Bobby Program From The Center For Applied Special Technology Laboratory

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Bright Spots from the Reimagine Learning Network: Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST).

The original Bobby was a free online tool,written by Josh Krieger and provided by the Centre for AppliedSpecial Technology (CAST) used to validate websites for WAI and Section508 compliance. Launched in 1995 ^[1],it became well known for the usage of the Bobby Approvedicon that website authors could use to indicate they havesuccessfully passed the Bobby online test.

The CAST tool was officially closed on May 1, 2005. However, theBobby name lives on in Watchfire Corporation's Watchfire Bobbyprogram. Watchfire provided the same free service that CAST didwith Bobby in their Watchfire WebXACT tool. Watchfire's currentoffering, now part of an IBM suite described below, tests pages ofweb content for quality, accessibility and privacy issues.

The free tool was officially closed by the owners, IBM, on February 1, 2008 ^[2]. Thesoftware is now available as part of IBM's Rational Policy TesterAccessibility Edition.^[1][3]

Currently, the Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool (WAVE) providesthis free service at wave.webaim.org.

See also

• Section508 Amendment to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

References

1. ^ ^abCentre for Applied Special Technology (CAST), Bobby, cited 4 May2008.
2. ^Watchfire, Bobby and WebXact,cited 4 May 2008.
3. ^IBM: Rational Policy TesterAccessibility Edition'. Accessed 2009-09-01.

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The original Bobby was a free online tool, written by Josh Krieger and provided by the Centre for Applied Special Technology (CAST) used to validate websites for WAI and Section 508 compliance. Launched in 1995,^[1] it became well known for the usage of the Bobby Approved icon that website authors could use to indicate they have successfully passed the Bobby online test. Development was coordinated by Chuck Hitchcock, CAST's Chief Officer of Policy and Technology, and further developed by David Clark and Michael Cooper.

The CAST tool was officially closed on May 1, 2005. However, the Bobby name lived on in Watchfire Corporation's Watchfire Bobby program. Watchfire provided the same free service that CAST did with Bobby in their Watchfire WebXACT tool. Watchfire's offering, now part of an IBM suite described below, tests pages of web content for quality, accessibility and privacy issues.

The free tool was officially closed by the owners, IBM, on February 1, 2008.^[2] The software is now available as part of IBM's Rational Policy Tester Accessibility Edition.^[1][3]

Currently, the Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool (WAVE) provides this free service at wave.webaim.org.

Bobby Program From The Center For Applied Special Technology Laboratory Services

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abCentre for Applied Special Technology (CAST), BobbyArchived May 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, cited 4 May 2008.
2. ^Watchfire, Bobby and WebXact, cited 4 May 2008.
3. ^IBM: Rational Policy Tester Accessibility EditionArchived October 20, 2009, at the Wayback Machine'. Accessed 2009-09-01.

External links[edit]

Bobby Program From The Center For Applied Special Technology Laboratory Jobs

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