Web Accessibility Historical Background
Since 95: Accessility Reference page maintained at W3C
Lots of guidelines, confused marketplace
End of 96: Yuri Rubinski Foundation lead to be more active
Jan 97: U.S. White House involved
Spring 97: European Commission involved
Summer 97: W3C Project Start.
Since then: dozen of meetings worldwide, 8 working groups, 300+ active participants, several documents released.
Daniel Dardailler