Hi all,
I'm about to rewrite the technical standards for the acceptance of external, and
independent, web resources.
At present they are only guidelines and they suggest:
. Compliance to WAI priority one (plus a little).
. W3C validated coding with allowable exceptions. E.g. Flash / Framesets.
These guidelines were set over 18 months ago.
Now they are due for review prior to the final part of the DDA coming into UK law.
It would be improper for me to dictate full WAI compliance if it is not a legal
necessity.
Though it is a requirement to insist on meeting the legal minimum.
I was thinking as a minimum:
1. Alt tags for all: Navigation images, form image buttons and text in
images.
2. Colour must not be used as the sole method of highlighting information
3. No flickering or blinking in images or text.
4. Data tables require row and column headers. (same as priority one)
5. Each frame requires a title and must point to a valid (X)HTML document.
6. Ensure that content areas are available and navigable with JavaScript / Java
applets / Flash switched off.
7. Supply a text transcript to multimedia objects.
8. Ensure sufficient colour contrast.
9. Content available and navigable via keyboard.
10. Implicit form label associations (title before input).
Along with recommendations to fully comply with the WAI priority one and W3C
validation.
What do you think? Too much or too little?
cheers.
mike 2k:)2
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