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New British Standard For Web Accessibility Announced

we’ll actually produce a family of standards, and coverage of Web 2.0 and RIA issues will naturally be key

Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 78 — “Guide to good practice in commissioning accessible websites” — was released in the UK in March 2006. Aimed at non-technical site owners and managers, the document describes the role of standards and user testing within web site development. But, although PAS78 was developed by the British Standards Institute (BSi), it is not a UK standard — although it was seen as the first step in in the creation of a formalised standard.

On February 18th, it was announced that work will begin to develop PAS78 into a full BSi standard. Although the new standard will build on on the groundwork laid by PAS78, the committee with the responsibility for drafting this new standard have yet to decide what additional areas it will encompass.

“…The IST/45 committee will decide what the new standard will contain, but it is likely that we’ll actually produce a family of standards, and coverage of Web 2.0 and RIA issues will naturally be key…”
— Julie Howell
Chair elect of the IST/45 committee

The committee aims to publish the new standard in the first quarter of 2009.

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