WCAG 1.0 Level A Compliance
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Not Covered Under Section 508
Covered Under Section 508
- Checkpoint 1.1 - 508 1194.22 (a)
- Checkpoint 1.2 - 508 1194.22 (e)
- Checkpoint 1.4 - 508 1194.22 (b)
- Checkpoint 2.1 - 508 1194.22 (c)
- Checkpoint 5.1 - 508 1194.22 (g)
- Checkpoint 5.2 - 508 1194.22 (h)
- Checkpoint 6.1 - 508 1194.22 (d)
- Checkpoint 7.1 - 508 1194.22 (j)
- Checkpoint 9.1 - 508 1194.22 (f)
- Checkpoint 11.4 - 508 1194.22 (k)
- Checkpoint 12.1 - 508 1194.22 (i)
WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) 1.0 was adopted as a W3C Recommendation on May 5, 1999. Section 508 § 1194.22 is based partially on the WCAG 1.0 Guidelines, however WCAG 1.0 goes much further than Section 508.
WCAG 1.0 is organized into three tiers of Checkpoints: Priority 1, 2, and 3. These correspond to compliance Level A, Double A, and Triple A, respectively.
This section of the website deals with WCAG 1.0, Level A Conformance. Level A Conformance requires that all of the WCAG 1.0 Priority 1 Checkpoints be satisfied. Because Section 508, § 1194.22 sub-paragraphs (a) through (k) are themselves WCAG 1.0 Priority 1 Checkpoints, if your site is already 508-compliant, you have already met 11 of the 17 Priority 1 Checkpoints.
This section discusses the remaining six Checkpoints not already covered under Section 508.