Fwd: Call for Review: Pre-Publication Draft of WCAG-EM - Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology

Congratulations everyone! Please circulate broadly to get lots of input.

Best,
   Shadi


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Subject: Call for Review: Pre-Publication Draft of WCAG-EM - Website 
Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 09:05:39 -0600
From: Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org>
To: WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
CC: Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org>, e.velleman@accessibility.nl

Dear WAI Interest Group Participants,

WAI invites you to comment on the final Working Draft of Website 
Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM) at:
	http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG-EM/

After the comments from this review period are addressed, we expect to 
publish this as an informative (that is, non-normative) W3C Working 
Group Note.

Overview:
WCAG-EM describes an approach for evaluating how websites -- including 
web applications and websites for mobile devices -- conform to Web 
Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. It covers different 
situations, including self-assessment and third-party evaluation. It is 
independent of particular evaluation tools, web browsers, and assistive 
technologies.

For review:
All sections are updated based on feedback from the previous Draft. 
Specific review questions are listed in the Status section and indicated 
with "Review Note" in the Draft. We especially encourage feedback on how 
to optimize the methodology to make it more clear and practical.

Comments:
Please send comments to the publicly archived mailing list:
	public-wai-evaltf@w3.org
	by *28 February 2014*

Background:
WCAG-EM is developed by the WCAG 2.0 Evaluation Methodology Task Force 
(Eval TF), a joint task force of the Web Content Accessibility 
Guidelines Working Group (WCAG WG) and Evaluation and Repair Tools 
Working Group (ERT WG). The Eval TF is introduced at: 
<http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/2011/eval/eval-tf>
It is a supporting resource for WCAG 2.0 and does not replace or 
supersede it in any way. For an overview of WCAG, see 
<http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/wcag>
This work is developed with support of the EC-funded WAI-ACT Project 
(IST 287725) described at: <http://www.w3.org/WAI/ACT/>
It is part of W3C WAI activities on web accessibility evaluation and 
testing introduced at: <http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/2011/eval/>

URI:
The first URI above goes to the latest version of the document. The 
"dated" version of this draft is: 
<http://www.w3.org/TR/2014/WD-WCAG-EM-20140130/>
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.html>

Please let us know if you have any questions. Thank you in advance for 
your comments.
Feel free to circulate this message to other lists; please avoid 
cross-postings where possible.

Regards,
Shawn Lawton Henry, WAI Outreach
Eric Velleman, Eval TF Facilitator
Shadi Abou-Zahra, W3C/WAI Staff Contact




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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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