W3C Working Draft 30 July 2004
- This version:
- http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-WCAG20-20040730/
- Latest version:
- http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/
- Previous version:
- http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-WCAG20-20040311/
- Editors:
- Ben Caldwell, Trace R&D Center
- Wendy Chisholm, W3C
- Gregg Vanderheiden, Trace R&D Center
- Jason White, University of Melbourne
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Abstract
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) published the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (WCAG 1.0) as a Recommendation in May 1999. This Working Draft for version 2.0 builds on WCAG 1.0. It has the same aim: to explain how to make Web content accessible to people with disabilities and to define target levels of accessibility. Incorporating feedback on WCAG 1.0, this Working Draft of version 2.0 focuses on guidelines. It attempts to apply guidelines to a wider range of technologies and to use wording that may be understood by a more varied audience.
Status of this Document
This section describes the status of this document at the time of its publication. Other documents may supersede this document. A list of current W3C publications and the latest revision of this technical report can be found in the W3C technical reports index at http://www.w3.org/TR/.
This document is prepared by the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (WCAG WG) to show how more generalized (less HTML -specific) WCAG guidelines might read. This draft is not yet based on consensus of the WCAG Working Group nor has it gone through W3C process. This Working Draft in no way supersedes WCAG 1.0 .
Please refer to " Issue Tracking for WCAG 2.0 Working Draft " for a list of open issues related to this Working Draft. The " History of Changes to WCAG 2.0 Working Drafts " is also available.
Publication as a Working Draft does not imply endorsement by the W3C Membership. This is a draft document and may be updated, replaced or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to cite this document as other than work in progress. A list of current W3C Recommendations and other technical documents is available.
The Working Group welcomes comments on this document at public-comments-wcag20@w3.org . The archives for this list are publicly available. Archives of the WCAG WG mailing list discussions are also publicly available.
This document was produced under the 24 January 2002 CPP as amended by the W3C Patent Policy Transition Procedure . The Working Group maintains a public list of patent disclosures relevant to this document; that page also includes instructions for disclosing a patent. An individual who has actual knowledge of a patent which the individual believes contains Essential Claim(s) with respect to this specification should disclose the information in accordance with section 6 of the W3C Patent Policy .
This document has been produced as part of the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). The goals of the WCAG WG are discussed in the Working Group charter . The WCAG WG is part of the WAI Technical Activity .