Updated WCAG 2.0 Techniques Published - You Can Help with More

Dear WAI Interest Group Participants,

W3C WAI today published updates to two supporting documents for Web Content Accessibility Guideline (WCAG) 2.0:
- Techniques for WCAG 2.0 http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/
- Understanding WCAG 2.0 http://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/

These supporting documents (called W3C Notes) are updated periodically to reflect current practices and technologies. This is not an update to WCAG 2.0, which is a stable document.

Updates include addition of Flash techniques, and clarifications based on input from the public and translators. The changes are highlighted in diff-marked versions at:
- http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20101014/complete-diff
- http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/NOTE-UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20-20101014/complete-diff

*Please read more information on the updates in the following blog post*:
- New and Improved WCAG 2.0 Techniques
http://www.w3.org/QA/2010/10/new_and_improved_wcag_20_techn.html

Updating and expanding these WCAG supporting documents in on-going work, and we welcome your contributions.
To submit ideas for new techniques, please use the:
- Techniques for WCAG 2.0 submission form http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/TECHS-SUBMIT/
To comment on existing WCAG 2.0 supporting documents, please use the web form or e-mail, per:
- Instructions for Commenting on WCAG 2.0 Documents http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/comments/
To actively contributing to the development of additional WCAG 2.0 techniques and support material through the WCAG Working Group, please see:
- Participation in the WCAG Working Group http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/participation

For an introduction to the WCAG documents, see:
- WCAG Overview http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/wcag.php

(Note: The first links above go to the latest version of the documents. The "dated" versions are:
- http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20101014/
- http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/NOTE-UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20-20101014/
The difference between these links are explained in Referencing and Linking to WAI Guidelines and Technical Documents at http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/linking.html)

Feel free to circulate this message to other lists; please avoid cross-postings where possible.

Regards,
~Shawn Henry, WAI Outreach
Gregg Vanderheiden and Loretta Guarino Reid, WCAG Co-Chairs
Michael Cooper, W3C Staff Contact



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Shawn Lawton Henry
W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
e-mail: shawn@w3.org
phone: +1.617.395.7664
about: http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/

Received on Thursday, 14 October 2010 16:30:48 UTC