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From: Michael Moore
Date: Jan 13, 2005 3:27PM

Actually the web based tools will validate the html code that is created
through asp. The tools that I have used to test sites generated
through asp and php include Bobby, Cynthia Says, and Lift for
accessibility and the W3Cs html and css validators for the html and css
code.

It is important to remember that automated tools can only catch about
25-30% of accessibility problems. For instance they can tell you if an
image has an alt attribute but not whether the text in that attribute is
appropriate, or if a long description (either available through a
visible link, information on the web page, or the much maligned longdesc
attribute is necessary) - that takes a human.

For a really good discussion of the limitations of automated
accessibility testers I recommend Jim Thatcher's web site
"Accessibility, what not to do" http://www.jimthatcher.com/whatnot.htm

Mike

jdrew wrote:
> Well thank you very much Darrel.
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> Joe Drew
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> From: "darrel.austin"
> Date: Thursday, January 13, 2005 2:54 pm
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Welcome to the WebAIM Discussion List
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>>jdrew wrote:
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> I am in need of a web based validator for ASP websites. Does anyone
> know of such a thing? There are plenty for HTML, but not for ASP.
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>>There's no such thing. ASP is processed on the server before it is
>>sent, so it's impossible to do this via a web-based tool.
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>>What you need to worry about is the HTML that the ASP code spits out.
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>>As for writing valid ASP, your server will tell you if it's not
>>(with plenty > of errors... ;o)
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>>-Darrel
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