Accessibility guidelines and list of tags
Accessibility is a global issue, with countries adopting different methods to address it. Here is a brief list of references to laws and guidelines in some regions.
Laws and guidelines by country
A source for international guidelines on the accessibility of information distributed in an electronic format is the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), an organization that operates under the umbrella of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Documents compliant with standards developed by the WAI generally meet the laws of most countries. However, to ensure legal compliance, it is necessary to review the laws of each country or region.
A difference between guidelines and laws is that failing to follow guidelines does not bring legal penalties. On the other hand, failure to comply with laws may result in legal or financial penalties, often significant. The following table lists only some English-speaking regions: