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Current Work
updated 9 August 2023
New resources:
- Videos — Requirements Analysis, People Use Web Videos Project Plan
Status: Videos mostly done. Current work focus: Creating web page to house all videos; integrating videos in updated text pages; re-doing screen reader video; update perspectives video: voice recognition -> speech recognition and the compilations (AD and non-AD) with that one updated.
Expected completion: December 2023
Updates to current resources:
- How to Meet WCAG (Quick Reference)
Status: seeking technical development resource. need to publish update for WCAG 2.2
Expected completion of minimal update: August 2023 - Easy Checks — A First Review of Web Accessibility revision of old resource — Easy Checks 2022 (-2023) has links to current and past work, 2023 Pull Request
Status: Active. Current work focus: Designing prototype, drafting content, informal usability testing
Expected completion: December 2023 - How People with Disabilities Use the Web update — 2020 Update Project Page, 2023 Wrap Up Project Page
Status: Active. Current work focus: integrating videos
Expected completion: December 2023 - WAI Tutorials — address open issues, update for 2.1 (and soon 2.2), consider new content
Status: Active.
Expected completion: current issues addressed by December 2023, additional updates ongoing - Making Events Accessible: Checklist...
Status: Updated. Later work: Considering additions - WCAG-EM Report Tool add WCAG 2.2
Status: In-progress
Expected completion: Q3 2023
Lists for finding accessibility support:
- Evaluation Tools List (UI and code revision) — GitHub repo eval tools list, Evaluation Tool List Redesign Requirements Analysis
Status: Active. Current work focus: Refining prototype of Evaluation Tools List
Expected completion: by December 2023- Companion doc update Selecting Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools
Status: Draft completed
- Companion doc update Selecting Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools
- Authoring Tools List (new) — Authoring Tools List
Status: Published. Current work focus: adding additional tools - List of Courses (new) — published Course List
Status: Published. Current work focus: adding additional courses - Policies — Policies open issues, Policy Workflow Parameters for Listing
Status: Published. Current work focus: adding and updating policies
Ongoing:
Contributing to:
- WCAG Understanding In briefs — Summaries for SCs - tweak "In brief" (main GitHub issue), In Brief wording all together (google doc)
Status: In progress with AG WG
Expected completion: Q4 2023 - Course - Digital Accessibility Foundations/Introduction to Web Accessibility update for WCAG 2.2 and revise content
Status: Starting up
Expected completion: Q1 2024
Upcoming, Pending, and Potential Work
- ARRM Accessibility Roles and Responsibilities Mapping (ARRM) — ARRM Project page, ARRM draft pages
Status: Active. Current work focus: Roles, WCAG Success Criteria Accessibility Roles and Responsibilities Mapping page. - Tips for Getting Started Designing for Web Accessibility, Designing for Web Accessibility, Writing for Web Accessibility — update with WCAG 2.1 and 2.2
- Evaluation support
- Evaluation Report Template — synch with WCAG-EM Report Tool
- Using Combined Expertise to Evaluate Web Accessibility — update (or retire)
- Evaluation Approaches for Specific Contexts — retire (or update)
- How to Meet WCAG (Quick Reference) — longer-term: redesign
de-prioritized for now:
- Authoring Tools — Selecting and Using Authoring Tools for Web Accessibility — update
- Accessible Online Learning additions to EOWG Resources — potential new portal page & content
- COGA 'users stories' and 'personas' — integrate in supplemental guidance &/or Stories of Web Users &/or elsewhere?
related info:
2020 Charter Work
Completed
Work completed under 2020 Charter:
- New user interfaces (UI) for WCAG and ARIA support material:
- Education resources:
- Curricula on Web Accessibility - new
- Evaluating Web Accessibility - 5 new videos
- Making Audio and Video Media Accessible - substantive update
- Making Events Accessible: Checklist... - substantive update to better cover remote meetings and more
- Authoring tool ATAG industry-specific resources: Standards to Make Your LMS Accessible, Guidelines to Make Your Social Media Platform Accessible, Guidelines to Make Your No-Code Website Tool Accessible
- Tools and Lists:
- WCAG-EM Report Tool - updated user interface (UI) and re-coding
- ATAG Report Tool - new
- Authoring Tools List - new
- Course List - Digital Accessibility Education, Training, and Certification - new
- Contributed to resources:
- WCAG Understanding Doc "In Briefs" (@@link dragging example when updated@@)- new
- WCAG 3 Introduction - new
- What's New in WCAG 2.2 Draft - new
- What We're Working On - Accessibility Activities and Publications - new
- Making Content Usable for People with Cognitive and Learning Disabilities - new
- It's About People - new
- WAI-Adapt - naming
In-progress
(details are in Current Work above)
- videos
- Web Accessibility Laws and Policies - update
- How People with Disabilities Use the Web - substantive revision and redesign
- Easy Checks - A First Review of Web Accessibility - substantive revision and redesign
- from 2020 charter "Update (or retire) evaluation resources such as Using Combined Expertise to Evaluate Web Accessibility"
De-prioritized deliverables
- Using Combined Expertise to Evaluate Web Accessibility - update or note as archived
- BAD update
- Accessibility Roles and Responsibilities Mapping (ARRM)
Misc Notes
Ideas for future work:
- (Ideas included in the 2017 Charter are above)
- (Previous ideas at [https://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/wiki/EO_2017_Chartering#Possible_work_in_scope: 2017 charter possible work in scope)
- Sent to WAI Coordination Call:
- Proactive on [accessibility aspects of] emerging issues, such as Vibration API, Push/Notifications APIs, Gamepad API, graphics accessibility
- Internationalizing the accessibility work at W3C (beyond translations), including increased attention on the "crossover" issue of sign language users, since that community includes many who see their issue as one of language rather than disability
- Standardization of gestures across OS on touchscreen devices (POS, EFTPOS, kiosks etc)
