The Web
Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
- were developed by the Web
Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (WCAG WG)
- became a W3C Recommendation 5 May 1999
- explain how to make accessible Web sites
- contain general guidelines
- have three priority levels of normative checkpoints
- have extensive supporting resources (see next slide)
The WCAG WG is currently developing an advanced version (WCAG
2.0), however:
- WCAG 1.0 remains the stable and referenceable version