PDF vs. HTML: Best Practices for Australian Government Sites
Murray Woodman, Managing Director at Morpht, explores the debate over publishing content as PDFs versus HTML on Australian government websites in his latest article. Murray reviews the accessibility requirements mandated by the Disability Discrimination Act and the Australian Government's stance favouring HTML for its scalability, speed, navigation, and SEO benefits.
While acknowledging that accessible PDFs are possible, he notes that most are not due to limitations in the publishing process. Murray outlines scenarios where PDFs are commonly used, such as for complex documents, and discusses the challenges of converting these to HTML. He emphasizes the importance of making the CMS the canonical content source and suggests using semantic HTML and print styles to enhance accessibility and usability.
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