Illinois Web Accessibility Standards 1.1

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Illinois Web Accessibility Standards
Version 1.1
November 20, 2001
Illinois Technology Office
Illinois Assistive Technology Project
Author: Mike Scott, MSF&W Information Technology Solutions
Contributors: Patrick Beaird, Illinois Technology Office
Jon Gunderson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Wilhelmina Gunther, Illinois Assistive Technology ProjectIllinois Web Accessibility Standards Version 1.1 (Nov 20, 2001)
Introduction:
Purpose
The Illinois Web Accessibility Standards are designed to provide practical and specific guidelines for the development of web sites, intranets, and web-based applications that are accessible to Illinoisans with disabilities.
Scope
These standards include:
(1) Performance Criteria - a concise list of functional goals that must be achieved for a web site to be considered accessible.
(2) Implementation Guidelines - the detailed techniques for addressing accessibility using current web technologies.
Both Performance Criteria and Implementation Guidelines are necessarily technology-dependent and will be updated as technologies evolve and change.
Audience
These standards are intended for use by all web authors, developers, and content contributors creating or maintaining web pages for the State. The basic concepts should be understandable by anyone with a general familiarity with web technologies. Knowledge of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and related web languages will help in fully understanding the Implementation Guidelines.
Relation to Existing Accessibility Standards
The Illinois Web Accessibility Standards build on two sets of existing standards:
o Federal “Section 508″ Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards for Web-based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications (http://…