[WEB4LIB] W3C and database compliance

[Johnson Darryl]

One free tool that tests your web page against the W3C lebels is called
Bobby. www.cast.org/bobby

To see the W3C original pages on Web Accessibility Initiative:
www.w3c.org/wai

HTH,
--
    Darryl Johnson                    Darryl.Johnson at nlc-bnc.ca
    ITS, User Support
    National Library of Canada
 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Drew, Bill [mailto:drewwe at snymorva.morrisville.EDU]
> Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 11:56 AM
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> Subject: [WEB4LIB] W3C and database compliance
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Drew, Bill 
> Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 11:55 AM
> To: 'web4lib at webjunction.org'
> Subject: W3C and database compliance
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>  I am chair of the SUNY Librarians Association automation 
> committee.  We
> have been asked by our executive board to investigate how 
> well different
> databases comply with W3C accessibility guidelines.  I have just been
> doing a search of LibraryLit and have found nothing useful on 
> this topic.
> Does anyone know of anything in the literature or on the web 
> about such
> topics? What would be the best way to test databases for compliance?
> 
> ___________________
> Wilfred (Bill) Drew
> Associate Librarian, Systems and Reference
> SUNY Morrisville College Library
> drewwe at morrisville.edu
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> Have Laptop -- Will Travel.
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