Wcag News & Articles

 Internet standards organization World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has released its first public draft of the “Media Accessibility User Requirements” document, which details what is required to make web-based media like audio and video accessible to individuals with disabilities.

HiSoftware (news, site) has announced a new version of their web content and social computing compliance solution Compliance Sheriff at SPTechCon, happening today in Boston. For those of you who are struggling to ensure your online properties are meeting the required accessibility and compliance guidelines, take a closer look at what's new and improved.

Both public and private websites face major content challenges over the next two years after the US Department of Justice (DoJ) announced that it aims to change the rules that govern the application of the 20-year-old Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to websites and website content.

On the brink of Morello and Immediacy brands dissolving in history, Alterian Content Manager 5.9.5 brings several new features and enhancements, ranging from W3C’s WCAG validation capabilities to changes to the user interface that have been added to both the web-based and desktop versions of the Web CMS.

Webcredible has noticed that governmental types aren't all that bright when it comes to technology (Barack Obama and Al Gore excepted) and has developed a highly accessible content management system for those in power at all levels.

Accessibility is an important part of any collaboration or web content management system. For SharePoint this is no exception. In partnership with Microsoft, HiSoftware has developed an Accessibility Toolkit for SharePoint. That toolkit has just been updated to version 2.0 offering a number of new features to help you meet World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 Priority 1 and 2 checkpoints (WCAG 1.0 AA) and the newest WCAG 2.0 AA Candidate Recommendation.

Are you in the loop on this? The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.0 (WCAG 2.0) has been approved by the W3C. With it, comes discussion among W3C’s Web Accessibility Initiative about what’s new with these guidelines as well as the resources that will be available for web developers and designers.

On November 3, 2008, the W3C published the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0. These guidelines include a number of recommendations that developers can use to make content more accessible to people with disabilities and to everyone in general.

Sitecore has announced that the latest version of their Web CMS “redefines web content management usability and control.” 75 organizations have been testing an early release version that is apparently turning heads. According to one Fortune 500 CIO tester it is “by far the most advanced CMS on the market now.” That’s a strong statement to make, but marketing is the name of the game when trying to sell one’s product.