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From: John Hicks
Date: Dec 3, 2019 2:09AM

Hello James
I don't know the details of MAS nor am I sure that I understand your
question (are you asking about what they cover differently or are you
asking about what is their origin?).

I reckon that the starting point is to contemplate the difference between
Microsoft and the W3C. The purpose of each entity is totally different.

Then there is the origin of their "standards" which in the case of the W3C
come from committed but generally unpaid people contributing to working
groups and building a consensual (mostly) series of recommendations.

I am interested to know more about MAS ... and would be curious as to
whether or not EDGE on Windows 10 was "MAS conformant"
(it certainly wasn't accessible).

John

Le mar. 3 déc. 2019 à 09:26, james mathu < <EMAIL REMOVED> > a
écrit :

> Hi All,
>
> I have a little bit of confusion between MAS (Microsoft Accessibility
> Standards) & WCAG. What is the difference between these two and how MAS
> different from WCAG?
>
> Can anybody please help me with the clarification.
>
> Thanks,
> James
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