Business
Case Suite:
Marketplace
Auxiliary Benefits
Summary of Auxiliary Benefits
Policy Requirements
Cost Factors
Summary of
Business Benefits of Accessible Web Design
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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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benefit
Usability:
relevant WCAG 1.0 checkpoints
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Bandwidth: relevant WCAG 1.0 checkpoints
Semantic
Web: relevant WCAG 1.0 checkpoints
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View by Checkpoint
Benefits for WCAG 1.0 checkpoint Clear Navigation (
13.4;
13.5)
Benefits for WCAG 1.0 checkpoint Device Independence (
9.x)
Benefits for WCAG 1.0 checkpoint Clear Content (
14.1;
14.3)
Benefits for WCAG 1.0 checkpoint Text Alternatives (
1.1)
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)
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 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
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benefit
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View by Checkpoint
Benefits for WCAG 1.0 checkpoint Clear Navigation (
13.4;
13.5)
Benefits for WCAG 1.0 checkpoint Device Independence (
9.x)
Benefits for WCAG 1.0 checkpoint Clear Content (
14.1;
14.3)
Benefits for WCAG 1.0 checkpoint Text Alternatives (
1.1)
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)
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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Prepared by Andrew
Arch (Andrew.Arch@visionaustralia.org.au)
and Chuck Letourneau (cpl@starlingweb.com)
with assistance from W3C/WAI's EOWG
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