FPWD: Digital Publishing WAI-ARIA Module 1.0

Digital Publishing WAI-ARIA Module 1.0

http://www.w3.org/TR/2015/WD-dpub-aria-1.0-20150707/

Abstract

Accessibility of web content requires semantic information about widgets, structures and behaviors in order to allow assistive technologies to convey appropriate information to persons with disabilities. This specification defines a [WAI-ARIA] module encompassing an ontology of roles, states and properties specific to the digital publishing industry. These semantics are designed to allow an author to convey user interface behaviors and structural information to assistive technologies and to enable semantic navigation, styling and interactive features used by readers. It is expected this will complement [HTML5].

This document is part of the WAI-ARIA suite described in the WAI-ARIA Overview.

Status of the Document

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This is a First Public Working Draft of Digital Publishing WAI-ARIA Module 1.0 by the Digital Publishing ARIA Taskforce, a joint task force of the Protocols and Formats Working Group and the Digital Publishing Interest Group. It is a module that extends WAI-ARIA 1.1 [WAI-ARIA] to define roles specific to the needs of digital e-book publications. These roles add semantics to describe features common to digital publications that are not provided by base languages like HTML, to facilitate automated processing and accessibility support.

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 proposed roles clear and appropriate to the needs of digital publishing? Is the use of the "dpub-" prefix in role names to avoid potential collision with other ARIA roles acceptable? What mechanism would be suitable for addition of new roles? Is the relationship of this specification to 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 11 September 2015. 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 August 2014 W3C Process Document.