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From: Susan Grossman
Date: Nov 5, 2010 10:03AM


On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 7:44 AM, Langum, Michael J < <EMAIL REMOVED> >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
>
>
In WCAG 2.0, and the working 508 refresh, I think that Section 508 22(d) &
the "equivalent" WCAG 2.0 section 6.1 specifically state that semantic
mark-up is required "to designate headings"

Susan