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Announcements and Meetings
Status:The User Agent Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (UAWG) has closed. Some aspects of the formal group closing may be pending. Potential future work in this area may be pursued by a working group combining the scopes of web content and applications, user agents, and authoring tools. See WAI Working Groups for more information. (2016-1-5)
Status: UAWG published UAAG 2.0 and UAAG 2.0 Reference as Working Group Notes. (2015-12-15)
Status: UAWG charter extended to 5 January 2016 (2015-11-5)
Status: The Mobile Accessibility Task Force, a joint task force of WCAG WG and UAWG, published the First Public Working Draft of Mobile Accessibility: How WCAG 2.0 and Other W3C/WAI Guidelines Apply to Mobile. (2015-02-26)
Status: UAWG moved UAAG Editors draft and UAAG Comment processing to Github (2014-04-24)
Teleconferences:
- Mobile Accessibility Task Force Teleconference information
- Teleconferences: Effective 5 January, 2016, the UAWG is no longer meeting by teleconference. Check the email list for minutes of past meetings.
- Email List Archives: Check the public UAWG mailing list archive for a record of communications within the group, and the UAAG 2.0 Public Comment mailing list for a record of comments from the public. (public)
- Surveys: An archive of surveys completed by members of UAWG. (public read-only)
- Wiki: Wiki for archive of ideas or text under development (public read-only)
- Action Tracker: Tracking System for issues to discuss and action items assigned (public read-only)
- UAAG 2.0 Editors Drafts: Github Repository for the UAAG 2.0 Editor's draft (public)
Minutes:
Face to face meetings:
- Previous Meetings:
- 27-28 October 2014 at TPAC, Santa Clara, CA: October 27 minutes and October 28 minutes
- 11-12 November at W3C TPAC. Minutes: 11, 12 November
- 27-29 August 2013, Redmond, WA, USA. Minutes: 27, 28, 29 August
- 4-5 June 2012 in Austin, TX, USA
4 June F2F Minutes | 5 June F2F Minutes - 3-4 November 2011 at W3C Technical Plenary in Santa Clara, CA, USA.
- 9 & 10 November, 2010 (Video Conference) 9 November Minutes| 10 November Minutes
- 2 & 3 August, 2010 (Video Conference) UAWG writers meeting. 2 August Minutes| 3 August Minutes
- 25-26 February, 2010 (Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Austin, TX, USA) | 25 February Minutes | 26 February Minutes
- 5-6 November, 2009 at TPAC in Santa Clara, CA, USA | 5 November Minutes | 6 November Minutes
- 20-21 October 2008 Mandieu, France | 20 October Minutes | 21 October Minutes
- 5-6 November Cambridge MA | 5 November Minutes | 6 November Minutes
- 22-23 January Cambridge MA | 22 January Minutes | 23 January Minutes
Current Work
UAAG 2.0
- User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) 2.0 Working Group Note (15 December 2015)
- UAAG 2.0 Identified Implementations by Feature
- Editor's Draft (Github)
- Wiki
- UAAG 2.0 Requirements Document (31 October 2007)
UAAG 2.0 Reference (formerly Implementing UAAG 2.0)
- Working Group Note UAAG 2.0 Reference (15 December 2015)
- Working Draft of Mobile Accessibility Examples from UAAG 2.0 Reference (25 September 2014)
- Editor's Draft of UAAG 2.0 Reference (Github)
Input to Future Guidelines Work
Comment Responses on UAAG 2.0 Working Drafts
- Comment responses to Editor Draft of 30 April 2015
- Comment responses to Editor Draft of 20 March 2015
- Comment responses to UAAG 2.0 working draft of 25 September 2014
- Comment responses to UAAG 2.0 Last Call working draft of 7 November 2013
- Comment responses to UAAG 2.0 working draft of 23 May 2013
Mobile Accessibility Task Force
The Mobile Accessibility Task Force (Mobile A11Y TF) is a joint Task Force of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (WCAG WG) and the User Agent Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (UAWG). It assists these Working Groups to produce techniques, understanding, and guidance documents, as well as updates to existing related W3C material that addresses the mobile space. Kim Patch is the Task Force Facilitator representing UAWG and Jeanne Spellman is the W3C staff contact.
Low Vision Accessibility Task Force
The Low Vision Accessibility Task Force (Low Vision A11Y TF) is a joint Task Force of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (WCAG WG) and the User Agent Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (UAWG). The objective of the task force is to identify issues and specify solutions to web accessibility issues specific to users with low vision via WCAG 2.0 techniques, understanding and guidance documents, and as needed to produce extensions to WCAG 2.0. Since many of the low vision issues may be addressed through the browser, this work will also include references and use cases related to UAAG 2.0. Jim Allan is the Task Force Facilitator representing UAWG and Jeanne Spellman is the W3C staff contact.
