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From: Maya.Sellon
Date: Tue, Jul 19 2016 5:27AM
Subject: section 508 vs wcag 2.0
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Hi all,
My company standards requires me to check against WCAG 2.0 level AA - however a tool that we're currently looking into (Formstack) only seems to have documentation against Section 508. I know there are some differences and a quick scan tells me WCAG requires specific techniques as is more current than 508, but I was hoping someone out there would have some tips/advice on how I could go about comparing this section 508-based report against WCAG?

Additionally, anything I should be on the lookout for? I'm just wondering if anyone has any experience with this and found out the hard way that you had to check for XXX or YYY.

Many thanks!
Maya

From: Maya.Sellon
Date: Tue, Jul 19 2016 5:36AM
Subject: Re: section 508 vs wcag 2.0
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I just found a list of 4 checkpoints in WCAG that supposedly aren't in Section 508 on : http://jimthatcher.com/sidebyside.htm

He refers to checkpoints 1.3, 4.1, 6.2 and 14.1. The page was last updated in 2012, so I believe this is still current. Can anyone else confirm, please?

Thanks again :)

From: Sellon, Maya M SI-ERP/D
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2016 1:28 PM
To: 'WebAIM Discussion List'
Subject: section 508 vs wcag 2.0

Hi all,
My company standards requires me to check against WCAG 2.0 level AA - however a tool that we're currently looking into (Formstack) only seems to have documentation against Section 508. I know there are some differences and a quick scan tells me WCAG requires specific techniques as is more current than 508, but I was hoping someone out there would have some tips/advice on how I could go about comparing this section 508-based report against WCAG?

Additionally, anything I should be on the lookout for? I'm just wondering if anyone has any experience with this and found out the hard way that you had to check for XXX or YYY.

Many thanks!
Maya

From: Maya.Sellon
Date: Tue, Jul 19 2016 5:37AM
Subject: Re: Recall: section 508 vs wcag 2.0
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Sellon, Maya M SI-ERP/D would like to recall the message, "section 508 vs wcag 2.0".

From: Maya.Sellon
Date: Tue, Jul 19 2016 5:51AM
Subject: Re: section 508 vs wcag 2.0
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Sorry for spamming the list. :(

I realized just after I hit send that I was looking at a mapping of Section 508 to WCAG 1.0. So I did some more hunting and found another reference: http://www.tomjewett.com/accessibility/508-WCAG2.html

But based off what I'm reading I think I'm back to my original question. It looks like a Section 508 page tested with the techniques listed could confirm to WCAG 2.0 level A and part of level AA, so I'm guessing in order to do this correctly, the application would need retesting against WCAG 2.0 level AA.

Is my thinking correct? Appreciate advice from anyone who has experience with this. And apologies again for the multiple emails!

From: Sellon, Maya M SI-ERP/D
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2016 1:36 PM
To: 'WebAIM Discussion List'
Subject: RE: section 508 vs wcag 2.0

I just found a list of 4 checkpoints in WCAG that supposedly aren't in Section 508 on : http://jimthatcher.com/sidebyside.htm

He refers to checkpoints 1.3, 4.1, 6.2 and 14.1. The page was last updated in 2012, so I believe this is still current. Can anyone else confirm, please?

Thanks again :)

From: Sellon, Maya M SI-ERP/D
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2016 1:28 PM
To: 'WebAIM Discussion List'
Subject: section 508 vs wcag 2.0

Hi all,
My company standards requires me to check against WCAG 2.0 level AA - however a tool that we're currently looking into (Formstack) only seems to have documentation against Section 508. I know there are some differences and a quick scan tells me WCAG requires specific techniques as is more current than 508, but I was hoping someone out there would have some tips/advice on how I could go about comparing this section 508-based report against WCAG?

Additionally, anything I should be on the lookout for? I'm just wondering if anyone has any experience with this and found out the hard way that you had to check for XXX or YYY.

Many thanks!
Maya

From: Gillen, Lori
Date: Tue, Jul 19 2016 8:06AM
Subject: Re: section 508 vs wcag 2.0
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If you go to the WebAIM website, you will see a table with two columns. On the left column are the Section 508 guidelines and on the right are the WCAG 2.0 guidelines.

Lori Gillen
McKesson Corporation

From: Jonathan Avila
Date: Tue, Jul 19 2016 8:27PM
Subject: Re: section 508 vs wcag 2.0
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Maya, the US Access Board has a comparison table between WCAG 2 A/AA and the current Section 508 requirements.

https://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/communications-and-it/about-the-ict-refresh/background/comparison-table-of-wcag2-to-existing-508-standards

Best Regards,

Jonathan

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From: Maya.Sellon
Date: Wed, Jul 20 2016 2:53AM
Subject: Re: section 508 vs wcag 2.0
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Thank you, Jonathan!

regards,
Maya