- Before 1996:
- several accessibility guidelines on the Web
various
quality
confusion on which one to trust
- End 1996:
- TRACE center produces Unified Guidelines
including
HTML advices, browser advices, etc.
- Spring 1997:
- WAI started,
3 differents
set of guidelines:
Web Content, User Agent, Authoring Tools
- Fall 1997:
- Work on Web Content Guidelines (then called Page Authors)
really start
- 18 months, X public drafts, Y face-to-face meetings later:
- we
have a REC!
COMMENTS:
- need to find X and Y value and check some dates