http://www.w3.org/WAI/ http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20080707b 2008-07-07 Web Accessibility: WCAG 2.0 at a Glance provides a summary of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. We welcome your comments on this draft, preferably by 15 July 2008. (2008-07-07) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20080707a 2008-07-07 Web sites can be designed more efficiently to be accessible for people with disabilities and also for people using mobile devices when developers understand the significant overlap between the two design goals and guidelines. W3C recently published updated material describing this overlap. See: Call For Review: Relationship Between Mobile Web and Web Content Accessibility Updated announcement e-mail;Web Content Accessibility and Mobile Web: Making a Web Site Accessible Both for People with Disabilities and for Mobile Devices introductory page;Relationship between Mobile Web Best Practices (MWBP) and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Working Draft. We welcome your comments on the documents, preferably by 15 August 2008. (2008-07-07) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20080528a 2008-05-28 Updated Editors' Drafts of the WAI-ARIA documents are now publicly available so that anyone can follow how issues are being addressed in the draft WAI-ARIA specification. These documents are works-in-progress, not official "Public Working Drafts". Please see more information in the Updated WAI-ARIA Editors' Drafts Now Publicly Available e-mail. (2008-05-28) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20080514a 2008-05-14 The WAI-AGE Project (Ageing Education and Harmonisation) focuses on education and outreach regarding the requirements of people with Web accessibility needs related to ageing. One of the WAI-AGE project deliverables is Web Accessibility for Older Users: A Literature Review, which was published on 14 March as a First Public Working Draft. WAI encourages you to review this draft and submit any comments by 4 June 2008, if possible. See Call for Review and Participation: WAI-AGE Literature Review and Task Force for an introduction to the project and an invitation to contribute to the literature review and other WAI-AGE work. (2008-05-14) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20080430a 2008-04-30 We are excited to announce that Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0) was published as a W3C Candidate Recommendation on 30 April 2008. The Candidate Recommendation stage means that there is broad consensus on the technical content, and W3C invites you to implement WCAG 2.0. Please see additional information in: WCAG 2.0 Candidate Recommendation Ready to Test Drive; How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process; Overview of WCAG 2.0 Documents. If you are interested in sharing implementation experience, please let us know by 23 May 2008. (2008-04-30) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20080325a 2008-03-25 WAI mourns the passing of John Slatin, who was Co-Chair of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Working Group in 2005 and 2006. Through his persistence, patience, and keen insight, John contributed greatly to the field of accessibility, especially to the development of WCAG 2.0. He will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by his colleagues at W3C/WAI and in the broader accessibility community. For more information, see the e-mail thread: Sad news regarding John Slatin, highly-regarded Web accessibility expert and advocate. (2008-03-25) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20080313a 2008-03-13 The First Public Working Draft of User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) 2.0 was published 12 March 2008. UAAG explains how to make browsers and media players accessible to people with disabilities, and how to make them work better with assistive technologies. UAAG 2.0 will address more advanced Web technologies than UAAG 1.0. WAI encourages you to review UAAG 2.0 and submit any comments. See: Call for Review: UAAG 2.0 First Public Working Draft, User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) Overview. Please send comments by 14 April 2008. (2008-03-13) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20080310a 2008-03-10 Updated Working Drafts of Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 and Implementation Techniques for ATAG 2.0 were published 10 March 2008. WAI encourages you to review these documents and submit any comments. See: Call for Review: ATAG 2.0 Working Draft, Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) Overview. Please send comments by 14 April 2008. (2008-03-10) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20080305b 2008-03-05 The WCAG Working Group has addressed most of the comments received on the second Last Call Working Draft of WCAG 2.0, and is currently finalizing replies to commenters and preparing for the "Candidate Recommendation" stage in the W3C Process. See: "March 2008 Update: Moving WCAG 2.0 to the next stage" in the WCAG 2 FAQ. (2008-03-05) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20080305a 2008-03-05 Recent interviews with Shadi Abou-Zahra and Shawn Lawton Henry are available online: Webtalk: Shadi Abou-Zahra über die Web Accessibility Initiative with Shadi is in German.Radio New Zealand Interview, February 2008 with Shawn is audio with a text transcript. (2008-03-05) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20080204a 2008-02-04 WAI-ARIA, the Accessible Rich Internet Applications Suite, defines a way to make Web content and Web applications more accessible to people with disabilities. It especially helps with dynamic content and advanced user interface controls developed with Ajax, HTML, JavaScript, and related technologies. New WAI-ARIA documents were published 4 February 2008. The WAI-ARIA Primer provides background on accessibility issues related to JavaScript, and introduces the technical approach used in WAI-ARIA. WAI-ARIA Best Practices describes how Web content developers can develop accessible rich Web applications using WAI-ARIA. See: Call for Review: New WAI-ARIA Documents announcement e-mail; WAI-ARIA Overview which links to WAI-ARIA itself and the other documents; WAI-ARIA