W3C & Related Resources
W3C & Related Resources for Conformance
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W3C Resources
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- Metrics and Plan for Evaluating Conformance Scoring current wip
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Testing the Conformance Model (from the Silver Wiki)
- [https://www.w3.org/TR/accessibility-conformance-challenges/ Challenges with Accessibility Guidelines Conformance
Wand Testing, and Approaches for Mitigating Them] 19 July 2020 Working Draft
- Research Report on Web Accessibility Metrics 30 August 2020 Working Draft QA Framework: Specification Guidelines W3C Recommendation 17 August 2005; link is to section
2.1 Specifying Conformance
- W3C's QA Glossary of Terms
Some Examples in the Wild
- Legal settlement agreement between ACB and HBO, excerpt follows (emphasis addded):
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...the HBO Max website, mobile applications, and available internet-connected TV applications will substantially comply with standard international web accessibility guidelines.
- American Professional Football, excerpt follows (emphasis added):
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...the NFL has committed to the Website being designed, developed, and operated in substantial conformance with generally-recognized and accepted guidelines and/or standards for website accessibility...
- Dictionary definition of
Substantial Compliance
(emphasis added):
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compliance with the substantial or essential requirements of something (as a statute or contract) that satisfies its purpose or objective even though its formal requirements are not complied with
- Lainey Feingold on a bill introduced in the U.S. Congress
- Seyfarth perspective on amending ADA to include websites and mobile apps: House Bill Introduced to Require Accessible Consumer Facing Websites and Mobile Apps