Automated WCAG Monitoring Community Group Proposed

The Automated WCAG Monitoring Community Group has been proposed:

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Creating (semi-)automated tests for WCAG is key to affordable, large
scale research. The tests are designed in a way that they are useable by
people with a variety of skills. The results too should be informative,
not just to developers, but to website managers, policy makers and
disability advocates and others.


The objective of this community is to create and maintain tests that can
be implemented in large scale monitoring tools for web accessibility.
These tests will be either automated, or semi-automated, in which tools
assist non-expert users to evaluate web accessibility. By comparing the
test results with results from expert accessibility evaluators, we aim
to track the accuracy of the tests we've developed. This allows for an
iterative improvement and adjustment of the tests as web development
practices change and evolve. It also provides the statistical bases on
which large scale accessibility monitoring and benchmarking can be
built.

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You are invited to support the creation of this group:
  http://www.w3.org/community/groups/proposed#auto-wcag

Once the group has a total of five supporters, it will be launched and
people can join to begin work. Once launched, the group will no longer
be listed as "proposed"; it will appear in the list of current groups:
  http://www.w3.org/community/groups/

In order to support the group, you will need a W3C account. To request one:
  http://www.w3.org/community/account/request

If you believe that there is an issue with this group that requires
the attention of the W3C staff, please send us email on
site-comments@w3.org.

Thank you,
W3C Community Development Team

Received on Thursday, 8 May 2014 12:50:22 UTC