Authoring Tool Conformance Evaluations
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The Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AUWG) maintains this page as a repository for informal Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) conformance evaluations. The conformance evaluations may:
- Inform developers and consumers of the degree to which various tools meet ATAG.
- Help the AUWG assess how well the guidelines apply to all the different types of authoring tools covered by the guidelines.
- Inform the AUWG's technique writing efforts by helping to determine which requirements of the guidelines are being implemented and to what degree.
For more information on how the conformance evaluations should be used, please see the disclaimer. For information on how to perform an ATAG conformance evaluation, please see the ATAG Conformance Evaluation Process.
Markup Editors
Database-Backed Tools (Adding a tool to the list)
Includes courseware, groupware, etc.
Product Name (Developer) | Comments | ATAG Conformance Evaluation |
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Blackboard (Blackboard) | Courseware | Blackboard 5.5 to ATAG 1.0 (30 Aug. 2001) |
Notes/Domino Designer (Lotus) | Collaborative messaging and e-business application | Domino 5.02a to ATAG 1.0 (27 Aug. 2001) |
Prometheus ( Blackboard) | Courseware | Prometheus 5.08 to ATAG 1.0 (4 Oct. 2001) |
WebCT (WebCT) | Courseware | WebCT 3.6 to ATAG 1.0 (27 Aug. 2001) |
Other Database-Backed Tools: Aspen / Toolbook (Click2Learn) [Courseware], ClassNet (AIT at IOWA State) [Courseware], Cold Fusion (Macromedia) [Web application development], HyperWave Suites (HyperWave) [Courseware], Lotus Learning Space (Lotus) [Courseware], Topclass (WBT) [Courseware], list of more courseware packages. [Adding tools to this list] |
Style Sheet Editors (Adding a tool to the list)
Product Name (Developer) | Comments | ATAG Conformance Evaluation |
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Other Style Sheet Editors: Cascade (Media Design in-Progress), CSS Mill (Patrick Corcoran), Prime Style (Prime Consulting), Sheet Stylist (Hazelhurst), StyleMaker (Danere), Style Master (Western Civilisation), StyleOneStyleSheet Maker (Coffee Cup Software), TopStyle (Bradbury Software). [Adding tools to this list] |
Tools with Web Format Saving Option (Adding a tool to the list)
Includes tools that include "save as" or "publish as" web formats as one of their saving options.
Product Name (Developer) | Comments | ATAG Conformance Evaluation |
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Other Tools with Web Format Saving Option: Acrobat (Adobe), Applixware (VistaSource), CorelDraw (Corel), MS Office (Microsoft), Publisher (Microsoft), QuarkXPress (Quark), WordPerfect (Corel). [Adding tools to this list] |
Multimedia Editors (Adding a tool to the list)
Includes image, sound and video editors.
Product Name (Developer) | Comments | ATAG Conformance Evaluation |
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CorelDRAW (Corel), Fireworks (Macromedia), Flash (Macromedia), Freehand (Macromedia), Gimp (GNU), GRiNS (Oratrix), Illustrator (Adobe), Paint Shop Pro (Jasc), Photoshop (Adobe), Premiere (Adobe), Producer (Real Networks), Sodipodi (Lauris Kaplinski), WebDraw (Jasc). [Adding tools to this list] |
Conversion Tools (Adding a tool to the list)
Product Name (Developer) | Comments | ATAG Conformance Evaluation |
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Other Conversion Tools: BeyondPress 3.0 (Extensis) [QuarkXPress to HTML/CSS], RTF2HTML (Xtreme Webware) [RTF documents to HTML], Slidemaker (W3C) [Web page to multiple HTML slides], Tidy (Sourceforge) [HTML to XHTML], W3CSS (Lewis Gartenberg) [MS Word to HTML/CSS], list of more conversion tools. [Adding tools to this list] |
Adding to the List of Tools
In order to add a Web content authoring tool to the list of tools, please send an email to Jan Richards <jan.richards@utoronto.ca> and include the following:
- Name and URL of the Tool
- Name and URL of the Developer
- Brief comment
Note: The AUWG reserves the right to determine whether an authoring tool will be listed and to edit the listing at its discretion. To increase the visibility of the tool on this page, consider performing an ATAG conformance evaluation.
Disclaimer
- The conformance evaluations are for informative purposes, only. The list of tools is not meant to be an exhaustive list of all the authoring tools covered by the guidelines. For those products that have been evaluated, the evaluations are not meant to be used as definitive reviews of the products. The evaluations do not represent any endorsement by the W3C, the AUWG, or any members. The evaluations should not be used alone to try to rate or compare product accessibility. The reviews do not necessarily reflect a consensus of the AUWG. Comments on any of the reviews can be sent to the AUWG mail list.
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Developers are provided with a reasonable opportunity to comment on conformance evaluations are listed (see the ATAG Conformance Evaluation Process).
- The evaluations may be updated by the AUWG at any time. The registry may contain partial evaluations, evaluations of previous product versions or evaluations against outdated versions drafts of ATAG.