Implementing WCAG 2.0 Guidelines through Automated Testing
Published by: It-Director.com
Date: June 3, 2009
By: Peter Abrahams, Practice Leader - Accessibility and Usability, Bloor Research
URL: http://www.it-director.com/business/compliance/content.php?cid=11303
"Any successful web site is in a continual state of flux. New content, new functions, changes to the structure of the site and even changes to the supporting infrastructure occur on a daily, if not second-by-second, basis.
...The continual flux of websites means that there is a need for continual compliance checking.
...WCAG 2.0 is based on the four principles that the web pages should be perceivable, operable, understandable and robust (POUR for short). These principles are divided into 12 guidelines and are supported by success criterion; each guideline has a description, an explanation of its importance, a set of techniques for implementation, and a set of tests to validate compliance. This hierarchy is directly reflected in the implementation of the tests performed..."
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