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From: Julie Dodd
Date: Nov 5, 2010 9:00AM

Hello Mike,

I am also in the US and Section 508 is our primary concern, too. You
make an excellent point regarding "equivalent facilitation." I found
this in the buildings and facilities checklists, does this also apply
to the internet?

Thank you,
Julie


On Nov 5, 2010, at 7:44 AM, Langum, Michael J wrote:

> I am mostly concerned with Section 508. I don't believe there is
> any explicit requirement for semantic markup (aside from tables).
> But section 508 DOES require "equivalent facilitation." I think you
> could (and should) make the argument that not explicitly marking up
> headers and lists means that there is not "equivalent facilitation."
>
> -- Mike
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