WCAG 2.1 and Other WAI Resources

WCAG 2.1 and
Other WAI Resources

Shadi Abou-Zahra
shadi@w3.org
@sabouzah

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Evolution of the Web

Illustration of different devices connecting onto the internet. This includes desktop and laptop computers, mobile phones and tablets, televisions, camera, and game controllers. The illustration also represents different industry sectors such as mobile, gaming, digital publishing, healthcare, and many more sorrounding the 'Open Web Platform' in the center of the illustration.

Web Accessibility

Web Accessibility Guidelines

Standards from W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI):

ATAG - Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines
UAAG - User Agent Accessibility Guidelines
WCAG - Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

Also: WAI-ARIA - Accessible Rich Internet Applications

WCAG 2.0 Outline

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0:

Principles (4)
- Guidelines (12)
  - Success Criteria - Level A (25)
  - Success Criteria - Level AA (13)
  - Success Criteria - Level AAA (23)
Conformance

Supported by non-normative WCAG 2.0 Techniques

WCAG 2.1 Improvements

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1:

Fully backward compatible with WCAG 2.0 (super-set)
Added requirements for:
- People with low vision
- People with cognitive and learning disabilities
- People using mobile devices and applications