Hi Jessica, Understood, I work for a company who specialise in the Adobe LiveCycle dynamic PDF technologies.
The PDF & RTF formats for attachments to content items, are a whole of Australian Government accessibility directive. These are typically not forms, although in some instances like Court documents they are. When I was at DITR, most of our forms were W3C CSS compliant, it's only when you get into the area of dynamic forms that it becomes complicated. I'm based in Canberra if I can be of any assistance. Cheers, Rae On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 4:56 PM, Jessica Enders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I should clarify that I'm not a Microsoft-basher! The only reason I > mentioned it is that ownership of a standard might be considered, by some, > to compromise accessibility. > > Also, if it helps, I'm thinking about RTF for /forms/, not general text > documents. I think this makes the situation a little bit messier. > > Finally, I would definitely recommend semantic HTML as a first choice - > we're just looking at the other options that might be available if it isn't. > > Thanks again for all your help, > > > Jessica Enders > Director > Formulate Information Design > ---------------------------------------- > http://formulate.com.au > ---------------------------------------- > Phone: (02) 6116 8765 > Fax: (02) 8456 5916 > PO Box 5108 > Braddon ACT 2612 > ---------------------------------------- > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Jessica Enders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: 27 May 2008 4:08:26 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected], >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Is RTF accessible? >> >> Hello >> >> I am trying to work out whether a Rich Text File is considered accessible, >> to the extent that Australian federal government agencies must provide >> electronic documents in an accessible format. >> >> RTF is owned by Microsoft, but most word processors can read it. >> Apparently if styles are used correctly, RTF files can be used well by >> screen readers. Also, section 2.3 of the World Wide Web Access: Disability >> Discrimination Act Advisory Notes (from 2002, mind you) on the Human Rights >> and Equal Opportunity Commission website ( >> http://hreoc.gov.au/disability_rights/standards/www_3/www_3.html) >> suggests that RTF is considered acceptable. >> >> Any views? >> >> Jessica Enders >> Director >> Formulate Information Design >> ---------------------------------------- >> http://formulate.com.au >> ---------------------------------------- >> Phone: (02) 6116 8765 >> Fax: (02) 8456 5916 >> PO Box 5108 >> Braddon ACT 2612 >> ---------------------------------------- >> >> > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
