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(Translations)WAI Resources
For a complete list of resources, see the WAI Site Map.
Introducing Web Accessibility
- Introduction to Web Accessibility
- Briefly introduces Web accessibility and links to additional resources.
- Essential Components of Web Accessibility
- Shows how Web accessibility depends on several components of Web development and interaction working together and shows the relationship between the WAI guidelines: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG), and User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG).
- Quick Tips to Make Accessible Web Sites
- Lists the 10 quick tips, includes an order form for the business-card-sized reference card, and lists translations.
See also:
- WAI Online Overview - Introduces Web accessibility and Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) in HTML slides.
Guidelines and Techniques
- How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process: Milestones and Opportunities to Contribute
- Introduces how WAI works through a process designed to ensure broad community input and encourage consensus development.
The guidelines overview pages listed below introduce WAI accessibility guidelines and their related documents, such as:
- techniques to help implement the guidelines
- translations of the documents into different languages
- checklists
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Overview
- Addresses the information in a Web site, including text, images, forms, sounds, and such.
- Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) Overview
- Addresses software that creates Web sites.
- User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) Overview
- Addresses Web browsers and media players, and relates to assistive technologies.
- Evaluation and Report Language (EARL) Overview
- Addresses the expression of Web site evaluation test results in a platform independent format.
- Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) Suite Overview
- Addresses dynamic Web content and rich Internet applications developed with AJAX, DHTML, and other Web technologiess.
See also:
- Components of Web Accessibility - Shows how Web accessibility depends on several components of Web development and interaction working together, and how the WAI guidelines (WCAG, ATAG, UAAG) apply.
Managing Accessibility
- Policy Resources
- Links to lists of international policies and a resource for developing organization policies.
- Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization
- Presents benefits and costs of Web accessibility and includes guidance on incorporating these aspects into a specific organization's business case. Includes separate pages for Social Factors, Technical Factors, Financial Factors, and Legal & Policy Factors.
- Implementation Plan for Web Accessibility
- Outlines considerations for planning a process for implementing accessibility. Links to Selecting and Using Authoring Tools for Web Accessibility.
- Developing Web Accessibility Training and Presentations
- Resources to help develop Web accessibility training and presentations.
- Technical Papers
- Links to WAI technical papers, including W3C Notes and proceedings from research and development events
Evaluating Web Accessibility
- Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility: Overview
- Introduces the "Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility" multi-page resource suite that outlines different approaches for evaluating Web sites for accessibility.
- Preliminary Review of Web Sites for Accessibility
- Describes an approach to quickly identify some potential accessibility problems on a Web site.
- Conformance Evaluation of Web Sites for Accessibility
- Describes an approach for detemining if a Web site meets accessibility standards, such as the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).
- Evaluation Approaches for Specific Contexts
- Describes evaluation during the development process, ongoing monitoring, evaluation of legacy sites, and evaluation of dynamically generated Web pages.
- Involving Users in Web Accessibility Evaluation
- Provides guidance on including people with disabilities ("users") in accessibility evaluation throughout Web development.
- Selecting Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools
- Provides guidance on choosing which Web accessibility evaluation tools to use to help evaluate Web accessibility.
- Evaluation Tools for Web Content Accessibility
- Provides a comprehensive list of Web accessibility evaluation tools.
- Review Teams for Evaluating Web Site Accessibility
- Describes the composition, training, and operation of teams of reviewers evaluating accessibility of Web sites.
- Template for Accessibility Evaluation Reports
- Presents a format for communicating results of a Web accessibility evaluation.
WAI Working Groups and Interest Groups
- Authoring Tools Working Group (AUWG)
- AUWG develops guidelines, techniques, and supporting resources for Web "authoring tools" - which are software that creates Web sites.
- Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG)
- EOWG develops awareness and training materials and education resources on Web accessibility solutions .
- Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group (ERT WG)
- ERT WG develops techniques and tools for evaluating accessibility of Web sites, and for retrofitting Web sites to be more accessible.
- Protocols & Formats Working Group (PFWG)
- PFWG reviews all W3C technologies for accessibility.
- Research and Development Interest Group (RDIG)
- RDIG facilitates discussion and discovery of the accessibility aspects of research and development of future Web technologies.
- User Agent Working Group (UAWG)
- UAWG develops guidelines, techniques, and supporting resources for Web "user agents" - which includes Web browsers and media players.
- WAI Interest Group (WAI IG)
- WAI IG is a public group with a mailing list for general discussion on Web accessibility.
- Web Content Working Group (WCAG WG)
- WCAG WG develops guidelines, techniques, and supporting resources for Web "content" - which is the information in a Web site, including text, images, forms, sounds, and such.
- W3C Member-only access groups
- WAI Coordination Group (member only) coordinates among WAI working groups and WAI interest groups.
See also:
- Participating in WAI - Describes participation opportunities ranging from volunteering to implement, promote, and review guidelines, to occasional participation in an interest group, to dedicated participation in a working group.
About WAI
WAI works with organizations around the world to develop guidelines and resources to help make the Web accessible to people with disabilities.
- Mission and Organization
- Introduces the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) mission and organizational structure.
- WAI Online Overview
- Introduces Web accessibility and Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) in HTML slides.
- Participating in WAI
- Describes participation opportunities ranging from volunteering to implement, promote, and review guidelines, to occasional participation in an interest group, to dedicated participation in a working group.
- Sponsoring WAI
- Lists current sponsors and provides the contact for information on becoming a WAI sponsor.
- Translating WAI Documents
- Provides information on the W3C translation policy, how to coordinate with W3C and WAI when translating documents, priorities for translations of WAI documents, and links to existing translations.
- Contacting WAI
- Lists contact information for press; technical, implementation, and other support questions; WAI Working Group contacts; postal mail address; and links to directions to the offices.
- WAI Press Releases and Document Release Notices
- Lists WAI press releases and announcements previously on the WAI home page.
- WAI Events
- Lists previous WAI face-to-face meetings and other events previously on the WAI home page.