WCAG 1.0 & US Sec. 508
- US Section 508
- addresses broad range of electronic & information technology
(E&IT)
- US Section 508, part 1194.22
- addresses accessibility of Web content
- requirements and available testing measures are too HTML-based
- insufficient basic accessibility for people with disabilities
- WCAG 1.0, Level A (priority one checkpoints)
- based on international multi-stakeholder consensus
- multiple conformance levels
- requirements are too HTML-based; lacks testing criteria
- Level A (priority one) addresses basic cross-disability
accessibility
- US Section 508, part 1194.21
- addresses accessibility of software; is not specific to the Web
- insufficiently specific for browsers, media players, authoring
tools
- does not map to UAAG 1.0 and ATAG 1.0 which were developed
specifically for Web tools
