[IxDA Discuss] 508 compliance

[beril guvendik]

Hi Bakhti,

The question of 508 compliance came up with the application I have been 
working on as well. We eventually received sole source exemption and 
didn't have to have an official audit of the application but if you want 
to claim 100% compliance with section 508, I think the safest bet to get 
it audited by a qualified company. Below are the companies I had looked 
into for auditing:
- Deque - http://www.deque.com/
- SSB technologies - http://www.ssbtechnologies.com/
- Criterion - http://www.criterion508.com/
And the checklist at WebAIM.org is pretty helpful as it clarifies each 
point:
http://www.webaim.org/standards/508/checklist

While we were researching the 508 guidelines, it became clear that 
there's a variety of opinion on how to satisfy certain points. The law 
in itself is pretty vague. We basically used our best judgement and the 
various resources we could find on the web. If you are sensitive to WAI 
and XHTML compliance when developing your application, it probably 
satisfies most of the Section 508 requirements. The only ones we noticed 
that we weren't compliant with were the navigation skip link and the 
rules for tables so they were the only ones we had to address.

Good luck with your efforts.
Beril

bhakti भक्ति wrote:
>  Hello All,
> Sorry for the cross posting.
> I am working in a on a software application already in the market for some
> period. Now we need to explore the concept of 508 compliance and map our
> current product on those guidelines.
>
> Although we have already executed the first phase.I am curious to know -
> Has anyone gone through this task before? what steps did you take?
>
> Let me know your opinions / suggestions.
>
> ~ Bhakti
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