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Re: W3C structure, Standards bodies, and more (was How is PDF accessibility evaluated?)

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From: Chagnon | PubCom
Date: Feb 6, 2015 10:10PM

Thanks for catching those details, John (JF).
I'll refrain from more discussion about who controls what at the ISO as it's
not for this public discussion.

I think we all agree on one issue:
There are a lot of standards-writing organizations (boards, committees,
whatever), but none of those standards can be enforced until someone adopts
them, such as through government legislation that mandates adhering to
particular standards.

And those of us in the US probably unanimously agree on another:
Please please please, US Access Board, get the 508 refresh out!
This is a huge embarrassment. We have the tools and software to make most
documents fully accessible, without blowing the US budget. It's "do-able."

--Bevi Chagnon