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A Contentious Lunchtime Thought?

Alastair Revell By: Alastair Revell, Managing Consultant, Revell Research Systems
Published: 18th March 2008
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I came across an interesting article by Bruce Lawson on The Web Standards Project web site about the UK Government Accessibility Consultation that was held by the Cabinet Office last November.

The consultation clearly aimed at looking at ways of making .gov.uk web sites more accessible to people with disabilities. It proposed making it mandatory for government web sites to achieve World Wide Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) AA-level compliance (presumably to meet European objectives for inclusive e-government).

The bit that caught my eye was the proposal that government web sites should face withdrawal from the .gov.uk domain if they failed to comply.

It occurred to me that a similar approach could be very effective at ensuring commercial .uk web sites comply with existing UK legislation (such as the Companies Act 2006 and the Disability Discrimination Act 2005). What if the Internet domains publishing web sites that failed to comply with UK legislation simply couldn't be renewed?

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18th March 2008: 'David Turnbill' said:

So you are saying all .co.uk domains which don't comply should be put into some kind of suspended state by Internic? This sounds exactly like the kick-up-the-a*se most developers need!

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26th March 2008: 'Alastair Revell' said:

David

Thanks for the feedback.

I think that is exactly what I am suggesting!!



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