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From: Richards, Jan
Date: Jun 7, 2011 9:09AM

Hi Birkir,

I'm on the W3C working group (AUWG) that is developing ATAG 2.0.

As we have been developing the document, we have done some implementation testing, including with CMS systems:

http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-au/2011AprJun/att-0044/implementation_report_12may2011.html

And while Facebook does not appear in that table, we do include it in our discussions.

Cheers,
Jan

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> Sent: June 6, 2011 7:26 PM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: [WebAIM] Evaluations based on ATAG
>
> Hi listers
>
> Does anyone have experience using ATAG to evaluate CMS or other
> software that creates/publishes material on the web?
> Is there any evaluator, similar to WCAG evaluators, in the works, or
> even possible that relies on ATAG?
> I freely admit I do not know enough about ATAG yet, but I am reading
> my way through the ATAG 2.0 draft, and I would be very curious to, for
> instance, evaluate things like Facebook and Twitter using ATAG
> specifications.
> Be well
> -B