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   6. User Agent (UAWG)
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   8. Web Content (WCAG WG)
6. About WAI

EOWG Deliverables Plan

[update in progress July 2009]

This page lists planned deliverables of the Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG). Completed EOWG deliverables and other WAI deliverables are listed on the WAI Resources page. Please note:

• Deliverables that EOWG is currently working on are listed on the EOWG home page under "Current Work"
• Many documents listed here are drafts, and should not be referenced.
• Work in a Task Force is indicated with a colored bar along the left and [TF] in the listing.

High Priority, Awaiting Editor Availability

1. ATAG promotional campaign
• Define audiences and target messages
• Provide compelling examples, maybe metaphors
• Outreach
2. Transitioning Web Accessibility Policies from WCAG 1.0 to 2.0

Lower Priority

1. Update relevant documents to include WAI-ARIA, including Essential Components of Web Accessibility
2. Promotional Campaign: Integrating Web Accessibility in Courses
   • Stage: draft complete, development in progress
3. Selecting Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools (align with tools database, announce database)
4. WAI Web site redesign
   • Stage: phase 1 rolled out, some cleanup left; phase 1 clean up on-going, phase 2 on hold pending W3C redesign completion
   • Needed: CSS skills to fix rendering in IE7
5. WCAG 2.0 support documents [TF with WCAG WG]
   1. WCAG 2.0 Basic/101? (consider relationship with Quick Reference/How to Meet, Quick Tips/WCAG 2.0 at a Glance)
   2. Application Notes (Forms, Tables, ?)
6. Mini-tutorials / presentation materials [prioritize, develop, review and revise, copyedit]
   1. ? developing a business case for web accessibility for your organization
   2. ? standards harmonization
   3. ? how to respond to organizations with inaccessible Web sites
   4. ? how to promote Web accessibility in your organization or community
   5. ? how to retrofit Web sites for accessibility
   6. ? how to evaluate and monitor Web sites for accessibility
7. Promoting Web Accessibility [UMTF] and other education and outreach materials for people with disabilities
   • [DISCUSS] "[Draft] Contacting Organizations with Inaccessible Websites" is smaller in scope, yet probably demotes the priority of this item
   • Status: requirements started, rough draft started, edits from 22 January 2007 meeting pending
   • Also, update Participating in WAI [UMTF]
8. Evaluation resource suite [assess what level of re-writing to do when]
   1. Preliminary Review of Web Sites for Accessibility
   2. Conformance Evaluation of Web Sites for Accessibility
   3. Evaluation Approaches for Specific Contexts
   4. Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility
9. Essential Components of Web Accessibility [update]
   • Requirements and changelog for components
10. WAI Web site redesign
    • Incorporate translations

Update quarterly or as needed

Items in this section should be reviewed and updated quarterly or when new information is available.

• Planning pages:
  • EOWG Deliverables list
• Reference pages and resource pages:
  • Translating WAI Documents
  • Policies Relating to Web Accessibility
  • Overview of Web Accessibility Initiative [changelog for online overview]

Wishlist / Parking Lot

EOWG would also like to address the following deliverables, however they are much lower priority. They may be taken up by EOWG based on editor and working group availability.

1. Myth Busting
   1. Guidelines not sufficient for Accessibility [brainstorm, prioritize; possibly develop, review and revise, copyedit]
   2. Why text-only is not a good solution for accessibility [brainstorm, prioritize; possibly develop, review and revise, copyedit]
   3. Possibly add to Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization
2. WAI General FAQ [brainstorm, develop, review and revise, copyedit]
3. Business Case for Authoring Tool Accessibility [complete edits, copyedit]
   • changelog: atag business case, existing edit requests, update
4. Glossary [TF] [coordinate with other WAI groups] (+ coordination)
   • [DRAFT] Basic Glossary for WAI Documents
   • Latest Working Draft / Notes on status of glossary
   • Requirements & changelogs for Lexicon/Glossary
5. Training resources framework [brainstorm, prioritize]
   • Strategies/requirements document for goals & objectives & approaches
   • "Danger review" on existing Training Resource Suite
   • changelog: training suite
6. Curriculum for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 [brainstorm, start development]
   • background: Curriculum for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0, changelog: wcag 1.0 curricula
   • include publishing of downloadable and/or streaming excerpts from Web Sites That Work video
7. Selecting Accessibility Consultants (working title only) [prioritize; possibly develop, review and revise, copyedit]
8. Additions to How People with Disabilities Use the Web [brainstorm new section or page, review] - add links to assistive technologies and adaptive computing resources for people with disabilities
9. Accessibility Features of W3C Technologies [update as non-technical messaging]
   • Highlighting accessibility benefits of key W3C technologies [brainstorm]
   • Accessibility features of SMIL [revise existing resources, expand]
   • Accessibility features of SVG [revise existing resources, expand]
   • Accessibility features of CSS [update as non-technical messaging]
   • Accessibility features of SMIL [update as non-technical messaging]
   • Accessibility features of MathML [update as non-technical messaging]
10. Alternative Web Browsing [revise, update, integrate into evaluation resource suite] - potential wiki content
11. Web accessibility for kids
12. How WAI guidelines relate to other standards, e.g., ISO, CEN, Section 508
13. How you can participate in WAI work

