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New standards transition

Overviews

• The new standards: how they fit together. High-level summary of the new structure and how the standards have changed.
• Overview of the technical standards. Non-technical guide to WCAG2.0's role in the new standards and why we retained some local provisions.

WCAG2.0 - where to start?

WCAG2.0-related summaries

Note that the New Zealand implementation of WCAG2.0 is at level AA. 

• NEW: Standards summary. Development checklist.
• NEW: Web standards 1.0 and 2.0 compared
• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0: Overview and Structure (IT Solutions Blog).

Official W3C resources

Note that the New Zealand implementation of WCAG2.0 comes with a New Zealand-specific layer. Please read about this in the Technical standards section before consulting the links below.

• The How to Meet WCAG 2.0 Quick Reference (W3C) is the best version for developers. Note that in the "Customizing this Quick Reference" area at the top of the page, Level A Success Criteria and Level AA Success Criteria should be checked.
• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Overview (W3C). Background, an introduction to WCAG, and links to additional information.
• Overview of WCAG 2.0 Documents (W3C). WCAG2.0 is not designed to be read from cover to cover. This resource form the W3C shows how the parts fit together and what to read first.
• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 (W3C)

WCAG2.0 transitional guides

• Time-based media under WCAG2.0 (Multimedia) (Web guide)
• CAPTCHA under WCAG2.0 (Web guide)