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Re: WCAG and various Laws

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From: James Kennard
Date: Mar 30, 2010 9:03AM

Just realised I totally misunderstood what you were saying - ignore me
prattling on to myself ;)

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[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of James Kennard
Sent: 30 March 2010 14:18
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] WCAG and various Laws


To reach WCAG AA, you must achieve WCAG A.

And

To reach WCAG AAA, you must achieve WCAG AA.

So to answer your question, it means you must achieve both.

Check out: http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG/#conformance

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[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Geof Collis
Sent: 30 March 2010 14:11
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] WCAG and various Laws

Thanks, very difficult to navigate and understand pdf document though.

Would the "equivalent" be WCAG 2.0 AA or A though?

cheers

Geof

At 08:52 AM 3/30/2010, you wrote:
>The COI guidance to UK government departments has been updated to read
>"Compliance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines is acceptable

>at Level Double-A of version 1.0 or the equivalent level in version
2.0."
>
>The document is at
>http://coi.gov.uk/documents/guidance/delivering-inclusive-websites.pdf
>
>However, this is only guidance - it has no legal status.
>
>Steve
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>
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>[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Simius Puer
>Sent: 30 March 2010 13:35
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>Subject: Re: [WebAIM] WCAG and various Laws
>
>Same goes for the UK Geof - WCAG 1.0 AA is cited as the baseline.
>Again, it covers all websites that "provide a service" rather than just

>.gov websites and it puts the onus on website owners to take
>"reasonable steps" in terms of provision.
>
>I can't quote the exact guidance note that goes along with the
>legislation at the moment as it has changed ownership so many times in
>the last few years...it used to be the remit of the e-Envoy until they
>were wound up in
>2004 - it is now part of the Cabinet Office who issue the guidelines.
>
>There's more info on the Direct Gov website if you need it:
>http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/DisabledPeople/RightsAndObligations/Disabil
>ityRi
>ghts/DG_4001068
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