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[DRAFT] Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group Charter

The mission of the Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (ATAG WG), part of the WAI Technical Activity, is to produce guidelines for the development of authoring tools that are both accessible to authors and also enable all authors to create content that is accessible to end users. In particular, the ATAG WG will publish the Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (ATAG 2.0) as a W3C Recommendation. This mission is complementary to the work of other Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) groups within the WAI Technical Activity and the WAI International Program Office Activity.

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End date 31 March 2016
Confidentiality Proceedings are Public. Some communications between editors and/or during implementation testing period may be member-confidential.
Initial Chairs Jutta Treviranus
Initial Team Contacts
(FTE %: 35)		 Jeanne Spellman
Usual Meeting Schedule Teleconferences: Every week
Face-to-face: 1-2 per year

Scope

The ATAG WG's scope of work includes:

  1. Document implementation testing experience of ATAG 2.0
  2. Complete ATAG 2.0 as a W3C Recommendation
  3. Complete Implementing ATAG 2.0 as a W3C Note
  4. Publish errata document based on public comment post-Recommendation
  5. Engage and promote adoption of ATAG 2.0 in coordination with the Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG)
  6. Develop educational materials to support adoption of ATAG 2.0 in coordination with the Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG).
  7. Review and comment on the work in other W3C Working Groups for dependencies with the requirements of ATAG 2.0
  8. Contribute input where appropriate towards requirements for WAI 2020 Framework.

Consistent with W3C Process requirements on Task Forces, the ATAG WG may form task forces composed of ATAG WG participants or join other W3C task forces to carry out assignments when under the chartered scope of ATAG WG. Any such task force must have a work statement (including objectives, communication, participation, and leadership) that has been announced on the ATAG WG mailing list, approved by the ATAG WG, and is available from the ATAG WG home page. ATAG WG task forces should produce requirements documents that outline the scope and expectations for work. Task forces may set up separate teleconferences and hold face-to-face meetings per the W3C process and with the approval of the ATAG WG.

Success Criteria

Deliverables

W3C Technical Reports

Other Deliverables

Milestones

Milestones
Note: The group will document significant changes from this initial schedule on the group home page.
Specification FPWD LC CR PR Rec
ATAG 2.0 March 2003 June 2010, April 2012 November 2013 June 2015 September 2015

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Dependencies

W3C Groups

 

Participation

To be successful, ATAG WG is expected to have 6 or more active participants for its duration, with participation where possible including representation from industry, disability communities, accessibility research and government. Effective participation in ATAG WG is expected to consume 6 hours per week for each participant; two days per week for editors.

Participants are reminded of the Good Standing requirements of the W3C Process.

Communication

Proceedings are Public. Some communications between editors and/or during the implementation testing period may be member-confidential. This group primarily conducts its work on the public mailing list w3c-wai-au@w3.org (archive). The public mailing list public-atag2-comments@w3.org (archive) is used for public feedback.

This group will continue to coordinate directly with other WAI groups.

Information about the group (deliverables, participants, face-to-face meetings, teleconferences, etc.) is available from the Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group home page.

Decision Policy

As explained in the Process Document (section 3.3), this group will seek to make decisions when there is consensus. When the Chair puts a question and observes dissent, after due consideration of different opinions, the Chair should record a decision (possibly after a formal vote) and any objections, and move on.

When deciding a substantive technical issue, the Chair may put a question before the group. When the Chair conducts a formal vote to reach a decision on a substantive technical issue, eligible voters may vote on a proposal one of three ways: for a proposal, against a proposal, or abstain. For the proposal to pass there must be more votes for the proposal than against. In case of a tie, the Chair will decide the outcome of the proposal.

This charter is written in accordance with Section 3.4, Votes of the W3C Process Document and includes no voting procedures beyond what the Process Document requires.

Patent Policy

This Working Group operates under the W3C Patent Policy (5 February 2004 Version). To promote the widest adoption of Web standards, W3C seeks to issue Recommendations that can be implemented, according to this policy, on a Royalty-Free basis.

For more information about disclosure obligations for this group, please see the W3C Patent Policy Implementation.

About this Charter

This charter for the Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group has been created according to section 6.2 of the Process Document. In the event of a conflict between this document or the provisions of any charter and the W3C Process, the W3C Process shall take precedence.

The ATAG WG was first chartered in December 1997. The ATAG WG was rechartered in February 1999, January 2000, June 2001, September 2004 and August 2010 (previous charter).

Primary changes in this charter:

Jutta Treviranus, Chair
Jeanne Spellman, Staff Contact

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