On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 5:27 AM, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 20 February 2011 13:09, aude aude.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
Section 508, widely used beyond government, is a benchmark to allow us to assess how we do in this regard.
Yep. 508 compliance for software is considered simply good practice, even if you don't *have* to apply it.
This is true; for instance, software used at U.S. public universities routinely has to comply with Section 508 as well -- so the potential userbase who might care if MediaWiki is compliant or not is potentially quite large. Of course we don't need to care what the U.S. government in particular thinks, but we should certainly care how usable our software (and by extension the projects) is for disabled people, and answering the VPAT question publicly is a service for many potential MediaWiki users. If there are other similar regulations in other countries, that's relevant too.
-- phoebe