Web Accessibility update - new guidelines and standards for web accessibility
with Chris Rourke and Mark Palmer
31stMar '09
About the event
Chris Rourke and Mark Palmer from User Vision talk about two web accessibility documents, WCAG 2.0 and PAS 78.
The guidelines for designing accessible websites, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), have recently changed. The long awaited and fairly controversial WCAG 2.0 were finally released at the end of last year and organisations should be reviewing their sites against these rather than the original WCAG 1.0 which were starting to look a bit outdated as the web developed. Chris will provide a brief overview of the WCAG 2 guidelines, the four POUR principles on which they are based, why they have been controversial, and resources for learning more.
Another landmark document for accessibility, in the UK at least, is the PAS 78 Guide to good practice in commissioning accessible websites which was launched in 2006. The document is currently in the process of being graduated up to a full Standard available from BSI. Mark will provide an update on that and the potential impact that is likely to have on businesses with a web presence.
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