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From: ED COHEN
Date: Jun 3, 2003 12:34PM

Hello Julian,
I enjoyed reading about and looking at your site.

A question: The ODA has an exemption clause which simply states that if it is not technically feasible to make a sub-web ODA-compliant, it may be exempted. What effort if any do you make to permit someone with disabilities to gain access to the information on those pages?

You were the only person to respond to my post.
By the way, my parents were born in Toronto and Hamilton.

Thank you

>>> <EMAIL REMOVED> 5/30/03 7:48:59 AM >>>
Hi:

Here in Ontario, we have a similar legislation to the Section 508 called
ODA, Ontarians with Disabilities Act (2001) which is based on WAI-AA level.
The ministries of the government all produce publications and through a tool
called LIO (pronounced, "Leo"), anyone can to a geospatial search for
publications. The LIO tool is Java-based and therefore very difficult to
make accessible much like any of the map sites such as MapQuest might be.
Another tool we have is called CLAIMaps which is a Java-based, geospatial
tool for searching for mining claims - again, very difficult to make
accessible. ODA has an exemption clause which simply states that if it is
not technically feasible to make a sub-web ODA-compliant, it may be
exempted. For these sub-webs, this is what has been applied to them.

In case anyone is curious, the sites are located at:

LIO:
http://lioib.lio.mnr.gov.on.ca/lioib/uien/disclaimer.asp?CALLINGURL=/lioib/u
ien/MNDM.asp
<http://lioib.lio.mnr.gov.on.ca/lioib/uien/disclaimer.asp?CALLINGURL=/lioib/
uien/MNDM.asp>
CLAIMaps:
http://www.mndm.gov.on.ca/mndm/mines/lands/claimap3/disclaimer_e.asp
<http://www.mndm.gov.on.ca/mndm/mines/lands/claimap3/disclaimer_e.asp>;

Although this may not help you make you