Completed Deliverables

Deliverables that EOWG has completed in the past (most are current, but some require ongoing maintenance, some need significant updating, and a few have been superseded):

1. Accessibility Features of W3C Technologies
   • Accessibility Features of CSS (superseded by WCAG techniques document, but could be updated as non-technical messaging)
   • Accessibility Features of SMIL (superseded by a WCAG techniques document? update as non-technical messaging?)
   • HTML 4.0 Accessibility Improvements (superseded by a WCAG techniques document)
   • Alternative Web Browsing (needs updating)
2. Best Practices Training Exchange Workshops
   • July 18 2003, Palo Alto: Web Accessibility Training and Exchange, and July 17 2003, Palo Alto: Web Accessibility Training
   • September 2003, Dublin: Web Accessibility Evaluation Exchange
   • February 2004, Madrid, Spain: Best Practices Training Exchange Workshop
   • July 2004, Paris, France: Best Practices Training Exchange Workshop
3. Curriculum for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (needs minor corrections, and eventual updating to WCAG 2.0)
4. Frequently Asked Questions
   • Fact Sheet for Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines
   • Fact Sheet for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
   • Fact Sheet for User Agent Accessibility Guidelines
5. Getting Started: Making a Web Site Accessible (WAI resource page)
6. Overview of Web Accessibility Initiative (needs quarterly updating)
7. Reference Links
   • Conference Calendar (currently outdated, and name should be changed)
   • Evaluation, Repair, and Transformation Tools for Web Content Accessibility
   • Policies Relating to Web Accessibility (needs quarterly and as-needed updating)
   • References on Web Accessibility (currently outdated, and name is incorrect)
   • WAI Resources (annotated reference links)
8. Evaluating Web Sites For Accessibility (WAI Resource Suite, including the following sub-pages)
   1. Preliminary Review
   2. Conformance Evaluation
   3. Specific Contexts
   4. Involving Users
   5. Selecting Tools
   6. Tools Search
   7. Combined Expertise
   8. Reporting Template
9. Implementation Planning Resource Suite (WAI Resource Suite, including the following sub-pages) [implementation changelog]
   1. Developing Organizational Policies on Web Accessibility
   2. Selecting and Using Authoring Tools for Web Accessibility
10. Planning a Web Accessibility Training (WAI Resource Suite)
11. Quick Tips to Make Accessible Web Sites (will need updating for WCAG 2.0 release)
12. Translating WAI Documents (needs updating)
13. WAI Flyer (needs updating, needing ordering form)
14. Web Sites That Work video
15. WAI Web site redesign
16. Introduction and Overview pages
    • Introduction to Web Accessibility (requirements and changelog for intro)
    • Interdependent Components of Web Accessibility (requirements and changelog for components)
    • Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Overview (changelog for guidelines overviews)
    • Navigating WCAG 1.0 Guidelines and Techniques Documents (changelog for guidelines overviews)
    • User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) Overview (changelog for guidelines overviews)
    • Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) Overview (changelog for guidelines overviews)
    • Overview of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Slides (old draft of requirements and changelog)
    • The WCAG 2.0 Documents
17. Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization - updated June 2009
18. Why Standards Harmonization is Essential for Web Accessibility
19. Improving the Accessibility of Your Web Site ("retrofitting")
20. How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process: Milestones and Opportunities to Contribute
21. WAI-ARIA FAQ
22. WCAG 2 FAQ
23. WCAG 2 at a Glance
24. About WCAG 2.0 Presentation
25. Introduction to "How People with Disabilities Use the Web"
26. Overview of "Web Accessibility for Older Users: A Literature Review"
27. Web Accessibility for Older Users: A Literature Review
28. Referencing and Linking to WAI Guidelines and Technical Documents
29. MWBP-WCAG Overlap documents
    • Relationship between MWBP & WCAG (W3C Working Group Note)
    • Intro doc: Web Content Accessibility and Mobile Web: Making a Web Site Accessible Both for People with Disabilities and for Mobile Devices
    • Shared Web Experiences: Barriers Common to Mobile Device Users and People with Disabilities
    • Requirements/Analysis for MWBP-WCAG
30. [[ @@ need to add recent documents -- Benefits presentation, etc.]]

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