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The BenToWeb Test Case Suites for the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0

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Computers Helping People with Special Needs (ICCHP 2008)

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This paper presents work carried out under the umbrella of the EU-funded project BenToWeb to develop XHTML test case suites for three drafts of WCAG 2.0 (June 2005, April 2006, May 2007). These suites of test cases demonstrate pass and failure examples for WCAG 2.0 and its accompanying Techniques document. The test cases were validated during the BenToWeb project and are currently being migrated to the WAI Test Sample Development Task Force, where the work will be continued.

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  1. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 10, B-3001, Heverlee-Leuven,  

    Christophe Strobbe & Jan Engelen

  2. Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Informationstechnik (FIT), Schloss Birlinghoven, D-53757, Sankt Augustin, Germany

    Johannes Koch & Carlos A. Velasco

  3. University of the Aegean, Voulgaraktonou 30, GR11472, Exarchia, Athens, Greece

    Evangelos Vlachogiannis

  4. University of Linz "integriert studieren - integrated study" (i3s3), Altenbergerstrasse 69, A-4040, Linz, Austria

    Reinhard Ruemer

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Strobbe, C., Koch, J., Vlachogiannis, E., Ruemer, R., Velasco, C.A., Engelen, J. (2008). The BenToWeb Test Case Suites for the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. In: Miesenberger, K., Klaus, J., Zagler, W., Karshmer, A. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5105. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70540-6_58

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