Showing posts with label ISO. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ISO. Show all posts

What about ISO? What does it have to do with Section 508?

ISO 14289-1 (2012) is a set of "consensus standards" that would be "incorporated by reference" into the proposed revision/update for Section 508 (refer here). It is the formal name for PDF/UA.

ISO 14289-1 (2012), Document management applications — Electronic document file format enhancement for accessibility — Part 1: Use of ISO 32000-1 (PDF/UA-1), would be incorporated by reference at E205.1 and 602.3.1. This is an international standard for accessible portable document format (PDF) files. PDF/UA-1 provides a technical, interoperable standard for the authoring, remediation, and validation of PDF content to ensure accessibility for people with disabilities who use assistive technology such as screen readers, screen magnifiers, joysticks and other assistive technologies to navigate and read content. This proposed standard is new to both the 508 Standards and the 255 Guidelines. It is offered as an option to WCAG 2.0 for accessible PDFs.


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