FW: [REMINDER] [Fwd: Call for Review: WAI-ARIA Updated Working Drafts]

Fyi – note document link on “WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices” following – is this something the AUWG needs to address as part of its work?
Best, Tim Boland NIST


From: w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Michael Cooper
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 9:24 PM
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Subject: [REMINDER] [Fwd: Call for Review: WAI-ARIA Updated Working Drafts]


The following WAI-ARIA documents were published 15 December 2009:
* Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) 1.0
    http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-wai-aria-20091215/

* WAI-ARIA User Agent Implementation Guide
    http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-wai-aria-implementation-20091215/

* WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices
    http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-wai-aria-practices-20091215/


We would like to remind you of the opportunity to submit feedback on these documents. Please send comments per the instructions at:
    http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/comments/instructions

    *by 2 February 2010*

If you think you will need additional time to review the documents, please contact us to arrange an extension. The Protocols and Formats Working Group plans to address all comments as quickly as possible, and hopes to be able to publish a second Last Call Working Draft of WAI-ARIA soon.
More information on the WAI-ARIA publication is available from:
    http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2009OctDec/0120.html


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Call for Review: WAI-ARIA Updated Working Drafts [link correction]

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Dear WAI Interest Group Participants,



The Protocols and Formats Working Group (PFWG) invites you to review the following updated Working Drafts published 15 December 2009:

* Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) 1.0

   http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/


* WAI-ARIA User Agent Implementation Guide

   http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-implementation/


* WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices

   http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices/




WAI-ARIA defines a way to make Web content and Web applications more accessible to people with disabilities. It especially helps with dynamic content and advanced user interface controls developed with Ajax (also known as AJAX), HTML, JavaScript, and related technologies.



The WAI-ARIA User Agent Implementation Guide provides guidance on how browsers and other user agents should expose WAI-ARIA features to platform accessibility APIs.



WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices describes how Web content developers can develop accessible rich internet applications using WAI-ARIA.



For an introduction to WAI-ARIA and links to related documents, please see:

* WAI-ARIA Overview http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/aria


* WAI-ARIA FAQ http://www.w3.org/WAI/aria/faq




Note about Working Draft Status:

WAI-ARIA was published as a Last Call Working Draft on 24 February 2009. Due to substantial changes in response to comments on that draft, PFWG decided to return to Working Draft stage to collect feedback on these changes. The PFWG expects to publish another Last Call Working Draft in the first quarter of 2010. The development stages are described in:

* How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process

   http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/w3c-process




WAI encourages you to review the updated WAI-ARIA documents and submit comments on any issues that you think could present a barrier to future adoption and implementation of WAI-ARIA. Please send comments per the instructions at:

   http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/comments/instructions


   *by 2 February 2010*



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 Henry and Judy Brewer, W3C WAI

On behalf of:

Janina Sajka, Chair of PFWG

Michael Cooper, W3C WAI Staff Contact for PFWG





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W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)

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phone: +1.617.395.7664

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