+1 to everything that Sandy said. The legal framework is still basically the same as it was 5 years ago, but vendors have improved substantially in their standards adherence and the burgeoning market in mobile devices has pushed flexible design to the forefront.
While you might be able to avoid a lawsuit if you don't do the accessibility work upfront, I'd say that specifying WCAG 2.0 AA in the RFP will help quickly weed out the crap designers which is a bonus even if accessibility isn't highest on your todo list. You'll, at the very least, get people who actually think about their design process and actually test it at the end. So I'd say it is a win-win. Judah On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 11:21 AM, Sandra Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > > WCAG comes with different conformations. Add WCAG 2.0 AA in there, and you > should be fine. > > -----Original Message----- > From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 2:15 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Question on writing modern web specs > > >> >> For that type of situation, its better to ask for WCAG 2.0 AA >> adherence rather then Section 508 which pretty much only applies to >> governments and some states and universities since most other >> countries cite WCAG. (also the last 508 refresh that came out called >> for WCAG 2.0 AA adherence rather then its own standards) so you would be > ahead of the game if you did that. >> > > Okay, I've updated that line to read: "The website design, content delivery, > layout and structure must adhere to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines > (WCAG) 2.0 as outlined by the W3C (reference http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/)." > > I'll add a line in the requirements to say the vendor must demonstrate the > methods in which they will provide and validate compliance. > > Thanks! > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:350745 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
