Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)

• International, vendor-neutral
  • operates under W3C Process
• Multi-stakeholder
  • industry, disability, research, government
• Sponsored by government and industry
  • EC IST Programme, US NIDRR, Canada's ADIO
  • Fundación ONCE, IBM, Microsoft, SAP, Verizon, Wells-Fargo
• Coordinates horizontally across all areas of W3C
• Five layers of WAI activity
  • technology support, guidelines, tools, education/outreach, research coordination

WAI Home Page: http://www.w3.org/WAI/