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TranslationsGetting Involved with WAI
The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) brings together individuals and organizations from around the world to develop strategies, guidelines, and resources to help make the Web accessible to people with disabilities. We welcome participants from industry, disability organizations, education, government, research, and others interested in accessibility. We invite you (yes, you!) to get involved in WAI work; see Participating in WAI.
- Participating in WAI
- Describes opportunities ranging from volunteering to implement, promote, and review guidelines; to occasional participation in an interest group; to dedicated participation in a working group.
- About WAI
- Introduces the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) mission and organizational structure. Links to information on WAI-AGE and other past projects. Links to:
- Translating WAI Documents - Provides information on the W3C translation policy, how to coordinate with W3C and WAI when translating documents, priorities for translations of WAI documents, and links to existing translations.
- Contacting WAI
- Sponsoring WAI - Lists current sponsors and provides contacts for getting information on becoming a WAI sponsor.
- Using WAI Material
- Describes permissions to use WAI material under two conditions.
- Getting WAI Announcements
- ... Links to:
- WAI Groups
- Links to the Working Groups that develop accessibility guidelines and related work, and Interest Groups that provide a forum for discussing web accessibility issues:
See also:
- How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process: Milestones and Opportunities to Contribute - introduces how WAI works through a process designed to ensure broad community input and encourage consensus development.
- WAI Online Overview introduces web accessibility and the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) in HTML slides.