Hi Kriss (and others)
In the Webinar there was a statement that BS 8878 only covers services
hosted in the UK and that "use of 3rd party services hosted abroad could be
risky"
Did that mean there could be risks to users with disabilities, as there
is no requirement for such services to be accessible, or risks to UK
institutions, as they could be sued rather than the service provider?
Thanks
Brian
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: K Fearon [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 09 December 2010 16:27
> To: Brian Kelly
> Cc: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: BS 8878: "Accessibility has been stuck in a rut of
> technical guidelines"
>
> I attended and thought it was really interesting - though the speaker
> on
> the legal aspects had to rush off which was a shame. (Various others
> from
> HE were down to attend but I guess the weather made this difficult.)
>
> The BSI have made it clear that this is just guidance. Conformance may
> be
> used in a court as a guide to whether web staff have made a reasonable
> effort to make web pages accessible, but on its own it has no legal
> force.
>
> I like that the step plan is good practice and if you're not defining
> the
> target audience, defining the user goals, testing, etc when you build a
> website then there are likely to be other issues with the site than
> accessibility problems. It normalises accessibility as one of the
> things
> to consider rather than a special add-on.
>
> Kriss
>
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> On Thu, 9 Dec 2010, Brian Kelly wrote:
>
> > Did anyone attend the launch of BS 8878 Web accessibility Code of
> practice
> > of watched yesterday's Webinar?
> >
> > I watched the Webinar (which is available at
> > https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/763164576) and was impressed by
> what I
> > heard. The approach taken is pragmatic and user-focussed as opposed
> to the
> > theoretical WCAG+ATAG+UUAG model developed by WAI. The speakers also
> stated
> > that "Accessibility has been stuck in a rut of technical guidelines"
> which I
> > would agree with. The pragmatic approach is defined in 16 steps,
> only one
> > of which is concerned with implementation of appropriate WCAG
> guidelines.
> >
> > It strikes me that Universities should be looking to use this BS code
> of
> > practice as the basis for policies on Web accessibility which
> provides the
> > broader context than WCAG addresses.
> >
> > Note, for example, that a policy which states that an institutional
> Web site
> > will conform to WCAG AA would, it seems, not be able to embed videos
> which
> > aren't captioned, even though such videos might provide accessibility
> > benefits. Use of BS 8878 would, I believe, allow such videos to be
> provided,
> > provided an appropriate policy statement was provided.
> >
> > A summary of the Webinar and some comments are given at:
> > http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/2010/12/09/bs8878-accessibility-has-
> been-stu
> > ck-in-a-rut-of-technical-guidelines/
> >
> > Brian
> >
> > --------------------------------
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> > UKOLN, University of Bath, BATH, UK, BA2 7AY
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