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From: Susan Grossman
Date: Feb 6, 2015 3:19PM

So I shouldn't be using the WCAG guidelines (and I thought the W3 was a
standards board) at all?

On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 1:32 PM, Chagnon | PubCom < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Duff is correct; WCAG has only techniques & methods for making accessible
> PDFs. They are not standards nor guidelines. Far from it!
>
> Because they are not standards, they cannot be used, for example, to
> assess whether a PDF is in fact accessible. Governments can't formally
> adopt them into law as they have WCAG itself. You can't file a complaint
> using techniques to back up your claim because techniques can't hold up in
> court. So think of what WCAG has published as only suggestions on how to
> make an accessible PDF.
>
> For better guidance on standards for PDFs, see the PDF/UA Competence
> Center's website at
> http://www.pdfa.org/competence-centers/pdfua-competence-center/ You'll
> learn about the ISO 14289 standard for Universally Accessible PDFs ... a
> real standard.
>
> And you'll also Duff's smiling mug gracing the website's banner <grin>
>
> --Bevi Chagnon
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