WARG - July 18, 2001
Web Accessibility
The Good:
We have until March 2002 to meet State Policy 1210 and Section 508 Compliance.
There are no printed penalties for not making the deadline, yet.
The Bad:
ADA does not care ....
...about visual presentation.
...about cost of conversion to new standard.
...if you do not know HTML 4 and CSS2.
All State of Kansas Web Sites must meet Policy 1210 standards and Section 508 Guidelines.
The Ugly:
Netscape 4.X browsers make up approximately 25% of the visits to Oznet sites. Netscape 4.x Browsers support few CSS codes. It also has limits on the number of styles, "<DIV>" and "<SPAN>" tag codes it will show. Thus, compliant web sites may look down right ugly in these browsers.
Compare the original and the attempt at making a page with tables accessible and usable in the major browsers.
PowerPoint slide show "ADA Web Accessibility" by Cole Robinson presented at 2001 Check Conference.
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PowerPoint Viewer Software: Download and run EXE file to install.
Links:
K-State
- WebBuilder
http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/WebBuilder/ - CNS - Web Content Accessibility
http://www.ksu.edu/tools/access/ - Accessible Web Design of Official Web Sites - Letter from Jane Rowlett to KSU President, Provost, Vice Provosts, Vice Presidents, Deans, Department/Unit Heads
http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/webbuilder/accessibility/web_access/webaccltr.htm
Kansas
- Web Accessibility SubCommittee (WAS)
http://da.state.ks.us/itab/was/ - Web Content Accessibility Guidelines for the State of Kansas
http://da.state.ks.us/itec/WASPriorities102600.htm - Web Accessibility SubCommittee (WAS) - Resources
http://da.state.ks.us/itab/was/resources.htm - Information Technology Policy 1210 - State of Kansas Web Accessibility Requirements
http://da.state.ks.us/itec/ITECITPolicy1210.htm
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board - Federal Government
- Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards (Section 508)
http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/508standards.htm - Technical Assistance to Ensure Successful Implementation
http://www.access-board.gov/508.htm - Guide to the Section 508 Standards for Electronic and Information Technology
http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/guide/index.htm - The Rehabilitation Act Amendments (Section 508)
http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/guide/act.htm
Federal Information Technology Accessibility Initiative
- Federal Information Technology Accessibility Initiative
http://www.section508.gov/
PENNSYLVANIA'S INITIATIVE on ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY (PIAT)
- WAVE 2.01
http://www.temple.edu/inst_disabilities/piat/wave/ - Assistive Technology Links and Fact Sheets
http://www.temple.edu/inst_disabilities/piat/faqs/index.html - Talks on Assistive Technology and Accessible Web Design
http://www.temple.edu/inst_disabilities/piat/aweb/
W3C
- Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
http://www.w3.org/WAI/ - Curriculum for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
http://www.w3.org/WAI/wcag-curric/ - HTML Validation Service
http://validator.w3.org/ - W3C CSS Validation Service
http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/ - HTML TIDY
http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett/tidy/ - TidyGUI
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/ablavier/TidyGUI/ - Evaluation, Repair, and Transformation Tools for Web Content Accessibility
http://www.w3.org/wai/er/existingtools.html
Center for Applied Special Technology, CAST
- Bobby
http://www.cast.org/bobby/ - Universal Design for Learning
http://www.cast.org/udl/
Land Grant Training Alliance
- Web Site Accessibility: How to create, modify, and check your web pages to make them "universally accessible"
http://www.lgta.org/accessibility/
Dublin Core
- Dublin Core Metadata Element Set, Version 1.1: Reference Description
http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/ - DCMI Type Vocabulary
http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-type-vocabulary/ - MEDIA TYPES
http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/media-types/media-types
Adobe
- access.adobe.com/
http://access.adobe.com/
The Adaptive Technology Resource Centre
- A-Prompt Toolkit
http://aprompt.snow.utoronto.ca/
