-----Original Message----- From: listdad@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel Champion Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 10:46 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: RE: [WSG] UK Standardistas - PAS 78
PAS 78 is not a standard, it's a specification. More importantly it's firmly aimed at commissioners of websites, not developers. Roberto Scano: Yes and one of the error is that there was no involvement of web accessibility experts. And for the promotion about how to buy accessible services, there is WAI Education and Outreach work for this. Daniel Champion: You'll love this then, because there is no equivalent guidance for those commissioning sites, and it contains extensive references to existing recommendations, including those from the W3C. Bruce Lawson provides a good overview of the specification, including its relationship with W3C. Roberto Scano: Thank u for the note. If u read the part about PDF is clear that who develop this guide don't know that PDF format is now recognized as ISO standard: "Document management -- Electronic document file format for long-term preservation -- Part 1: Use of PDF 1.4 (PDF/A-1)" [1]. If u know the PDF/A-1 format is clear that it require that documents are tagged and accessible. We are moving in WCAG 2.0 world (i hate to cite myself, but i suggest to read this article [2]) where the HTML document is not the only interest in the www: we talk about delivery units, web content, web user interfaces... The web is ahead of PAS, standards are ahead PAS. Roberto Scano ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) IWA/HWG International Project Manager and EMEA Coordinator International Webmasters Association / HTML Writers Guild W3C Advisory Commitee Representative for IWA/HWG W3C WCAG Working Group Member - W3C ATAG Working Group Member Expert of ISO/TC 159/SC 4/WG 5 'Software ergonomics and human-computer dialogues' http://www.iwanet.org - http://www.hwg.org E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Personal web site: http://www.robertoscano.info --- [1] http://www.iso.org/iso/en/CatalogueDetailPage.CatalogueDetail?CSNUMBER=38920 &scopelist=PROGRAMME [2] http://juicystudio.com/article/journey-through-accessibility.php ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
