Hi, I agree that WCAG 2.0 is the way to go; the current Section 508 is still based on a pre-final version of WCAG 1.0 and will hopefully get updated by the end of the year. I wouldn't aim higher than WCAG 2.0 AA; even WCAG 2.0 A may be a challenge at the start. With regard to tools, I currently don't know what to recommend because I haven't evaluated any such tools recently. WebAIM's WAVE <http://wave.webaim.org/> (and the Firefox toolbar <http://wave.webaim.org/toolbar/>) and the IDRC's AChecker <http://achecker.ca/checker/index.php> were developed by competent teams. I don't know who's behind Total Validator (meaning: I don't know the developers).
Best regards, Christophe Am Fr, 10.01.2014, 04:35 schrieb V Stuart Foote: > Rob, *, > >>... However, there was a confusing (to me) number of >>authorities for accessibility standards. > > It is really pretty simple--WCAG 2.0 is the gold standard for Web content, > and is applicable to Non-Web Information and Communications Technologies > (ICT). National and International Standards bodies are basing conformance > against this standard. > > WCAG 2.0 A, AA, AAA ( also published as ISO/IEC 40500:2012 ) are > functional levels of conformance with accessibility standards. > http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/wcag > > The reworked AOO Website should probably meet majority of WCAG v2.0 AA > level requirements. And Apache OpenOffice as a document preparation and > review program should also strive to meet WCAG level A & AA conformance > criteria for ICT (http://www.w3.org/TR/wcag2ict/ ). > > Fortunately much of that is accomplished for the website with valid HTML > 5.0 and WAI-ARIA markup. While the introduction of IAccessible2 to > supplement MSAA, and improvements in ATK and NSAccessibility move the > office suite proper into a better compliance with some notable > shortcommings. > > In the United States, the existing Accessibility Board US Section 508 > requirements were loosely equivalent to WCAG v1, and are being rewritten > to match functional levels of WCAG 2.0 A & AA. The draft proposal for > U.S. conformance can be found here: > > http://www.access-board.gov/attachments/article/490/draft-rule.pdf > > Also, relevant parts of the European Union EN 301 549 ( > http://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_en/301500_301599/301549/01.00.00_20/en_301549v010000c.pdf > ) as work of the European Commision (EC) Mandate M 376 ( > http://www.mandate376.eu/ ) are also based on WCAG v2.0 level A and AA. > > So running conformance validators for WCAG 2.0 A, AA, & AAA is probably > the correct choice in reworking the web site. > > Stuart -- Christophe Strobbe Akademischer Mitarbeiter Adaptive User Interfaces Research Group Hochschule der Medien Nobelstraße 10 70569 Stuttgart Tel. +49 711 8923 2749 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
