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Code that has been validated as correct and accessible shows that care has been taken in the design of the web site, both in terms of the technical aspects and the ability of different client groups to access the site.
By validating your code you are showing your readers that time and care has been taken over the construction of the pages of your site. This also shows that be meeting the industry standards set by the World Wide Web Consortium you are doing all you can to make your site compatible with all major web browsers. It is good practice to generate and test good HTML, or XHTML, and CSS.
Only valid checked HTML is used in the final version of the web pages.
Only valid checked XHTML is used in the final version of the web pages.
Where Cascading Style Sheets are used in the design the of web pages the Style Sheets are checked to be compliant with the valid CSS standard.
Each page in this site has been tested to the XHTML 1.0 and CSS standard, as such the logos of validation are displayed on this site pages.
There is legislation in many countries (including the UK and USA) which makes it an offence to discriminate against people with disabilities. This legislation includes the use of internet pages. The World Wide Web Consortium has produced 3 levels of accessibility that web sites may tested against. Each level has a list of criteria that must be met in order to meet the accreditation levels.
Level A - The lowest set by the World Wide Web consortium. Meeting the criteria set by this checkpoint is a basic requirement for some groups to be able to use Web documents. A Web content developer must satisfy this checkpoint otherwise, one or more groups will find it impossible to access information in the document.
Level AA - Satisfying this level will remove significant barriers to accessing Web documents. Web content developers should satisfy this checkpoint otherwise, one or more groups will find it difficult to access information in the document. .
Level AAA - This is the highest level set by the World Wide Web consortium. Meeting the criteria at this level will improve access to Web documents. Web content developers may address this checkpoint. Otherwise, one or more groups will find it somewhat difficult to access information in the document.
