Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) moves to Candidate...
Today the Protocols and Formats Working Group (PFWG) published WAI-ARIA 1.0 as a Candidate Recommendation. This is a major milestone in development of this technology, indicating that it is considered...
View ArticleIndieUI: Events expands user interface interactions for mobile and more
In 2012, W3C WAI started work on “IndieUI” – Independent User Interface – to make it easier for developers to create applications that respond to user input in a cross-platform way that does not depend...
View ArticleWAI-ARIA Expands Web Accessibility
On behalf of the Web Accessibility Initiative’s Protocols and Formats Working Group I am excited to announce that Accessible Rich Internet Applications 1.0 (WAI-ARIA) and its companion specification,...
View ArticleMedia Accessibility User Requirements is a W3C Note
By Janina Sajka Today the Protocols and Formats Working Group published Media Accessibility User Requirements (MAUR) as a W3C Note. This document describes the needs of users with disabilities to be...
View ArticleWAI-ARIA Graphics Module Published
By Amelia Bellamy-Royds A First Public Working Draft of the WAI-ARIA Graphics Module was published today. This new vocabulary for describing graphical documents allows improved representation to and...
View ArticleShaping the WCAG 2.0 extensions
A few months ago, we announced an an updated charter for the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Working Group that allows the group to develop extensions to WCAG 2.0. Extensions will be...
View ArticleWCAG 2.1 under exploration, comments requested by 1 November
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group announces a plan to develop WCAG 2.1, which builds on but does not supersede WCAG 2.0. The group would like input from stakeholders on this plan....
View ArticleHow W3C checks its specifications for accessibility support: APA review
The Accessible Platform Architectures (APA) Working Group works to ensure W3C specifications provide support for accessibility to people with disabilities. The group seeks new accessibility and...
View ArticleChallenges with Accessibility Guidelines Conformance and Testing, and...
The Working Draft of Challenges with Accessibility Guidelines Conformance and Testing, and Approaches for Mitigating Them explores challenges that occur in some settings, such as large, highly dynamic...
View ArticleStepping forward on WAI management
Associated with several WAI transitions, it has been announced that I will take over some aspects of Judy Brewer’s role, in order to ensure continuity of the WAI program after her departure in January....
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