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From: Margit Link-Rodrigue
Date: Dec 9, 2009 11:00AM

Sorry about the confusion. When I say Section 508, I mean the spirit of the
law which clearly strives to make Information Technology accessible to all.
I understand that the actual verbiage in the law relates only to federal and
federally funded agencies, and also that WCAG 2.0 wasn't around when Section
508 took effect, and that Section 508 standards were mapped to certain WCAG
1.0 checkpoints.

However, Section 508 is often quoted in a broader sense, and I still think
to meet Section 508 in 2009 means meeting WCAG 2.0 success criteria.
Everything else would be thinking backwards The web is much more complex
than it was in 1998.

Margit

On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Andrew Kirkpatrick < <EMAIL REMOVED> >wrote:

> The WCAG 2.0 success criteria are for WCAG 2.0, not Section 508. There is
> overlap, but if you want to meet Section 508 you do not necessarily need to
> meet all WCAG 2.0 success criteria.
>
> Thanks,
> AWK
>
> Andrew Kirkpatrick
>
> Senior Product Manager, Accessibility
>
> Adobe Systems
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> <EMAIL REMOVED>
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