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Announcements

• WAI Web Accessibility Engineer position open

Events, Meetings, Presentations

• PF (Protocols and Formats) Working Group Meeting: 14-15 November 2005 (W3C member link), Reutlingen, Germany (PFWG Public Page)
• Presentations: Shawn Lawton Henry and John Slatin, Web Foundations 2005, 22-23 November 2005, Gijón, Spain
• Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AUWG) Meeting: 5-6 December 2005, Austin, TX, USA

[Past WAI Events]
[Search Presentations of W3C Team]

Documents in Progress

• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 Working Draft 30 June 2005 (WCAG 2.0 Call for Review)
• Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 Working Draft 22 November 2004 Last Call (ATAG 2.0 Call for Review)
• Evaluation and Report Language (EARL) 1.0 Schema Working Draft 09 September 2005 (EARL 1.0 Schema Call for Review)

[More documents listed on the WAI IG page]

Highlights

Web Accessibility 101: The Basics and Beyond

WAI's recently updated "Introduction to Web Accessibility" addresses key issues of making the Web accessible, including:

• An accessible Web is essential for equal opportunities for people with disabilities
• Web accessibility benefits others, such as older people with changing abilities due to aging
• Web software has a vital role in Web accessibility    (2005-09-12)

W3C Replies: Single Browser Bad for Accessibility

W3C responded to a US Copyright Office notice asking about making an application work only through a single Web browser. W3C comments explain that "requiring use of a particular software product for accessing Copyright Office services... could put Web users with disabilities at a significant disadvantage."    (2005-09-06)

The Business Case for Web Accessibility: Three Carrots and a Stick

"Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization" describes the social, technical, financial, and legal and policy factors relevant to developing a customized business case for Web accessibility for a specific organization.    (2005-08-23)

Finding Your WAI: Exploring the New Web Site

WAI's new Web site has been carefully designed to make it easier for you to find information on making the Web accessible to people with disabilities.

WAI Web Site Redesign Project lists on-going development to refine the markup, design, and features.    (2005-07-22)

Web Accessibility: The Fellowship of the Guidelines

Many people know about WAI's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and the responsibilities of Web developers in making the Web accessible to people with disabilities. But Web developers alone cannot make the Web accessible.

Web browsers, assistive technologies, and authoring tools also have a vital role in Web accessibility. Essential Components of Web Accessibility describes these roles along with the WAI guidelines.    (2005-07-22)

Blogs, Wikis, CMS... Got ATAG?

Web content is created by many different types of tools these days: Web log (blog) comment features, Wikis for editing Web pages, content management systems (CMS), e-mail archivers, word processors, and more.

All of these tool are covered by WAI's Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG), which explain:

• how tools should help Web developers produce accessible Web content,
• how to make tools accessible to people with disabilities.

Does your tool know ATAG?    (2005-07-22)