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From: [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">Fairburn, Susan - Corporate Core - Partnership Working Unit

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Subject: Re: Comment on new draft standard on accessible websites - BS 8878

Dear Marcus

It may be me, but I can't open the BS 8878 following your link, have other people had the same problem? Would you be kind enough to send it again or suggest another way in which I could access this.

Many thanks

 

Susan

 

Susan Fairburn
Disability and Equality Adviser
Equalities and Diversity Team
Partnership Working Unit
Corporate Core (Strategy)
Oxfordshire County Council
County Hall, New Road
Oxford OX1 1ND
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From: Accessibuilt list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Marcus Ormerod
Sent: 16 January 2009 13:26
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Subject: Comment on new draft standard on accessible websites - BS 8878

Hi everyone

Whilst this is not built environment per se I guess some people on this list will be interested in commenting.

BSI British Standards is inviting all interested parties, and in particular marketing professionals and disabled web users, to review and comment on the draft of a new standard on accessible websites.

DPC BS 8878 Web accessibility. Building accessible experiences for disabled people. Code of Practice is applicable to all public and private organizations wishing to offer accessible, usable websites to their customers.

View the draft document BS 8878 at www.bsigroup.com/bs8878dpc until 31 January 2009. All comments will be considered by the BSI technical committee responsible for drafting the standard.

DPC BS 8878 has been designed to introduce accessibility, usability and user experience for disabled people to non-technical professionals, some of whom may be completely new to this subject. It gives guidance on process, rather than on technical and design issues, including recommendations for:

Involving disabled people in the development process and using automated tools to assist with accessibility testing
The management of the guidance and process for upholding existing accessibility guidelines and specifications.
Based on PAS 78:2006, Guide to good practice in commissioning accessible websites, DPC BS 8878 informs organizations of their legal responsibilities in relation to web accessibility, calling on them to appoint a specific person or department to oversee activity. Responsibility could fall within the Marketing, PR or External Relations departments that typically look after the organization’s website, or it could be Operations staff, Product Managers, HR Managers or others who are responsible for internal web applications.

The draft standard stresses the impact that an organizations’ choice of technologies can have upon its audience and gives guidance on how to assess this. It also includes guidance for considering the needs of web users according to their specific disability, for example, people with physical impairments or people with learning disabilities.

DPC BS 8878 also contains text that organizations can extract and use in their accessibility or procurement statement.

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