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Re: How to Certify the web site for WCAG?

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From: Christophe Strobbe
Date: Sep 20, 2010 12:06PM

At 18:44 20/09/2010, adam solomon wrote:
>To the best of my knowledge you do not need external agencies. If you have
>carefully gone over the guidelines and implemented them, you may place an
>accessibility logo.


Please bear in mind that using a conformance logo constitutes a
conformance claim, so the logo must be accompanied by the required
components of a conformance claim as listed in WCAG 2.0's conformance
section: <http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#conformance-claims>;.

Best regards,

Christophe Strobbe


>However, be advised that it is far from a simple task,
>and, in my estimation, requires experience on the part of the development
>team to get it right. Hypothetically, advertising your site as being
>accessible when it is not can leave you open to legal action. The best
>course of action would be to seek the services of an accessibility team or
>company which could review you site.
>
>On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Jeevan Reddy
>< <EMAIL REMOVED> >wrote:
>
> > Hi Friends,
> > Can you Help me How to Certify a Web Site for WCAG?
> > Do we need external Agencies like Web Aim?
> > Or else we can make the Web site Accessible using WCAG 2.0 and Add the
> > logos? for example my web site is Accessible @ WCAG 2.0 level AA, Can i use
> > directly that Accessibility Logo to my Web site.
> > Any suggestions would be appreciated as Earliest As possible.
> >
> > Thanks and Regards,
> > Jeevan.
>
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>adam solomon
>wcag working group participant
>linkedin <http://il.linkedin.com/pub/adam-solomon/24/449/a4>;
>blogix <http://adam.blogix.co.il/>;

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