[Irl-dean] EIQA's Global Website Certification - the W-Mark?

[Mark Magennis]

Just out of interest, I looked at the Food Safety Authority's website to
see how accessible it is. A quick glance reveals that there has
obviously been effort put into accessibility but there are at least some
slip-ups: The HTML is not valid, the top navigation links are very small
and don't resize, the Search field is likely to cause problems if
JavaScript isn't active. I wonder what their accessibility criteria are
and how they police compliance after the date of the award.

Mark

> -----Original Message-----
> From: irl-dean-admin at list.eeng.dcu.ie 
> [mailto:irl-dean-admin at list.eeng.dcu.ie] On Behalf Of Mark Magennis
> Sent: 01 July 2005 09:34
> To: irl-dean at list.eeng.dcu.ie
> Subject: RE: [Irl-dean] EIQA's Global Website Certification - 
> the W-Mark?
> 
> 
> The EIQA website has the following press release from November 2004:
> http://www.eiqa.com/news/index_det.asp?id=6
> Eagle Star, Friends First, Food Safety Authority, HP, IrishJobs, Rehab
> all completed the pilot programme.
> 
> Mark
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: irl-dean-admin at list.eeng.dcu.ie 
> > [mailto:irl-dean-admin at list.eeng.dcu.ie] On Behalf Of Barry McMullin
> > Sent: 01 July 2005 09:04
> > To: Irl-dean (E-mail)
> > Subject: [Irl-dean] EIQA's Global Website Certification - 
> the W-Mark?
> > 
> > 
> > Hi Folks -
> > 
> > I was just pointed at this URL:
> > 
> http://www.eiqa.com/products/wmark/index.asp
> 
> which is promoting the following:
> 
>   EIQA's Global Website Certification the W-Mark offers you the
>   ability to have your company website(s) independently evaluated
>   and audited to globally recognised standards. [...] The W-Mark
>   has been launched successfully in Ireland, UK, USA, and
>   Australia to date and will continue to be rolled out across all
>   English speaking countries throughout the year.
> 
> Accessibility is apparently one (of six) "key criteria" which are
> evaluated for this certification.
> 
> Have any of you come across this or know any more background - or
> even any organisations in Ireland that may have adopted it?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> - Barry.
> 
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