633Section 508
Standards
Information technology created for useby federal agencies is
required by Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act to be accessible by individu-
als with disabilities. The Section 508 Standards applicable to Web page devel-
opment, along with the textbook chapters that discuss coding and/or design
methods applicable to each standard, follow.
§§ 1194.22 Web-Based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications
a. A text equivalent for every non-text element shall be provided (for exam-
ple, via alt, longdesc, or in element content). Chapter 4, Chapter 11
b. Equivalent alternatives for any multimedia presentation shall be synchro-
nized with the presentation. Chapter 11
c. Web pages shall be designed so that all information conveyed with color
is also available without color, for example from context or markup.
Chapter 4, Chapter 5
d. Documents shall be organized so they are readable without requiring an
associated style sheet. Chapter 2, Chapter 3
e. Redundant text links shall be provided for each active region of a server-
side image map. Chapter 4 introduces the use of client-side image maps—
see the next standard.
f. Client-side image maps shall be provided instead of server-side image
maps except where the regions cannot be defined with an available geo-
metric shape. Chapter 4
g. Row and column headers shall be identified for data tables. Chapter 8
h. Markup shall be used to associate data cells and header cells for data
tables that have two or more logical levels of row or column headers.
Chapter 8
i. Frames shall be titled with text that facilitates frame identification and
navigation. Chapter 13E
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