Further Reading…

May 25, 2006 | Filed Under Geek, Rant 

following on from the previous post about WCAG2, I thought I’d mention this…

PAS78 ‘Guide to good practice in commissioning accessible websites’ published by the BSI in march this year is exactly what it says on the tin.

Commisioned by the Disability Rights Commison from the British Standards Institute and primarily authored by the likes of Julie Howell (RNIB) and representitives from organisations like Abilitynet, The BBC, IBM, The Cabinet Office and others.

Aimed at the people who pay for websites rather than the people that build them it draws heavily from WCAG 1 and no mention at all is made of WCAG 2.

If (as is hoped) this document is successful and organisations in the UK pick up on it and use it as the basis for there future stance on accessibility then WCAG 2 may not be needed.

I hope.

PAS78s language is clear and consise and combined with WCAG1 covers any accessibility requirement that any website may have.

Yes, WCAG 1 has its flaws and needs updating, lets wait and see what the Samuri offer

PAS78 is available from http://www.bsi-global.com/ICT/PAS78/index.xalter

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