This is an old draft. The published version of this document is at www.w3.org/WAI/bcase/.
Summary of Business Benefits of Accessible Web Design
This is an old draft. The published version of this document is at www.w3.org/WAI/bcase/.
Note: This document is an initial draft
[see change log
in progress] and should not be referenced or quoted under any circumstances.
This document is under development by the
Education and Outreach Working Group
(EOWG), and will be offered to other
W3C groups and the public
for review in due course.
The following lists provide an alternative format to the
tables
to indicate the interactions between various WCAG 1.0
checkpoints and business benefits related to market reach and technical
efficiency. The
main
document describes these benefits in detail.
Market Share Benefits of Accessible Web Site Design
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Usability: relevant WCAG 1.0 checkpoints
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Device Independence
(9.x)
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Separate Structure from Presentation
(3.3;
3.5;
3.6;
3.7)
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Color Independence
(2.1;
2.2)
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W3C Technologies
(11.1)
Low Bandwidth: relevant WCAG 1.0
checkpoints
Semantic Web: relevant WCAG 1.0
checkpoints
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Device Independence
(9.x)
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Clear Content
(14.1;
14.3)
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Text Alternatives
(1.1)
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Metadata
(13.2)
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Separate Structure from Presentation
(3.3;
3.5;
3.6;
3.7)
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Benefits for WCAG 1.0 checkpoint Clear Navigation
(13.4;
13.5)
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Usability
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Addressing Low Bandwidth
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Support low literacy
Benefits for WCAG 1.0 checkpoint Device Independence
(9.x)
Benefits for WCAG 1.0 checkpoint Clear Content
(14.1;
14.3)
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Usability
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Public Search Engines
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Internationalization
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Support Low Literacy
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Semantic Web
Benefits for WCAG 1.0 checkpoint Text Alternatives
(1.1)
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Usability
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Public Search Engines
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Addressing Low Bandwidth
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Semantic Web
Benefits for WCAG 1.0 checkpoint Metadata
(13.2)
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Usability
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Public Search Engines
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Semantic Web
Benefits for WCAG 1.0 checkpoint Separate Structure from Presentation
(3.3;
3.5;
3.6;
3.7;
11.2)
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Public Search Engines
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Repurposing of Content
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Addressing Low Bandwidth
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Semantic Web
Benefits for WCAG 1.0 checkpoint Captioning for Multimedia
(1.3;
1.4)
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Usability
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Public Search Engines
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Internationalization
Benefits for WCAG 1.0 checkpoint Color Independence
(2.1;
2.2)
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Usability
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Repurposing of Content
Benefits for WCAG 1.0 checkpoint Table Attributes
(5.5)
Benefits for WCAG 1.0 checkpoint W3C Technologies
(11.1)
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Technical Efficiency Benefits of Accessible Web Site Design
View by benefit
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Device Independence
(9.x)
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Separate Structure from Presentation
(3.3;
3.5;
3.6;
3.7)
-
Color Independence
(2.1;
2.2)
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Device Independence
(9.x)
-
Text Alternatives
(1.1)
-
Separate Structure from Presentation
(3.3;
3.5;
3.6;
3.7)
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W3C Technologies
(11.1)
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View by Checkpoint
Benefits for WCAG 1.0 checkpoint Clear Navigation
(13.4;
13.5)
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Reduced Server Bandwidth Requirements
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Reduced Server Load
Benefits for WCAG 1.0 checkpoint Device Independence
(9.x)
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Repurposing Content
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Reduced Maintenance
Benefits for WCAG 1.0 checkpoint Clear Content
(14.1;
14.3)
Benefits for WCAG 1.0 checkpoint Text Alternatives
(1.1)
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Site Search Engines
-
Reduced Server Bandwidth Requirements
-
Reduced Maintenance
-
Reduced Server Load
Benefits for WCAG 1.0 checkpoint Metadata
(13.2)
Benefits for WCAG 1.0 checkpoint Separate Structure from Presentation
(3.3;
3.5;
3.6;
3.7;
11.2)
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Site Search Engine
-
Repurposing of Content
-
Reducing Server Bandwidth Requirement
-
Reduced Maintenance
-
Reduced Server Load
Benefits for WCAG 1.0 checkpoint Captioning for Multimedia
(1.3;
1.4)
Benefits for WCAG 1.0 checkpoint Color Independence
(2.1;
2.2)
Benefits for WCAG 1.0 checkpoint W3C Technologies
(11.1)
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document
Prepared by Andrew
Arch
(Andrew.Arch@visionaustralia.org.au)
with assistance from Jean-Marie D'Amour
(jmdamour@videotron.ca) and other
members of the
EOWG.
Last updated: 17 August 2001
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