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From: Kroon, Kurtis@FTB
Date: Aug 21, 2015 12:33PM

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From: _mallory [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
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A split? Something that's okay to be somewhat stale for the lawyers and something that is aware of new technology and new needs and new services, for developers, vendors and spec-writers to lean on?

[KK]
IANAL, but as I understand it, that's how it already works for regulations:

"Incorporation by reference of a publication is limited to the edition of the publication that is approved. Future amendments or revisions of the publication are not included."[1]

So, once the regulation incorporates by reference, say, WCAG 2.0 as published on 11 December 2008[2], the W3C can extend, update, fold, spindle, or mangle their recommendations (to WCAG ∞) and it won't affect the regulation one jot.

I find it interesting that, to my knowledge, no federal agency has decided "Section 508 is getting long in the tooth -- let's use the Equivalent Facilitation clause[3] and choose WCAG 2.0 as our new accessibility standard."

Regards,

Kurt
Web Services
Franchise Tax Board
State of California

Citations:

[1]: 1 CFR §51.1(f)
[2]: http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-WCAG20-20081211/
[3]: 36 CFR §1194.5

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