- From: Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:16:50 -0600
- To: wai-eo-editors <wai-eo-editors@w3.org>
Christophe Strobbe wrote: > For those who keep track of policy regarding web accessibility: > > On 26 January 2010, the Federal IT Council (FITC) in Switzerland > (Informatikrat des Bundes - IRB) accepted the changes to P028 Version > 2.0 with unanimous consent. As a result of these changes, existing > federal websites must meet WCAG 2.0 Level AA by 31 December 2010. New > federal websites must meet this conformance level immediately. > > Standard P028 can be downloaded from > <http://www.isb.admin.ch/themen/standards/alle/03237/> (only in > German).The standard itself does not copy the full text of WCAG 2.0 but > only the conformance requirements; the other sections of the document > are about the scope and the deadlines and contain appendices. > There is also a document with additional recommendations (zus�tzliche > Empfehlungen): > * recommendations for sign language videos, > * a recommendation to use validating code (because the removal of this > requirement from WCAG 2.0 is controversial according to FITC), > * a set of access keys. > > The authorised German translation of WCAG 2.0 is available at: > <http://www.w3.org/Translations/WCAG20-de/>. > > All the announcements that I could find about this policy are in German: > * "Berge hoch, Barrieren niedrig � Schweiz setzt WCAG 2.0 um": > <http://www.einfach-fuer-alle.de/blog/id/2563/> > * "Schweiz goes WCAG 2.0": > <http://www.bizeps.or.at/news.php?nr=11033> > * <http://www.access-for-all.ch/ch/richtlinien/gesetz-schweiz.html> > > Best regards, > > Christophe Strobbe > >
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