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Re: 508 asks for a VPAT what does W3C have that's similar

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From: Andrew Kirkpatrick
Date: Oct 22, 2013 9:04PM

Lucy,
There isn't an official way to deliver this information yet. The VPAT format was created by ITI and I expect that the discussions that have taken place by ITI and others related to adapting the VPAT for the new rules will someday need to be done at a less leisurely pace than has been the case for the last several years of waiting for the new rules.

Canadian customers are asking for the same thing as you and I suspect that Australian and customers from other countries have done so also. Absent a standard way of representing this information, we've made a simple document that is similar to the VPAT but uses WCAG 2.0. I expect that it will change at some point, but that the underlying product compliance data will be (hopefully) unchanged. Here's an example: http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/compliance/adobe-social-3-wcag-compliance.html

Thanks,
AWK

Andrew Kirkpatrick
Group Product Manager, Accessibility
Adobe Systems

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Subject: [WebAIM] 508 asks for a VPAT what does W3C have that's similar
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Hello:
As some of you may be aware UC just past a new access policy that requires W3c 2.0 as for any new development and or purchases. And I have been asked to participate in the first RFP that will be requiring this.
it's so new I don't have any documentation created yet about How to look for and or check for this standard when evaluating venders. That long winded explanation is to ask what if anything is the equivalent of the VPAT for W3C 2.0 a and or aa or aaa thanks Lucy

Lucia Greco
Web Access Analyst
IST-Campus Technology Services
University of California, Berkeley
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