FPWD: Digital Publishing Accessibility API Mappings

Digital Publishing Accessibility API Mappings

http://www.w3.org/TR/2015/WD-dpub-aam-1.0-20151203/

Abstract


The Digital Publishing Accessibility API Mappings (DPub-AAM) defines how user agents map the Digital Publishing WAI-ARIA Module [dpub-aria-1.0] markup to platform accessibility APIs. It is intended for user agent developers responsible for accessibility in their user agent so that they can support the accessibility content produced for digital publishing.

The implementation of this specification in enables authors to produce more accessible e-books, by conveying structural book constructs used by the digital publishing industry to assistive technologies. It does this by extending the Core Accessibility API Mappings 1.1 (CORE-AAM) [CORE-AAM] and the Accessible Name and Description: Computation and API Mappings 1.1 (ACCNAME-AAM) [ACCNAME-AAM] specifications for user agents. It provides Accessibility API Mapping guidance for the roles defined in the Digital Publish WAI-ARIA Module.

The DPub-AAM is part of the WAI-ARIA suite described in the WAI-ARIA Overview.

Status of the Document


This section describes the status of this document at the time of its publication. Other documents may supersede this document. A list of current W3C publications and the latest revision of this technical report can be found in the W3C technical reports index at http://www.w3.org/TR/.

This is a First Public Working Draft of Digital Publishing Accessibility API Mappings 1.0 by the Digital Publishing ARIA Taskforce, a joint task force of the Accessible Rich Internet Applications Working Group and the Digital Publishing Interest Group. It provides guidance on mapping roles defined in the Digital Publishing WAI-ARIA Module 1.0 [dpub-aria-1.0] to accessibility APIs. It extends Core Accessibility API Mappings 1.1 [CORE-AAM] and Accessible Name and Description: Computation and API Mappings 1.1 [ACCNAME-AAM] , and is part of a suite of similar technology-specific Accessibility API Mappings specifications.

Feedback on any aspect of the specification is accepted. For this publication, the Digital Publishing ARIA Task Force particularly seeks feedback on the following questions:Are mappings of DPub roles clear and appropriate? Is the relationship of this specification to Core Accessibility API Mappings 1.1 and Accessible Name and Description: Computation and API Mappings 1.1 clear? Is the relationship of this specification to Digital Publishing WAI-ARIA Module and WAI-ARIA 1.1 clear?

To comment, file an issue in the W3C ARIA GitHub repository, using the "dpub" label in the issue. If this is not feasible, send email to public-dpub-aria-comments@w3.org (comment archive). Comments are requested by 15 January 2016. In-progress updates to the document may be viewed in the publicly visible editors' draft.

Publication as a First Public Working Draft does not imply endorsement by the W3C Membership. This is a draft document and may be updated, replaced or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to cite this document as other than work in progress.

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This document is governed by the 1 September 2015 W3C Process Document.