible
as they might be.

 

Perhaps what I'm saying is:

 

*	What do you find useful?
*	And
*	Who is really benefitting?

 

No worries, but extra best,

Howard

 

 

 

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From: Jonathan Avila [mailto:jon.avila@ssbbartgroup.com] 
Sent: 05 January 2016 17:47
To: ptykodi@tykodi.com; w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Subject: RE: PDF's Exposed via Web Pages and Accessibility

 

*      I have been reviewing the proposed refresh of the United States of
America Section 508 regulation, which specifically calls out using PDF/UA
when embedding PDF files into web pages:
http://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/communications-and-it/a
bout-the-ict-refresh

 

Based on my questions to the Access Board during the public hearing, the
Board indicated authors can choose to use PDF/UA or WCAG for PDF document
conformance.

 

Yes, you are correct that a mechanism should be in place to allow the
promotion of compliant content and block non-compliant content.  Within
PDF/UA some items still must be manually tested as the standard cannot be
validated completely by an automated tool.

 

Products like our Accessibility Management Platform can scan websites and
identify and test PDF documents for a number of automatic checks - one of
which could be the PDF/UA designation.  API access is also available on
various platforms to allow a CMS to upload a file for review to get a
response.

 

Best Regards,

 

Jonathan

 

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From: Paul Tykodi [mailto:ptykodi@tykodi.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2016 11:58 AM
To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Subject: PDF's Exposed via Web Pages and Accessibility

 

Hi,

 

I am currently working on a Customer Communications Management architecture
project for a financial services firm. One of the issues I have been asked
to investigate, from an architectural perspective, is the use of PDF files
embedded within a publicly available web page.

 

I have been reviewing the proposed refresh of the United States of America
Section 508 regulation, which specifically calls out using PDF/UA when
embedding PDF files into web pages:
http://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/communications-and-it/a
bout-the-ict-refresh

 

In looking at this issue from an architectural perspective, it seems like
placing some form of validator in the delivery channels from PDF creator to
web page delivery would likely be necessary to insure all PDF's made
available for web page deployment were PDF/UA compliant.

 

I am hoping that subscribers to this W3C list with experience in this area
might be able to comment on best practices for embedding PDF files in web
pages and maintaining accessibility conformance (Examples: WCAG 2.0 and the
ISO Standard known as PDF/UA) going forward.

 

Thanks.

 

Best Regards,

 

/Paul

 

 

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