Hi Andrew, First off..good reply.
I like the last paragraph re human rights. Even though I don't need to be forced to be compliant to standards as I have a conscience but (and excuse my ignorance) when has being able to access the internet a human right. I thought it was the domain of things like security, sustenance and protection from the elements. I am further thinking that in order to obtain justifiable rights the movement inevitably swings heavily to the right/left in an attempt to end up in the middle ground. I am interested in hearing peoples thoughts on this one. Is it a human right or...? [disclosure: no offense intended] Cheers, On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 9:55 PM, Andrew Boyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ben, > > AGIMO publishes guidelines that cover some of what you asked for - it is up > to individual organisations as to which guidelines they follow and how far - > it shouldn't be that way but it is. Each organisation that I've worked in > over the last 25 years in Government has had their own writing standards - > and since there has been a web, their own web > content/usability/accessibility standards in one form or another. Most are > compliant in some way or another with WCAG 1.0 - but this is based on > interpretation, and these interpretations vary between organisations. > > Privacy is looked after by the Australian Privacy Commissioner ( > http://www.privacy.gov.au/). > > An study of the Australian Government web standards environment is not > complete without examining the role of the Australian Human Rights > Commission (http://www.hreoc.gov.au). One of the Commissioners, Graeme > Innes, has put the lot of us on notice - he will (to use his words) "name > and shame" organisations that have inaccessible sites. He has started this > already. > > Cheers, Andrew > > > On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 8:44 PM, Benedict Wyss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> And then the clouds parted... >> >> http://webpublishing.agimo.gov.au/ >> >> If anyone wants to add then please do so but shall consider this closed. >> >> Cheers, >> >> >> On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 8:31 PM, Benedict Wyss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I am looking for any and all links to comprehensive listings of: >>> >>> 1. Australian Government Industry Best Practices >>> 2. Australian Government Standards (Privacy, Accessibility and >>> Usability) >>> >>> I have been googling for a while and coming up with bunk. >>> >>> All assistance welcomed. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Ben >>> >> >> >> ******************************************************************* >> List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm >> Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm >> Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> ******************************************************************* >> > > > > -- > --- > Andrew Boyd > http://onblogging.com.au > > > ******************************************************************* > 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] *******************************************************************
