W3C - the World Wide Web Consortium Web Accessibility Initiative

AU Working Group - Past Work

The goal of this group is to produce the WAI Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines. These guidelines are intended for developers of authoring software wishing to make tools and generate content which is more accessible to people with disabilities.

Note that current drafts are linked from the AU Working Group's home page.

This page last modified: $Date: 2001/12/14 06:08:43 $


ATAG "wombat" group drafts

  1. 20 November 2001 draft
  2. 12 July 2001 draft
  3. 22 June 2001 draft
  4. 30 May 2001 draft
  5. 23 May 2001 draft

Note that prior draft proposals were put to the group by Jan Richards in the mailing list archive. The final complete one before the group began formally publishing the drafts was his 13 February proposal.

Guidelines - ATAG 1.0 Group Working Drafts

  1. 22 December 1999 Draft
  2. 18 December 1999 Draft
  3. 10 December 1999 Draft
  4. 8 December 1999 Draft
  5. 2 December 1999 Draft
  6. 22 October 1999 Draft
  7. 14 October 1999 Draft
  8. 9 October 1999 Draft
  9. 8 October 1999 Draft
  10. 8 September 1999 Draft
  11. 1 September 1999 Draft
  12. 25 August 1999 Draft
  13. 18 August 1999 Draft
  14. 11 August 1999 Draft
  15. 5 August 1999 Draft
  16. 28 July 1999 Draft
  17. 20 July 1999 Draft
  18. 9 July 1999 Draft
  19. 24 June 1999 Draft
  20. 21 June 1999 Draft
  21. 17 June 1999 Draft
  22. 10 June 1999 Draft
  23. 2 June 1999 Draft
  24. 27 May 1999 Draft
  25. 21 May 1999 Draft
  26. 6 May 1999 Draft
  27. 30 April 1999 Draft
  28. 21 April 1999 Draft
  29. 13 April 1999 Draft
  30. 31 March 1999 Draft
  31. 26 March 1999 Draft
  32. 04 March 1999 Draft
  33. 25 February 1999 Draft
  34. 16 February 1999 Draft
  35. 12 January 1999 Draft
  36. 1 January 1999 Draft
  37. 4 November 1998 Draft
  38. 13 October 1998 Draft

Guidelines - ATAG 1.0 "Public" Working Drafts

Although all working drafts published by the AU group are publicly available, the following are the Guidelines drafts published to the W3C Technical Reports Page as officially public drafts of our work.

  1. 26 October 1999 Public Working Draft of Guidelines (Proposed Recommendation until 23 November)
  2. 3 September 1999 Public Working Draft of Guidelines (in last call until 4 October)
  3. 13 July 1999 Guidelines Public Working Draft
  4. 3 May 1999 Public Working Draft
  5. 01 March 1999 Public Working Draft
  6. 28 January 1999 Public Working Draft
  7. 12 November 1998 Public Working Draft

Techniques - Previous Working Drafts

Note that this includes "Public Working Drafts" - those published to the W3C Technical Reports Page as working drafts before the publication of the Techniques document as a W3C Note, as well as working drafts published solely through the working group. All drafts produced by the AU group are publicly available.

  1. 1 August 2001 Techniques Working Draft
  2. 19 March 2001 Techniques Working Draft
  3. 19 September 2000 Techniques Working Draft
  4. 21 April 2000 Techniques Working Draft
  5. 8 March 2000 Techniques Working Draft
  6. 22 December 1999 Techniques Draft
  7. 26 October 1999 Techniques Public Working Draft
  8. 3 September 1999 Techniques Public Working Draft
  9. 13 July 1999 Techniques Public Working Draft

4. Minutes of Past Meetings - year 2001

  1. Minutes of 3 December Conference call
  2. Notes from 19 November Conference call
  3. Notes from 12 November Conference call
  4. Minutes of 5 November Conference call
  5. Minutes of 29 October Conference call
  6. Minutes of 15 October Conference call
  7. Minutes of 8 October Conference call
  8. Minutes of 1 October Conference call
  9. Minutes of 24 September Conference call
  10. Minutes of 12-13 September face to face meeting in Seattle.
  11. Minutes of 27 August Conference call
  12. Minutes of 20 August Conference call
  13. Minutes of 13 August Conference call
  14. Minutes of 6 August Conference call
  15. Minutes of 16 July Conference call
  16. Notes from 9 July Conference call
  17. Minutes of 2 July Conference call (Joint call with ER group)
  18. Minutes of 18-19 June Face to Face meeting, Amsterdam.
  19. Minutes of 11 June Conference call
  20. Minutes of 4 June Conference call (Joint call with ER group)
  21. Minutes of 28 May Conference call
  22. Notes from 7 May Conference call
  23. Minutes of 23 April Conference call
  24. Minutes of 9 April Conference call
  25. Minutes of 2 April Conference call (Joint call with ER group)
  26. Minutes of 26 March Conference call
  27. Minutes of 19 March Conference call
  28. Minutes of 13 March Conference call
  29. Minutes of 20 February Conference call
  30. Minutes of 13 February Conference call
  31. Minutes of 6 February Conference call (Joint call with ER group)
  32. Minutes of 30 January Conference call
  33. Minutes of 23 January Conference call
  34. Minutes of 9 January Conference call (Joint call with ER group)

