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Re: WCAG and various Laws

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From: Steve Green
Date: Mar 30, 2010 8:24AM

Good question. The word 'equivalent' could be interpreted in more than one
way, and I don't think that the COI thought about this when they wrote the
guidance.

One way would be to say that WCAG 2.0 AA is equivalent to WCAG 1.0 AA. This
is the interpretation we are using on current government websites. I chose
this interpretation because it is easy for non-technical people to
understand, not because I necessarily think it's right.

On the other hand, some of the WCAG 1.0 requirements have been relaxed or
removed in version 2.0, so the latter is not really equivalent even if you
build a website or document to AAA.

Conversely, WCAG 2.0 includes requirements that are not in version 1.0. Are
the COI suggesting that these can be ignored?

Steve