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RE: 508 vs. WCAG

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From: Steve Vosloo
Date: Aug 19, 2002 11:47PM

Thanks Cyndi -- it seems going for both is the best solution.

I was a little confused by a few lines on Jim Thatcher's Side by side
article (http://www.jimthatcher.com/sidebyside.htm):

"Currently all 50 states and all territories receive Assistive
Technology Act dollars and all have some form of Section 508 assurance.
This comparison of the WCAG Priority 1 checkpoints and the Section 508
web accessibility standards is of interest to states because some have
chosen to use the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines as the criterion
for web accessibility."

After reading this I wasn't sure if States could choose 508 or WCAG.

Steve