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Events, Meetings, Presentations

• EOWG face-to-face meeting in conjunction with W3C TPAC 11-15 November in Shenzhen, China

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Documents in Progress

The WAI Interest Group (WAI IG) page lists documents in progress, such as accessibility guidelines WAI-ARIA 1.0, UAAG 2.0, and ATAG 2.0.

Highlights

For Review: HTML5 Image Description Extension (longdesc) Last Call Working Draft

We invite you to review a Last Call Working Draft of the HTML5 Image Description Extension, which creates a mechanism for web authors to provide longer textual descriptions for complex images and is part of W3C's work to ensure that the Open Web Platform is accessible to people with disabilities. Additional information is available in the HTML5 Image Description Extension Last Call e-mail. Please send comments by 16 September 2013.    (2013-07-16)

For Review: Final Draft of WCAG2ICT - Guidance on Applying WCAG 2.0 to Non-Web ICT

A completed Working Draft of Guidance on Applying WCAG 2.0 to Non-Web Information and Communications Technologies (WCAG2ICT) is now available for review. After the comments from this review period are addressed, WAI expects to publish this as an informative (that is, non-normative) W3C Working Group Note. Please see important information in the Call for Review: Final Draft of WCAG2ICT e-mail. Comments are welcome through 15 August 2013.    (2013-July-11)

For Review: Updated WCAG 2.0 Techniques

WAI announces a Call for Review of draft updates to supporting documents for WCAG 2.0: Techniques for WCAG 2.0 (Editors' Draft) and Understanding WCAG 2.0 (Editors' Draft). (This is not an update to WCAG 2.0, which is a stable document.) To learn more about the updates, see Call for Review: WCAG 2.0 Techniques Draft Updates e-mail. See also important information in the WCAG Techniques and Understanding WCAG Updates blog post. Please submit comments by 15 August 2013.    (2013-July-11)

Easy Checks: A First Review of Web Accessibility is updated

Easy Checks - A First Review of Web Accessibility is updated with new sections on Forms and Plain Content View. Easy Checks helps you answer the question, "Does this web page address accessibility?". It provides simple steps for anyone who can use the Web; no accessibility knowledge or skill is required. The checks cover just a few accessibility issues and are designed to be quick and easy, rather than definitive. We welcome your suggestions and comments on this in-progress draft to the publicly-archived list wai-eo-editors@w3.org.    (2013-July-02)

Online Symposium: User Modeling for Accessibility

Registration is now open for the online symposium on User Modeling for Accessibility to be held on 15 July 2013. Researchers, practitioners, designers, application developers, users with disabilities, and others are invited to participate. The symposium will analyze different methods and implementations of user modeling and their potential usage for improving accessibility. This includes the design, creation, storage, and usage of user models, in particular in web browsers, applications, authoring tools, and other aspects of the Web. For details and registration, see User Modeling for Accessibility - Online Symposium.    (2013-July-02)

Mobile Accessibility Examples: Implementing UAAG 2.0 Updated

One aspect of mobile accessibility is how web browsers on mobile devices support the accessibility needs of people with disabilities. Accessibility of web browsers is covered in User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG). Mobile Accessibility Examples from UAAG is a new page that shows examples of how web browsers that follow UAAG benefit people with disabilities using the Web on mobile devices. W3C WAI's broader work related to mobile accessibility is introduced in Mobile Accessibility.    (2013-June-06)

longdesc: HTML5 Image Description Extension Draft Updated

An updated Working Draft of HTML Image Description Extension is available for review to determine if there are any outstanding issues before it progresses to Last Call. Please see important additional information in the Call for Review: HTML5 Image Description Extension Updated e-mail. Please send comments by 20 June 2013.    (2013-June-06)

For Review: User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) 2.0 Working Drafts

We invite you to review updated Working Drafts of UAAG 2.0 and Implementing UAAG 2.0, which define how browsers, media players, and other "user agents" should support accessibility for people with disabilities and work with assistive technologies. These Drafts have new examples of how UAAG applies in the mobile environment, an updated conformance section, and new definitions of level A, AA, and AAA. See the Call for Review: User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 e-mail for a summary of changes. Please send comments by 21 June 2013.    (2013-May-23)