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From: Cyndi Rowland
Date: Aug 19, 2002 4:30PM

Steve,
Unfortunately a U.S. court would want to see 508 compliance
where it is needed (e.g., for a federal agency). I am not familiar
with the new UK law so I don't know what their criteria for
accessible design are, however, I would imagine the same thing. They
would want to see sites designed to their criteria. To be on the
safe side, I would go with both (not too hard to do).
Cyndi Rowland



>Thanks Jukka.
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>It seems that to achieve 508 compliance you'd go for Priority 1 plus a
>few others from priority 2 and 3. Sounds very reasonable.
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>I'm still not sure if both are required, i.e. will a UK court accept
>508, and a US court accept Priority 1 plus a few others from priority 2
>and 3? But I suppose if it is so easy to achieve compliance for both
>then an answer isn't needed. I'll just do it.
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>Steve
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