Update to policies page: PAS 78

Hi All,

Below are details about PAS 78 Guide to Good Practice in Commissioning
Accessible Websites, a proposed submission for the UK section of the WAI
Policies page at http://www.w3.org/WAI/Policy/#UK.

If you need more information let me know. Details below.

Many thanks, Henny


* Country: United Kingdom

* Title of document in primary language(s): PAS (Publicly Available
Specification) 78 Guide to Good Practice in Commissioning Accessible
Websites

* Link to document in primary language(s): English 

* Title of document in English and other language(s): PAS (Publicly
Available Specification) 78 Guide to Good Practice in Commissioning
Accessible Websites

* Link to document in English and other language(s):
http://www.bsi-global.com/ICT/PAS78/index.xalter

NB: This is a paid for document.

* Clearly indicate if this is a new listing, or which current listing it
revises: New.

* The year the document was published and revised: March 8th, 2006

* Section to list the document (Legislation, Responsible
Ministry/Jurisdiction/Responsible Department or Agency; Relevant
documents (for official government documents), or Additional information
(for other documents): Additional information?

NB: PAS 78 is published by the British Standards Institute and
commissioned by the Disability Rights Commission.

* A very brief summary of the document and the relevant sections on Web
accessibility, in English. (This summary information will not be
included on the Policies page. It will be used to determine how the
document should be listed): Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 78
has been developed by the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) in
collaboration with BSI. This PAS outlines good practice in commissioning
websites that are accessible to and usable by disabled people.

PAS 78 covers areas such as:

    * How disabled people use websites
    * Defining the accessibility policy for the website
    * Web technologies
    * Accessibility testing and maintenance
    * Contracting web design and accessibility auditing services.

It gives recommendations for:

    * The management of the process of, and guidance on, upholding
existing W3C guidelines and specifications

    * Involving disabled people in the development process and using the
current software-based compliance testing tools that can assist with
this.

      It is applicable to all public and private organizations that wish
to observe good practice under the existing voluntary guidelines and the
relevant legislation on this subject and is intended for use by those
responsible for commissioning public-facing websites and web-based
services.


 

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Received on Wednesday, 15 March 2006 13:50:45 UTC