W3C/WAI, ITI, and Web Accessibility Standards Harmonization
by Judy Brewer

Table of contents

• W3C/WAI, ITI, and Web Accessibility Standards Harmonization
• Overview
• World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
• Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
• Five Layers of WAI Work
• Examples of General Cross-Disability Requirements
• WAI Guidelines
• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0
• W3C Recommendation-Track Process
• Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
• User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
• Possible Directions Beyond 2.0 WAI Guidelines
• Business Case for Web Accessibility
• WCAG 1.0 & US Sec. 508
• WCAG 1.0 & US Sec. 508 Part 1194.22
• IT/ICT Accessibility Context -- Policy Approaches
• IT/ICT Accessibility Context -- Governments
• IT/ICT Accessibility Context -- Standards Organizations
• Web Accessibility Guidelines Over Time
• Strategies for Achieving Web Accessibility
• Advantages of Standards Harmonization
• Fragmentation Drivers
• Fragmentation Types
• Fragmentation Consequences
• Prerequisites for Convergence
• W3C/WAI Promotion Efforts on Standards Harmonization
• Cautions
• Cautions, continued
• Action Steps for Consideration - Development
• Action Steps for Consideration - Promotion
• Resources