HTML 5 Techniques for WCAG 2.0 Task Force

HTML 5 Techniques for WCAG 2.0 Task Force is a joint task force of the Protocols and Formats Working Group (PFWG) and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (WCAG WG). It assists these Working Groups with the work identified below.

Status

This Task Force has been accepted by the sponsoring Working Groups.

Objective

The objective of HTML 5 Techniques for WCAG 2.0 Task Force is to develop techniques for authors to make HTML 5 content conform to WCAG 2.0.

Scope of Work

This task force develops HTML 5 techniques for Techniques for WCAG 2.0: Techniques and Failures for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0. It focuses on techniques that are different for HTML 5 than they are for HTML 4; it may also update existing HTML 4 techniques to make them applicable to both versions. In the context of this work it coordinates with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (WCAG WG) to refine and publish these techniques.

A major reason to document techniques for HTML 5 now is to discover and solve accessibility authoring issues in the HTML 5 specification. The task force may find areas where it is not possible to document techniques that are sufficient to conform to WCAG 2.0 in HTML 5. It will provide this information as input to the HTML Accessibility Task Force. In the context of this work it coordinates with the Protocols and Formats Working Group (PFWG).

Accordingly, the HTML 5 Techniques for WCAG 2.0 Task Force operates under the PFWG charter and the WCAG WG charter.

Work approach

HTML 5 Techniques for WCAG 2.0 Task Force communications are publicly visible. Communication mechanisms for HTML 5 Techniques for WCAG 2.0 Task Force include:

  1. E-mail discussion takes place on the sponsoring Working Group mailing lists:
  2. Weekly (or more frequently, as needed) teleconferences; minutes from the teleconferences are sent to the mailing list.
  3. Discussion in IRC irc.w3.org:6665 channel #html-wcag-techs. IRC will be utilized for taking minutes during Task Force teleconferences and will not be utilized as a primary discussion channel during teleconferences.
  4. Monthly (or more frequently, as needed) updates and feedback in sponsoring Working Group teleconferences, as appropriate. Task Force Facilitators are primarily responsible for this liaison purpose.
  5. Issues are tracked in WCAG Tracker.
  6. Wiki development will use the WCAG Wiki, using paths beginning with "Techniques/HTML5/".
  7. Task Force Facilitators MAY form subteams (composed of Task Force participants) to carry out assignments for the Task Force. The scope of these assignments will NOT exceed the scope defined herein for this Task Force. The Task Force will document the process it uses to create subteams (e.g., each subteam might have an informal "Work Statement").

Timeline

Work plan and date for deliverables will be updated when the task force is active.

Participation

Any member of the WCAG WG or the PFWG may participate in the HTML Accessibility Task Force. Because techniques for WCAG 2.0 are not normative, there are no patent policy requirements for participation in this task force.

Participants must actively contribute to the work of HTML Accessibility Task Force, including:

  1. 6 to 8 hours per month of HTML 5 Techniques for WCAG 2.0 Task Force work;
  2. Remain current on the HTML 5 Techniques for WCAG 2.0 Task Force mailing list and respond in a timely manner to postings;
  3. Participate in HTML 5 Techniques for WCAG 2.0 Task Force telephone meetings, or send regrets to the HTML 5 Techniques for WCAG 2.0 Task Force mailing list.

Contact Michael Cooper to become a participant of HTML 5 Techniques for WCAG 2.0 Task Force or with questions.

Members of the public who are not covered by the W3C Patent Policy can send input to the public-comments-wcag20 mailing list [public-comments-wcag20 archive], or the public-pfwg-comments mailing list [public-pfwg-comments archive]. Messages should clearly indicate the deliverable to which they are related and that they are relevant to the work of the HTML 5 Techniques for WCAG 2.0 Task Force.

Facilitation

Staff contacts from the respective WGs oversee attention to W3C Process with respect to the chartered requirements of the respective WGs. The Facilitators set agenda, lead meetings, determine consensus, and are the primary liaison to the WGs.

Participants

Task force participants will be listed when it becomes active and updated periodically.


Last updated on $Date: 2011/10/25 19:33:50 $ by $Author: cooper $

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