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Re: WCAG 2.0 Compliance criteria for internal or non public websites

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From: Margit Link-Rodrigue
Date: Dec 9, 2009 10:33AM

You have to ask yourself what you are trying to achieve. If you want to meet
legal requirements as defined in Section 508, then you have to meet all
success criteria for WCAG 2.0, including 1.1.1 which refers to audio content
and is a Level A requirement.

If you simply want to comply with some company rules and processes (e.g.
CMMI), then your company has to clearly state in your supporting
documentation that you are currently striving for partial compliance and
what your timeline is to achieve full compliance.

It is unethical, in my opinion, if you are trying to award yourself a
compliance seal if you leave out potential future employees/Intranet users
that are hearing impaired. Intranet or not doesn't matter, because the
location of the file is a temporary aspect and the lines between
Intranet/Extranet/Internet usually get blurrier the larger a company grows.

Thanks,
Margit