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Election 2006 (and beyond): Digital Copyright Canada
From: russell_-at-_flora.ottawa.on.ca (Russell McOrmond)
Date: 22 Aug 2000 20:03:26 -0400
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Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 19:06:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: Marjorie Fulton <cp173@FREENET.CARLETON.CA>
Reply-To: cpi-ua@vcn.bc.ca
To: volnet@IC.GC.CA
Cc: cpi-ua@vcn.bc.ca
Subject: [CPI-UA]: inaccessibility of volnet users' guide
I believe Volnet as a program supporting internet access for voluntary
organizations and their constituents needs to strive for universal design
of all its tools and resources. This makes your web site, and the users'
guide in particular, a good place for early implementation of Treasury
Board's recent commitment to using the WorldWide Consortium's web
accessibility guidelines.
I use a text browser, and a computer with audio rather than visual output.
I cannot access your users' guide. I note that the web site says
alternate format versions of the document can be obtained. is the
document so fully textual that i won't miss anything? If so, how does it
happen that the html version is delayed?
I also note that the web site gives only a local Ottawa phone number for
obtaining alternate format version. That's all right for me, but how
about the rest of the country?
I atach a copy of the announcement of the Treasury Board policy, for your
ease of reference.
marjorie fulton
Industry Canada Assistive Devices Industry Office
Strategis
e - 2000-07-06
June 2000
Accessible News #9
COMMON LOOK & FEEL
Common Look and Feel is the name of a new Treasury Board of
Canada standard that will ensure that all Government of Canada
Web sites and electronic services will be clearly identifiable
as such, by the end of 2002.
snip
The standard is comprised of three major sections relating to
federal identity policy, official languages policy, and universal
accessibility requirements.
The universal accessibility requirements state that Government
of Canada Web sites shall address all priority one and two
checkpoints contained in the World Wide Web Consortium's
[22]Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
( http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT ). This corresponds to
"Double-A" compliance with the W3C's recommendations.
A number of toolkits are available to help government
Webmasters and page-designers meet the requirements of Common
Look and Feel standard. For federal identity and official
languages, these include sample page layouts, the text of
standard and common messages (like copyright, disclaimers,
etc.), libraries of standard images (official logos,
identifiers, navigation buttons, etc.), and guidelines for
typography. The accessibility toolkit includes hints, tips and
sample code that can be used or adapted for use to improve the
accessibility of Web sites. The Web site Accessibility Testing
Service (WATS) is another tool provided by Treasury Board to
help government Web masters identify and correct accessibility
problems in their designs.
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