Re: [WSG] accessibility: government

2009-08-26 Thread Diganta Kumar
http://www.gcio.nsw.gov.au/products-and-services/policies-guidelines/UsabilityAssessmentChecklist.pdf/view?searchterm=style%20guide -- Regards, Diganta Kumar m: 0408267082 e: mailtodiga...@gmail.com w: adsinfotech.com.au linkedIn: linkedin.com/in/digantakumar blog: digantakumar.com twitter: tw

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2009-08-26 Thread Chris Vickery
up.org] On Behalf Of Sue Choong Sent: Thursday, 27 August 2009 9:29 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] accessibility: government Very useful links thanks Andrew On 27/08/2009, at 7:27 AM, Andrew Boyd wrote: > On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 4:40 AM, Luc wrote: >> Good afterno

Re: [WSG] accessibility: government

2009-08-26 Thread Sue Choong
Very useful links thanks Andrew On 27/08/2009, at 7:27 AM, Andrew Boyd wrote: On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 4:40 AM, Luc wrote: Good afternoon list, Does anybody know if their exists a list of what is required in terms of accessibility features for each country (governments)? -- Regards,

RE: [WSG] accessibility: government

2009-08-26 Thread Steve Green
m: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Rae Buerckner Sent: 26 August 2009 23:25 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] accessibility: government As a general rule of thumb best practice would be to follow W3C guidelines. Cheers, Rae 2009/8/27

Re: [WSG] accessibility: government

2009-08-26 Thread Rae Buerckner
As a general rule of thumb best practice would be to follow W3C guidelines. Cheers, Rae 2009/8/27 Webb, KerryA > > > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 4:40 AM, Luc wrote: > > > Good afternoon list, > > > > > > Does anybody know if their exists a list of what is required in terms > of > > accessibility

RE: [WSG] accessibility: government

2009-08-26 Thread Webb, KerryA
> > On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 4:40 AM, Luc wrote: > > Good afternoon list, > > > > Does anybody know if their exists a list of what is required in terms of > accessibility > > features for each country (governments)? > > > > > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Luc > > Hi Luc, > > here in Australia we hav

Re: [WSG] accessibility: government

2009-08-26 Thread Dennis Lapcewich
In the USA, federal government web sites, and those web sites were federal tax dollars are involved, are subject to accessibility requirements of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. This is more commonly known as Section 508 ---> http://www.section508.gov/ Many state governments and

Re: [WSG] accessibility: government

2009-08-26 Thread Andrew Boyd
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 4:40 AM, Luc wrote: > Good afternoon list, > > Does anybody know if their exists a list of what is required in terms of > accessibility > features for each country (governments)? > > > > -- > Regards, >  Luc Hi Luc, here in Australia we have a couple of pieces of legislat

Re: [WSG] accessibility: government

2009-08-26 Thread kris wright
In Canada, public facing federal government websites must adhere to the "Common Look and Feel for the Internet", which includes an accessibility component heavily based on WCAG 1.0. http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/clf2-nsi2/index-eng.asp http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/clf2-nsi2/clfs-nnsi/clfs-nnsi-2-eng.asp K

RE: [WSG] accessibility: government

2009-08-26 Thread Koen Willems
Here in the Netherlands we have http://www.webrichtlijnen.nl/english/ Koen Willems > -Oorspronkelijk bericht- > Van: li...@webstandardsgroup.org > [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] Namens Luc > Verzonden: woensdag 26 augustus 2009 20:41 > Aan: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Onderwerp: [W