BS 8878 First Draft

1st December 2008 at 18:32

The British Standards Institutuion is inviting the public to comment on the draft of BS 8878, a new standard for Web accessibility based on PAS 78. The standard is aimed at all organisations who wish to make their websites accessible to disabled people.

Feedback will be considered by the BSI technical committee and may be incorporated in the final version, due for publication in the summer.

Once published, this standard will be a fantastic tool for organizations wishing to understand their responsibilities in enabling disabled people to use web content. DPC BS 8878 encourages the enhancement of the overall user experience - a much more holistic approach than we have seen previously and one that I hope will yield exciting results. Right now we want to encourage as many people as possible to read and comment on the draft standard to ensure it is as relevant as possible.

Julie Howell

The draft can be viewed until 31st January 2009.

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