Personally, I don't think the WAI has done very well with WCAG 2.
Although it has only reached candidate recommendation this year, much of
it has not changed since 2001, and the web has changed a lot since then!
Generally the ideas in theory are ok, but it is not strict enough and
much of it does not apply in the real world. In addition, it allows you
to bypass accessibility for many parts of a website. Many of the
guidelines were written so they could be automatically checked in HTML,
when in reality you need user testing if you want to make a site fully
accessible.
As Joe Clark said "WCAG 2 does not "replace" WCAG 1 any more than
XHTML "replaced" HTML"
-- http://www.alistapart.com/articles/tohellwithwcag2
Our internal policy is to follow the guidelines set out by the WCAG
Samurai here: http://wcagsamurai.org/
This document is much more relevant to accessibility on the web (and
more readable) than WCAG 1 or 2.
If you do want to conform to WCAG 2, I suggest you read the changes
from WCAG 1:
http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/from10/comparison/
Regards,
David Hulbert
Web Developer
Bournemouth & Poole College
01202 205983
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>>> Brian Kelly <[log in to unmask]> 26/09/2008 10:50 >>>
WCAG 2.0 has been a 'candidate recommendation' since April 2008. This
means
if should be being tested - and at the ADDW08 conference earlier this
week
members of WAI WCAG working group encouraged its use.
Is anyone using it? Ave organisations updated their policies?
Note that the page at
http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/wcag2faq#start
states that:
"We encourage you to start using WCAG 2.0 now. Be aware that while the
WCAG
2.0 "Candidate Recommendation" published on 30 April 2008 is stable, it
may
change a little based on implementation experience."
Brian
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UKOLN, University of Bath, BATH, UK, BA2 7AY
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Phone: +44 1225 383943
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