FAQ. We welcome your comments, preferably by 20 February, otherwise by 3 March 2008. (2008-02-04) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20080122a 2008-01-22 There is significant overlap between designing Web sites to be accessible to people with disabilities and designing Web sites to be usable on a mobile device. When developers understand this overlap, they can more efficiently meet both goals. On 22 January, W3C published material describing this overlap. See: First Public Working Draft: Relationship Between Mobile Web and Web Content Accessibility announcement e-mail;Web Content Accessibility and Mobile Web: Making a Web Site Accessible Both for People with Disabilities and for Mobile Devices introductory page;Relationship Between Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0 and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines First Public Working Draft. We welcome your comments, preferably by 4 March 2008. (2008-01-22) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20071211a 2007-12-11 A Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0) second Last Call Working Draft and updated supporting documents were published 11 December 2007. This Last Call is provided for public review of the document with all resolutions from previous comments incorporated. See: Call for Review: WCAG 2.0 Last Call Working Draft; Overview of WCAG 2.0 Documents. Please send comments by 1 February 2008. (2007-12-11) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20071031c User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) provides guidance on designing Web browsers, media players, assistive technologies, and other 'user agents' to increase accessibility of the Web to people with disabilities. Plans for new work on a second generation of UAAG was published in the UAAG 2.0 Requirements Working Draft on 31 October 2007. WAI encourages you to review this document, submit any comments, and consider participating in the UAAG Working Group. See: Call for Review: UAAG 2.0 Requirements;UAAG Overview;How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process: Milestones and Opportunities to Contribute. Please send comments by 14 December 2007. (2007-10-31) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20071031b 2007-10-31 "About WCAG 2.0 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines" is a presentation that covers the benefits of WCAG 2.0, shortcuts for using WCAG 2.0, how it differs from WCAG 1.0, and related topics. The presentation "slides" and extensive notes are designed for presenters to use for their own presentations. It's also available for anyone who wants to learn about WCAG 2.0. See Instructions for the "About WCAG 2.0" Presentation. (2007-10-31) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20071031a 2007-10-31 The WCAG Working Group is completing resolution of comments on the latest WCAG 2.0 Public Working Draft documents. In November 2007 they plan to send responses on each comment, asking for reply from the reviewer. The Working Group plans to publish a second WCAG 2.0 Last Call Working Draft in December 2007, before moving on to the next stages. See: WCAG 2 FAQ;WCAG 2.0 Overview;How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process: Milestones and Opportunities to Contribute. (2007-10-31) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20071019a 2007-10-19 W3C WAI's work on accessibility of Ajax, DHTML, and other application technologies includes the Accessible Rich Internet Applications Suite (WAI-ARIA). Updated Working Drafts of WAI-ARIA documents were published 19 October 2007. See: Call for Review: WAI-ARIA updated Working Drafts;WAI-ARIA Suite Overview;How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process: Milestones and Opportunities to Contribute. Please send comments by 16 November 2007. (2007-10-19) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20070816a 2007-08-16 Learn how the WCAG 2.0 Working Draft differs from WCAG 1.0, get shortcuts for using WCAG 2.0, and hear answers to common questions on W3C WAI's work in Shawn Henry's presentation to the Yahoo! User Interface Developer Network. Shawn also addresses the role of browsers and authoring tools in Web accessibility, and combining standards and usability techniques to optimize accessibility. See video with audio and slides, and text transcript. (2007-08-16) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20070727a 2007-07-27 The WCAG Working Group received many constructive comments on the May 2007 WCAG 2.0 Working Drafts. They separated the comments into about 450 issues, ranging from minor edits to technical issues. In the first two weeks of July, the Working Group had eight half-day worksessions where they addressed about 150 of those issues and started work on another 100. See the "Update July 2007" section of the WCAG 2 FAQ for more... (2007-07-27) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20070711a 2007-07-11 As part of the Mitsue-Links "Meet the Professionals" video series, Shawn Henry of W3C WAI talks with Kazuhito Kidachi about shared responsibilities between web site developers, browsers, and assistive technologies; the importance of different types of authoring tools supporting accessibility; how WCAG 2.0 and WAI-ARIA address the more difficult aspects of Web accessibility; WAI's outreach resources; and what led Shawn to accessibility years ago. See video with English audio and Japanese subtitles, and text transcripts. (2007-07-11) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20070601a 2007-06-01 W3C WAI's work on accessibility of Ajax, DHTML, and other application technologies includes the Accessibility for Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) Suite. Updated Working Drafts of the WAI-ARIA Suite documents were published 1 June 2007. WAI encourages you to review these documents and submit any comments. See: Call for Review: WAI-ARIA Suite updated Working Drafts;WAI-ARIA Suite Overview;How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process: Milestones and Opportunities to Contribute. Please send comments by 6 July 2007. (2007-06-01) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20070517a 2007-05-17 Updated Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0) Working Draft