EOWG Deliverables
This page provided additional info for the 2015 Charter. For recent info, see EOWG Current Projects, which includes milestone status.
This page provided additional info for the 2015 Charter. For recent info, see EOWG Current Projects, which includes milestone status.
Mission
The mission of the Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG) is to develop strategies and resources to promote awareness, understanding, and implementation of web accessibility; and to support the work of other Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Working Groups.
EOWG is chartered to work collaboratively with other WAI Working Groups to support public awareness, understanding, and successful implementation of WAI guidelines, specifications, Notes, and other resources.
Notes
Improve deliverables of WAI Working Groups
Collaborate with other WAI Working Groups to help make WAI guidelines, specifications, Notes, and other resources more readable, understandable, navigable, and usable.
2015 Charter deliverables - reviews
Review other Working Groups' deliverables, including:
- WCAG 2.0 Extentions - review
- ARIA 1.1 materials - review
- SVG Accessibility materials - review
- Other WAI Working Group deliverables - review
Examples of reviews done previously
- Media Accessibility User Requirements comments, Disposition of comments
- WCAG-EM comments
- longdesc comments
- ATAG comments
- UAAG comments
- WAI-ARIA comments
Introduce technical documents
EOWG produces introductory materials for WAI technical guidelines, specifications, and Notes provide overviews that are useful both:
- people who do not need the details in the technical document (such as managers and policy makers), and
- those who will use the technical document.
2015 Charter deliverables - intros
- Mobile Accessibility - update
- WAI-ARIA Overview and * WAI-ARIA FAQ - update
- ATAG Overview - update
- UAAG Overview - update
- Other introductory material for technical documents - update and develop new
Examples of intros done previously
Promote international adoption of W3C accessibility standards
EOWG leads several initiatives to increase understanding, implementation, and harmonization of standards. Resources provide guidance to policy makers, organizational leaders, project managers, and others on integration of WAI standards in their organization to encourage and enable international harmonization of web accessibility standards.
2015 Charter deliverables - standards harmonization
- Policies Relating to Web Accessibility - update international listings
- Why Standards Harmonization is Essential to Web Accessibility - update
- WCAG 2.0 Translations - update
- Developing Organizational Policies on Web Accessibility - update
Examples of standards harmonization supporting material done previously
- Why Standards Harmonization is Essential to Web Accessibility
- Policies Relating to Web Accessibility
- WCAG 2.0 Translations
- Referencing and Linking to WAI Guidelines and Technical Documents
- Developing Organizational Policies on Web Accessibility
- Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization
- How WCAG 2.0 Differs from WCAG 1.0
Improve understanding and implementation of WAI standards
Material to help developers, designers, authors and others understand, use, and implement WAI standards in their web projects. In collaboration with other WAI Working Groups, EOWG develops material to help developers, designers, and authors understand, use, and implement WAI's standards in their web projects. An important aspect of the work is to make accessibility comprehensible for those new to the field.
2015 Charter deliverables - implementation
- Web Accessibility Tutorials - Guidance on how to create web content that meets WCAG - complete drafts
- How to Meet WCAG 2.0: A customizable quick reference (WAI-DEV) - redesign
Redesign "How to Meet WCAG 2.0 (quickref)" resource to make the interface easier to use, and to better tie-in WCAG 2.0 supporting resources, such as the Techniques, Understanding, and Tutorials documents. - Widget Library(WAI-DEV) - new
Provide a platform to help developers to find and share ready-made accessible components, including frameworks, templates, and widgets. - Quick Start Tips(WAI-DEV) - new
Short-list of actionable tips for designers, developers, content authors, managers, and others, on what they can do right away to get started with accessibility. - Showcase examples (WAI-DEV) - new
Brief engaging stories in text and video formats, that demonstrate the broader benefits of accessibility for everyone. - Web Accessibility Roadmap: Practical Guidance for Planning, Managing, and Implementing Web Accessibility (WAI-DEV) - new
Practical guide for project managers and other implementers, on how to apply accessibility within organizations and individual web projects. - Web Accessibility and Usability Working Together (WAI-DEV) - update
Update resource on usability and accessibility, to also discuss inclusion, to help orient researchers and practitioners in working together effectively. - How People with Disabilities Use the Web - update
- Additional training curriculum materials, based on resource availability
Examples of implementation support material done previously
- Web Accessibility Tutorials - Guidance on how to create web content that meets WCAG
- Mobile Accessibility,
Web Content Accessibility and Mobile Web: Making a Website Accessible Both for People with Disabilities and for Mobile Devices,
Shared Web Experiences: Barriers Common to Mobile Device Users and People with Disabilities,
Relationship between Mobile Web Best Practices (MWBP) and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) W3C Working Group Note - Web Accessibility and Older People: Meeting the Needs of Aging Web Users
- Improving the Accessibility of Your Website
- Developing a Web Accessibility Plan for Your Organization or Project
- Involving Users in Web Projects...
- Selecting and Using Authoring Tools
Support effective web accessibility evaluation
To enable a range of effective accessibility assessment, EOWG provides guidance for beginners to do preliminary evaluations, support for WCAG conformance assessment, a database of evaluation tools, and other evaluation resources.
2015 Charter deliverables - evaluation
During the next charter period EOWG plans to update the following:
- Easy Checks - A First Review of Web Accessibility
- WCAG-EM Report Tool: Website Accessibility Evaluation Report Generator</a>
and create new resources as identified.
Examples of evaluation support material done previously
- Easy Checks - A First Review of Web Accessibility
- WCAG-EM Overview: Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology
- WCAG-EM Report Tool: Website Accessibility Evaluation Report Generator
- Involving Users in Web Accessibility Evaluation
- Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools List database
Facilitate community engagement
Engaging with broad web communities and disability communities to advance web accessibility, communicate about WAI work, and encourage participation in W3C.
2015 Charter deliverables - engagement
- Participating in WAI - update
- WAI Translations - update
- WAI website redesign, based on resource availability
Examples of engagement efforts done previously
- How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process: Milestones and Opportunities to Contribute
- Using WAI Material: Permission to Use with Attribution
- ATAG promotional campaign - January-April 2014
- WAI Highlights
- Announcements