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W3C Public Working Draft of ATAG 2.0

This is the W3C Working Draft of 19 April 2011. This draft integrates changes made as a result of comments received on the 8 July 2010 Last Call Public Working Draft. The Authoring Tool Working Group (AUWG) has refined the Guidelines with the contribution of public commenters. A summary of the more substantive changes follows:

  1. A more specific requirement that the editing view of the authoring tool also render the alternatives to time-based media (A.2.1.2 Alternatives for Rendered Time-Based Media);
  2. An enhanced requirement to make rendered text properties available to assistive technologies (A.2.2.2 Access to Rendered Text Properties); and
  3. A new level-AAA requirement to allow navigation by programmatic relationships as in a programming IDE (A.3.4.2 Navigate by Programmatic Relationships)
  4. A modified approach to automatic generation of web content (B.1.1.1; B.1.1.2) and content transformations (B.1.2.1; B.1.2.2; and B.1.2.3) that is more nuanced and in some cases enables accessibility checking to be employed.
  5. A re-organization of the success criteria that places the success criteria related to checking and repair into their guideline ("Authors must be supported in improving the accessibility of existing content").
  6. There have been clarifications to the definitions of "authoring tool" and "authors" to clarify when a web application should be treated as an authoring tool.

The Working Group seeks feedback on the following points for this draft:

  1. Does the definition of authoring tool clearly delineate which tools are the subject of these guidelines?
  2. Is it clear where the where the guidelines apply to integrated or stand-alone accessibility checker?
  3. Does ATAG Part A address the needs of people with different types of disabilities? We encourage people with disabilities to review and provide feedback.

Comments on this working draft are due on or before 20 May 2011. Comments on the draft should be sent to public-atag2-comments@w3.org (Public Archive).

The Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AUWG) intends to publish ATAG 2.0 as a W3C Recommendation. Until that time Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 1.0 [ATAG10] is the stable, referenceable version. This Working Draft does not supersede ATAG 1.0.

Status of This Document

W3C Public Draft of Implementing ATAG 2.0

This is the W3C Working Draft of 19 April 2011. This draft integrates changes made as a result of comments received on the 8 July 2011 Last Call Public Working Draft.

The Working Group seeks feedback on the following points for this draft:

  • Is the overall document a useful resource for implementers to apply ATAG 2.0 to your product?
  • Are the sections describing the intent of each success criteria clear?
  • Do you have any suggestions for examples that should be added, modified or removed?

The Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AUWG) intends to publish "Implementing ATAG 2.0" as a W3C Note. The Working Group will continue to update this document periodically in response to queries raised by implementers of the Guidelines, for example, to cover new technologies. Suggestions for additional examples or related resources are welcome.

Comments on the draft are welcome at public-atag2-comments@w3.org (Public Archive). Comments on this working draft are due on or before 20 May 2011.

Announcements

W3C

Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0 and Implementing ATAG 2.0 Working Drafts Updated

The Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group has published updated Working Drafts of Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0 and the companion document Implementing ATAG 2.0. ATAG defines how authoring tools should help developers produce accessible web content that conforms to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. It also defines how to make authoring tools accessible so that people with disabilities can use them. Comments are welcome through 20 May 2011. Please see the invitation to review the ATAG 2.0 Working Draft for more information. Learn more about the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).

WAI Highlights

For Review: ATAG 2.0 and Implementing ATAG 2.0 Working Drafts Updated

Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0 is relevant to you if you use blogs, wikis, social networking websites, content management systems (CMS), HTML editors, or other such tools. ATAG defines how these tools should help you make your blog posts, websites, and other web content accessible — and how the tools themselves should be accessible so that people with disabilities can use them. Please review the updated Working Drafts and let us know how they can be improved to better meet the needs of people with disabilities. For more info see Call for Review: ATAG 2.0 Updated Working Drafts. Please send comments by 20 May 2011.    (2011-04-21)

WAI IG

subject: Call for Review: ATAG 2.0 Updated Working Drafts

Dear WAI Interest Group Participants,

W3C WAI invites you to review the updated Working Drafts of Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0 and Implementing ATAG 2.0 published 21 April 2011 at:
     http://www.w3.org/TR/ATAG20/
     http://www.w3.org/TR/IMPLEMENTING-ATAG20/

To people with disabilities:
We especially encourage people with disabilities and accessibility specialists to review this draft of ATAG 2.0 and let us know how it can be improved to better meet the needs of people with disabilities. ATAG is particularly relevant to you if you use blogs, wikis, social networking websites, content management systems (CMS), HTML editors, or other such tools[1]. ATAG defines how these tools should help you make your blog posts, websites, etc. accessible — and how the tools themselves should be accessible so that people with disabilities can use them.

To tool developers:
We invite authoring tool developers to prepare to implement ATAG 2.0, with the caution that the guidelines might change. In the coming months, we'll be asking for tools that meet ATAG 2.0. Will your tool be an example? If you are considering implementing ATAG 2.0 soon, please e-mail Jeanne@w3.org

Note about Working Draft status:
ATAG 2.0 was published as a Last Call Working Draft on 8 July 2010. Due to substantial changes in response to over 250 comments on that draft, AUWG decided to return to Working Draft stage to collect feedback on these changes. The AUWG expects to publish another Last Call Working Draft later in 2011. Last Call and other development stages are described in: How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process at:
     http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/w3c-process

Recent updates:
For a list of significant changes since the last drafts and specific questions for feedback, see the Status sections:
     http://www.w3.org/TR/ATAG20/#status
     http://www.w3.org/TR/IMPLEMENTING-ATAG20/#status

Comments:
Please submit comments on how ATAG 2.0 can be improved to better meet the needs of people with disabilities to the publicly-archived list:
     public-atag2-comments@w3.org
     by *20 May 2011*

Background:
ATAG defines how authoring tools should help Web developers produce Web content that is accessible and conforms to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. It also defines how to make authoring tools accessible so that people with disabilities can use the tools. ATAG is introduced in the ATAG Overview at:
      http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/atag.php
ATAG is part of a series of accessibility guidelines/standards developed by WAI, which are listed in WAI Guidelines and Techniques at:
      http://www.w3.org/WAI/guid-tech.html
ATAG is developed by the Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AUWG),
     http://www.w3.org/WAI/AU/

Please let us know if you have any questions. Thank you in advance for your comments.

Feel free to circulate this message to other lists; please avoid cross-postings where possible.

[1] Examples of authoring tools: http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/atag.php#for

Regards,
Shawn Henry, WAI Outreach
Jutta Treviranus, AUWG Chair
Jeanne Spellman, AUWG W3C Staff Contact

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