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Re: Section 508 Standards Compliance and Scripts

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From: Anitra Pavka
Date: Sep 4, 2003 2:48PM

<EMAIL REMOVED> wrote:

>Section 508 is based on WAI but scattered a bit in terms of Priority levels.
>With regard to the JavaScript question, I believe that WAI is a bit more
>strict and would be more likely to reject some claims of compliance as
>compared with Section 508. If you can achieve compliance with WAI Priority
>2, you will be in good standing for Section 508.
>

There is one notable exception to the belief that WAI Priority 2's
encapsulate all Section 508 Web guidelines. Section 508 guideline
1194.22 (p) is not reflected in WAI's WCAG 1.0.
http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/guide/1194.22.htm#(p)

The closest WCAG 1.0 comes to covering it is Guideline 7, but none of
the related checkpoints specifically address the user's ability to
extend time limits.
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/#gl-movement

Fortunately, the WCAG 2.0 (current) Draft explicitly covers the missing
guideline.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-WCAG20-20030624/#time-limits


- Anitra Pavka
Web Developer, www.accesskansas.org
Web Accessibility Advocate, www.anitrapavka.com


>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
>>Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 2:16 PM
>>To: <EMAIL REMOVED>
>>Subject: RE: Section 508 Standards Compliance and Scripts
>>
>>
>>[from my previous post under this subject]
>>"KYVU currently uses a CMS that makes a similar claim about
>>its product
>>("content written to the screen before the page loads"). Disabling
>>JavaScript while using that platform makes course material
>>inaccessible.
>>All an end user receives is a one sentence message stating
>>that the page
>>won't work w/ JavaScript disabled, and no other means to
>>access the course
>>is provided. How can this be considered compliance...???"
>>
>>Thanks to all for the very useful feedback to date.
>>
>>But...how about this question, but in regards to WCAG 1.0,
>>priority 1. This
>>is the standard to which the Commonwealth of Kentucky is
>>probably going to
>>hold their sites accountable. Would a course management
>>system that did not
>>display course material when JavaScript was disabled be considered
>>compliant?
>>
>>Bryce Fields
>>Web Developer
>>Kentucky Virtual University
>>http://www.kyvu.org/
>>
>>1-877-740-4357
>>1-502-573-1555 ext 288
>>
>>"Do or do not. There is no try." -- Yoda
>>
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