documents were published 17 May 2007. These documents incorporate resolutions to comments from the 2006 Last Call Working Draft. WAI encourages you to review the WCAG 2.0 Working Draft and submit any new comments. Please see the additional information in: Call for Review: Updated WCAG 2.0 Documents, Overview of WCAG 2.0 Documents, WCAG 2 FAQ. Please send comments by 29 June 2007. (2007-05-17) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20070507a 2007-05-07 Judy Brewer discusses WCAG 2.0 status and upcoming drafts with Web Standards Project (WaSP) Accessibility Task Force member Jared Smith. See Interview with Judy Brewer. (2007-05-07) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20070404a 2007-04-04 WCAG 2.0 primary points, current status, and Web accessibility resources from W3C WAI are topics covered in new handouts that you can use for conferences and presentations. The handouts direct readers to the updated WCAG 2 FAQ, How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process, and other documents. See Updates: WCAG 2.0 and WAI Resources Handouts e-mail,WAI Handouts and WAI Flyer page. (2007-04-04) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20070323a 2007-03-23 Evaluation and Report Language (EARL) is a format to exchange, combine, and analyze results from different evaluation tools and checkers. EARL 1.0 Schema Last Call Working Draft and HTTP Vocabulary in RDF Working Draft were published 23 March 2007. See: Last Call Review: EARL 1.0 Schema Last Call Working Draft,Evaluation and Report Language (EARL) Overview,How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process: Milestones and Opportunities to Contribute. Please send comments by 20 April 2007. (2007-03-23) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20061220b 2006-12-20 W3C WAI's work on accessibility of AJAX, DHTML, and other application technologies includes the Accessibility for Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) Suite. Updated Working Drafts of the WAI-ARIA Suite documents were published 20 December 2006. WAI encourages you to review these documents and submit any comments. See: WAI-ARIA Suite Overview, a new document;Call for Review: Updated Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) Working Drafts e-mail;How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process: Milestones and Opportunities to Contribute. Please send comments by 19 January 2006. (2006-12-20) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20061219a 2006-12-20 The W3C Authorized Catalan Translation of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 1.0 is now available. See: Directrius per a l'accessibilitat al contingut web, versió 1.0. (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0); Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Overview; Policy for W3C Authorized Translations. This WCAG 1.0 Catalan translation is W3C's first Authorized Translation. (2006-12-20) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20061207a 2006-12-07 An updated Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0 Working Draft was published 7 December 2006. WAI encourages you to review this document and submit any comments. See: Call for Review: ATAG 2.0 Working Draft,Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) Overview. Please send comments by 11 January 2007. (2006-12-07) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20061101a 2006-11-01 WAI gathered a few frequently asked questions (FAQ) about Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 and provided answers in a WCAG 2 FAQ. There we address: When will WCAG 2.0 be done? What is the current status? When should I start using WCAG 2.0? (2006-11-01) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20060927a 2006-09-27 Evaluation and Report Language (EARL) is a format to exchange, combine, and analyze results from different Web accessibility evaluation tools. EARL 1.0 Schema Working Draft was published 27 September 2006. See: Call for Review: Evaluation and Report Language (EARL) 1.0 Schema Working Draft,Evaluation and Report Language (EARL) Overview,How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process: Milestones and Opportunities to Contribute. Please send comments by 25 October 2006. (2006-09-27) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20060926a 2006-09-26 W3C WAI's work on accessibility of AJAX, DHTML, and other rich Internet application technologies is published as First Public Working Drafts. WAI encourages review and comments. See: W3C Announces Roadmap for Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) press release,Call for Review: Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) Working Drafts e-mail. For information on how Working Drafts are developed, see: How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process. (2006-09-26) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20060720a 2006-07-20 W3C WAI has been appointed to the Advisory Committee for the revision of U.S. Section 255 guidelines and Section 508 standards, which include Web accessibility. WAI looks forward to continuing to coordinate with organizations around the world to develop harmonized standards for Web accessibility. Additional information is available in the U.S. Access Board article: Board Names Advisory Committee for 508 Standards Update. (2006-07-20) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20060706a 2006-07-06 Shawn Henry discusses WCAG 2.0 with UK UPA president Giles Colborne: transcript and audio files. (2006-07-06) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20060620a 2006-06-20 WCAG 2.0 Quick Reference lists the basic requirements of WCAG 2.0, which are the success criteria. For each success criteria, it lists techniques that tell you how to meet the requirements. You can customize the Quick Reference for the Web technologies you are using and for Levels 1, 2, or 3. See also: Overview of WCAG 2.0 Documents. (2006-06-20) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20060530a 2006-05-30 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0) Last Call Working Draft and supporting documents were published 27 April 2006. WAI encourages you to review these documents and submit any comments. 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