Re: Accessibility

> >1) Is there a place where a guideline for compliance for government
> >organizations is posted?

http://www.access-board.gov/pubs/eitaacrpt.htm

today is the pumpkin day for the adoption of these rules..............


<snip> Section 5----------------------
5.3.2.10 Electronic forms shall be accessible in a manner, which allows full
access to the information, field elements, and functionality required for
completion of the form including all directions and cues.
5.3.2.11 Software packages which install applications and operating system
components shall conform to provisions in Sec. 5.3.1 and 5.3.2, or be fully
accessible through an industry standard port as provided in Sec. 5.2.2.2.
5.3.3 If the E&IT utilizes Web based information or applications...
In addition to the requirements in Section 5.2 and applicable portions of
Section 5.3, if the E&IT utilizes Web-based information or formats,
including intranet information, HyperText Markup Language (HTML), Extensible
Markup Language (XML)and similar formats, it shall meet the following
requirements:

5.3.3.1 Web content shall conform with level 'Double-A', satisfying all
Priority 1 and 2 checkpoints, of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) 'Web
Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0" available at
http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT
5.3.3.2 Tools for authoring Web page and sites (What-You-See-Is-What-I-Get
(WYSIWIG)editors, conversion tools, image editors, site management tools)
shall comply with Priorities 1 and 2 of the [ latest version at time Access
Board does its regulations] of the W3C 'Authoring Tool Accessibility
Guidelines' available at http://www.w3.org/TR.
5.3.3.3. User agents shall comply with Priorities 1 and 2 of the [ latest
version at time Access Board does its regulations] of the W3C 'User Agent
Accessibility Guidelines' available at http://www.w3.org/TR.
5.3.3.4 If there are navigation links or tool bars at the top and left side
of your page, provide a link at the top of the page (a text link or as
alt-text on an image) that says "skip over navigation links," and takes the
user to the main content, starting point, or headline of the page.
5.3.3.5 If extensive ASCII art is used, then a link shall be provided to
allow a user to jump to the end of the ASCII art.

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