Re: WAI-ARIA 1.0 is Proposed Recommendation

> Proposed Recommendation is published when there are implementations of 
> each feature of the specification and it is ready for W3C Membership for 
> endorsement. Proposed Recommendation and other document stages are 
> introduced in How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C 
> Process at <http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/w3c-process>.

I'm not sure if this is helpful, but having read through the referenced 
material, I would like to express my endorsement for the proposal. :)
 All the best,
Bryan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shawn Henry" <shawn@w3.org>
To: "WAI Interest Group" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 7:25 AM
Subject: WAI-ARIA 1.0 is Proposed Recommendation


> Dear WAI Interest Group Participants,
>
> The W3C WAI Protocols and Formats Working Group (PFWG) announces Proposed 
> Recommendation publications of:
>  - Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) 1.0
>       http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/
>  - WAI-ARIA 1.0 User Agent Implementation Guide
>       http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-implementation/
>
> *About WAI-ARIA*
>
> WAI-ARIA defines a way to make web content, particularly web applications, 
> more accessible to people with disabilities. It especially helps with 
> dynamic content and advanced user interface controls developed with Ajax, 
> HTML, JavaScript, and related technologies. It is introduced in the 
> *WAI-ARIA Overview* at <http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/aria>.
>
> WAI-ARIA works with existing web content technologies, such as HTML, and 
> provides a way to apply the requirements of Web Content Accessibility 
> Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 for rich web applications. Accessibility standards 
> developed by the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) are listed in WAI 
> Guidelines and Techniques at: <http://www.w3.org/WAI/guid-tech.html>.
>
> The WAI-ARIA User Agent Implementation Guide is for developers of web 
> browsers and other user agents. It describes how user agents should 
> support WAI-ARIA; specifically, how to expose WAI-ARIA features to 
> platform accessibility APIs (application programming interfaces).
>
> *Proposed Recommendation, Implementations, Comments*
>
> Proposed Recommendation is published when there are implementations of 
> each feature of the specification and it is ready for W3C Membership for 
> endorsement. Proposed Recommendation and other document stages are 
> introduced in How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C 
> Process at <http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/w3c-process>.
>
> The WAI-ARIA 1.0 Implementation report is available at 
> <http://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/1.0/CR/implementation-report>
>
> Please submit comments to the publicly-archived e-mail:
>       public-pfwg-comments@w3.org
>       by *7 March 2014*
>
> *Versions*
>
> WAI-ARIA 1.0 is is expected to progress to a completed W3C Recommendation 
> in 2014. At the same time, the PFWG is working on a few changes for 
> WAI-ARIA 1.1, and considering more changes for WAI-ARIA 2.0. The 
> in-progress updates to WAI-ARIA 1.1 are available in an Editors' Draft at 
> <http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/aria-1.1/>
>
> The status of WAI-ARIA versions is updated in the WAI-ARIA FAQ at 
> <http://www.w3.org/WAI/aria/faq#status>
>
> About the URIs:
> The first URIs above go to the latest versions of the documents. The 
> "dated" versions of these Proposed Recommendations are: 
> <http://www.w3.org/TR/2014/PR-wai-aria-20140206/> and 
> <http://www.w3.org/TR/2014/PR-wai-aria-implementation-20140206/> .
> The difference between these URIs are explained in Referencing and Linking 
> to WAI Guidelines and Technical Documents at: 
> <http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/linking>
>
> Please let us know if you have any questions.
> Feel free to circulate this message to other lists; please avoid 
> cross-postings where possible.
>
> Regards,
> Shawn Henry, WAI Outreach
> Janina Sajka, PFWG Chair
> Michael Cooper, W3C Staff Contact
>
>
>
>
> -----
> Shawn Lawton Henry
> W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
> Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
> e-mail: shawn@w3.org
> phone: +1.617.395.7664
> about: http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/
>

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