5. Minutes of Past Meetings - year 2000

  1. Minutes of 5 December Conference call
  2. Minutes of 21 November Conference call
  3. Minutes of 14 November Conference call
  4. Minutes of 7 November Joint conference call with WAI ER
  5. Minutes of 31 October Conference call
  6. Minutes of 24 October Conference call
  7. Minutes of 17 October Joint Conference call with WAI ER
  8. Minutes of 6-7 October face to face meeting
  9. Minutes of 26 September Conference call
  10. Minutes of 19 September Conference call
  11. Minutes of 12 September Conference call
  12. Minutes of 5 September Joint conference call with WAI ER
  13. Agenda for 29 August Conference call
  14. Minutes of 22 August Conference call
  15. Minutes of 15 August Conference call
  16. Minutes of 8 August Conference call
  17. Minutes of 1 August Joint Conference call WAI ER
  18. Minutes of 25 July Conference call
  19. Minutes of 18 July Conference call
  20. Minutes of 11 July Joint Conference call with WAI ER
  21. Minutes of 27 June Conference call
  22. Minutes of 20 June Conference call
  23. Minutes of 6 June Conference call (joint call with ERT group)
  24. Minutes of 25 April Conference call
  25. Minutes of 19 April Conference call
  26. Minutes of 12 April Conference call
  27. Minutes of 5th April Conference call
  28. Minutes of 29th March Conference call
  29. Minutes of 26 March 2000 Face to face meeting in California USA
  30. Minutes of 15th March 2000 Conference Call
  31. Minutes of 8th March 2000 Conference Call
  32. Minutes of 1st March 2000 Conference Call
  33. Minutes of 23rd February 2000 Conference Call
  34. Minutes of 16th February 2000 Conference Call

6. Minutes of Meetings in 1999

  1. Minutes of 15 Dec 1999 Conference Call
  2. Minutes of 8 Dec 1999 Conference Call
  3. Minutes of 7 Dec 1999 Conference Call
  4. Minutes of 6 Dec 1999 Conference Call
  5. Minutes of 1 December 1999 Conference Call
  6. Minutes of 30 November 1999 Conference Call
  7. Minutes of 29 November 1999 Conference Call
  8. Minutes of 24 November 1999 Conference Call (Agenda)
  9. Minutes of 20 October 1999 Conference Call (Agenda)
  10. Minutes of 13 October 1999 Conference Call (Agenda)
  11. Minutes of 7-8 October Face to Face Meeting, hosted by Allaire Corp, Cambridge Massachusetts (USA) (Meeting Information)
  12. Minutes of 22 September 1999 Conference Call (Agenda)
  13. Minutes of 15 September 1999 Conference Call (Agenda)
  14. Minutes of 8 September 1999 Conference Call (Agenda)
  15. Minutes of 1 September 1999 Conference Call (Agenda)
  16. Minutes of 25 August 1999 Conference Call (Agenda)
  17. Minutes of 18 August 1999 Conference Call (Agenda)
  18. Minutes of 11 August 1999 Conference Call (Agenda)
  19. Minutes of 4 August 1999 Conference Call (Agenda)
  20. Minutes of 28 July 1999 Conference Call (Agenda)
  21. Minutes of 21 July 1999 Conference Call (Agenda)
  22. Minutes of 14 July 1999 Conference Call (Agenda)
  23. Minutes of 7 July 1999 Conference Call (Agenda)
  24. [Note: 30 June meeting was cancelled.]
  25. Minutes of 23 June 1999 Conference Call (Agenda)
  26. Minutes of 16 June 1999 Conference Call (Agenda)
  27. Minutes of 9 June 1999 Conference Call (Agenda)
  28. Minutes of 2 June 1999 Conference Call (Agenda)
  29. Minutes of 26 May 1999 Conference Call (Agenda)
  30. Minutes of 19 May 1999 Conference Call (Agenda)
  31. Minutes of 15 - 16 May 1999 Face to Face Meeting hosted by University of Toronto, Canada (Agenda)
  32. Minutes of 5 May 1999 Conference Call (Agenda)
  33. Minutes of 28 April 1999 Conference Call (Agenda)
  34. Minutes of 21 April 1999 Conference Call (Agenda)
  35. Minutes of 14 April 1999 Conference Call (Agenda)
  36. Minutes of 7 April 1999 Conference Call (Agenda)
  37. Minutes of 24 March 1999 Conference Call (Agenda)
  38. Minutes of 8 March 1999 Conference Call (Agenda)
  39. Minutes of 1 - 2 March 1999 Face to Face Meeting hosted by Lotus. Cambridge, Mass., USA (Agenda)
  40. Minutes of 24 February 1999 Conference Call (Agenda)
  41. Minutes of 9 February 1999 Conference Call (Agenda)
  42. Minutes of 26 January 1999 Conference Call (Agenda)
  43. Minutes of 12 January 1999 Conference Call (Agenda)

7. Minutes of meetings before 1999

  1. Minutes of 5 November 1998 Conference Call (Agenda)
  2. Minutes of 13 October 1998 Conference Call (Agenda)
  3. 25 June 1998 Conference Call - Agenda
  4. 12 May 1998 Conference Call - Agenda
  5. Minutes and Agenda - 18 April 1998 WWW7 Brisbane Face to Face meeting
  6. 31 March, 1998 Conference Call - Agenda
  7. 2 March, 1998 Conference call - Agenda

8. Old charters

These charters are ones that the working group has operated under at various times in the past. The charters define the scope of work that the group undertakes, and what is required to be considered a member in good standing (and therefore automatically eligible to attend working group meetings etc - note that the mailing list is public and membership of the group is not required to be a participant on the list).

  1. Third Charter - august 2000
  2. Second Charter - february 1999
  3. Original Charter - december 1997

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