Older Work
- UAWG Wiki (older archive - read only)
- UAAG New Techniques/Issues Tracking Table
- UAAG 1.0 - ARIA Roadmap Worksheet
- UAAG 1.0 - WCAG Alignment
UAAG 1.0 Implementation
Test suites and implementation reports
- Draft
implementation report based on Recommendation
- Implementation report for last call (Aug 2002).
- Draft evaluations of user agents
- Draft test suites for UAAG 1.0
- How to evaluate a user agent for conformance to UAAG 1.0
- Notes on discretionary behavior in User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
Future deliverables (after UAAG 1.0)
Other Work
Comments on other W3C Documents
- UAWG comments via Jim Allan on WCAG 2.0 (27 April 2006 Last Call) (Issue#755, Issue#756)
- WAI Comments on SVG 1.2 (27 October 2004 Working Draft)
- UAWG comments on XHTML 2.0 (6 May 2003 Working Draft)
Publications
User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) 2.0 Working Group Note
User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) 2.0 Working Group Note (15 December 2015)
- UAAG 2.0 Reference Working Group Note (15 December 2015)
- UAAG 2.0 Mobile Examples (24 September 2014)
User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) 1.0 Recommendation
User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (UAAG 1.0)- W3C Recommendation (17 December 2002)
- Techniques for UAAG 1.0. This W3C Note provides techniques for satisfying the checkpoints defined in UAAG 1.0.
- Summary of UAAG 1.0. This short document summarizes the purpose and structure of UAAG 1.0.
- Table of Checkpoints for UAAG 1.0. A handy list of the UAAG 1.0 requirements; a list version is also available.
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about UAAG 1.0
- Errata in UAAG 1.0
- Translations of UAAG 1.0
- How to use Conformance Icons for UAAG 1.0
- Press and other coverage of UAAG 1.0 - The W3C
Communications Team also issued a press release and list of testimonials to accompany the publication of the
Recommendation.
- Maccessibility.com: OBEY UAAG, Part 0: Understanding UAAG and OBEY UAAG, Part 1: Configuring Safari discuss UAAG requirements in the context of evaluating the Safari browser.
- EWeek: Making the Web More Accessible (5 Jan 2003)
- XML.com: User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (and for XML.com on Techniques for UAAG 1.0)
- Cover Pages: W3C Publishes User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 as a Recommendation
- CNET: W3C finalizes disability guidelines (17 Dec 2002)
- InfoWorld: W3C promotes Web access for disabled (17 Dec 2002)
- Internet News: W3C To Open Web to Those With Disabilities (17 Dec 2002)
About the UAWG
The User Agent Accessibility Guidelines explain to user agent developers how to make their products more accessible to people with disabilities and for increasing usability for all users. The Working Group charter outlines the goals, work methods, and requirements for participation.
Work of the WCAG WG is in accordance with the W3C Process. UAWG work is funded in part by the WAI Core project. The work of this group does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the funders.
- List of Working Group participants
- User Agent Accessibility Guidelines Working Group Patent Policy Status
Participation
Information on how to participate in the Working Group. You may join if you belong to a W3C Member organization or have been invited by the Chair to participate.
Mailing List
- The Working Group mailing list is w3c-wai-ua@w3.org (visit the public mailing list archives, including search)
- More about W3C mailing lists.
Patent disclosures
Patent disclosures for UAWG deliverables are made available per the 24 January 2002 W3C Current Patent Practice Note:
All disclosure statements made by W3C Members are made public with each publicly-visible Working Draft (public Working Draft, Last Call Working Draft, Candidate Recommendation, Proposed Recommendation, Recommendation).
Related Work
- Mozilla/Firefox Accessibility Extension
- Mozilla/Firefox Keyboard Navigation Tests Suites
- Component Extension (CS) API requirements 1.0
- Education and Outreach "Alternative Browser" Page
- User Agent Support for Accessibility. This document lists known user agent support for "Until user agent..." clauses of the the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 Recommendation.
- User Survey: Browsers and scripts
- Web Content Guidelines Working Group
- Authoring Tool Guidelines Working Group
- W3C Technical Reports
- Some information maintained by other organizations about user agent support for various technologies:
- Other accessibility resources that might be of interest:
Chair and Team Contact
- Co-chair: Jim Allan <jimallan@tsbvi.edu>
- Staff Contact: Jeanne Spellman <jeanne@w3.org>