CR: Digital Publishing WAI-ARIA Module 1.0

Digital Publishing WAI-ARIA Module 1.0

https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/CR-dpub-aria-1.0-20161215/

feedback due by: 2017-01-20

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


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 https://www.w3.org/TR/.

This is a Candidate Recommendation of Digital Publishing WAI-ARIA Module 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. This is a call for implementations; the Accessible Rich Internet Applications Working Group requests that initial implementations be submitted by 20 January 2017. The Working Group targets 27 January 2017 to complete the testing process and produce the implementation report. A history of changes to Digital Publishing WAI-ARIA Module 1.0 is available in the appendix.

Exit Criteria: The Accessible Rich Internet Applications Working Group intends to exit the Candidate Recommendation stage and submit this document for consideration as a W3C Proposed Recommendation after documenting interoperable implementability of each feature. The expectations and procedure for this are listed in the appendix.

Comments: The Accessible Rich Internet Applications Working Group primarily seeks feedback relation to implementation of Digital Publishing WAI-ARIA Module, but feedback on any aspect of the specification is accepted. To comment, file an issue in the W3C ARIA GitHub repository. If this is not feasible, send email to public-dpub-aria-comments@w3.org (comment archive). Comments are requested by 27 January 2017. In-progress updates to the document may be viewed in the publicly visible editors' draft.

This document was published by the Accessible Rich Internet Applications Working Group as a Candidate Recommendation. This document is intended to become a W3C Recommendation. W3C publishes a Candidate Recommendation to indicate that the document is believed to be stable and to encourage implementation by the developer community. This Candidate Recommendation is expected to advance to Proposed Recommendation no earlier than 27 January 2017.

Please see the Working Group's implementation report.

Publication as a Candidate Recommendation 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.