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Re: Accessible Cold Fusion up-charge

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From: Gareth Dart
Date: Jun 20, 2008 2:00AM

Hi,

Level A (aka Priority 1) isn't really that difficult - you can see a
reasonably non-technical explanation here:
http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/#wc-priority-1. Without further
details about the scope and size of the project, I'm hesitant to say,
but it sounds excessive to me. That increase is several weeks of
developer-hours. I would, at the very least, ask the contractor for a
breakdowmn of these extra hours and why they think they're necessary.
If they're reputable and competent, they'll be able to explain what they
need to do and why it's going to take so long.

We're a government agency aswell, and we put lots of 'moderately complex
scientific data, presented in tables' on the site on an almost daily
basis. It just requires that my content authors are trained in how to
mark-up an accessible table. They don't always _listen_, granted....

G

Gareth Dart
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