CR: Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) 1.2 (Call for Wide Review)

Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) 1.2

https://www.w3.org/TR/2021/CR-wai-aria-1.2-20210302/

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 provides an ontology of roles, states, and properties that define accessible user interface elements and can be used to improve the accessibility and interoperability of web content and applications. These semantics are designed to allow an author to properly convey user interface behaviors and structural information to assistive technologies in document-level markup. This version adds features new since WAI-ARIA 1.1 [wai-aria-1.1] to improve interoperability with assistive technologies to form a more consistent accessibility model for [HTML] and [SVG2]. This specification complements both [HTML] and [SVG2]. 

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 WAI-ARIA 1.2 by the Accessible Rich Internet Applications Working Group of the Web Accessibility Initiative. This is a Call for Implementations; the Accessible Rich Internet Applications Working Group requests that initial implementations be submitted by 26 March 2021. The Working Group targets February 2021 to complete the testing process and produce the implementation report. A history of changes to WAI-ARIA 1.2 is available in the appendix. Some features are marked as at risk due to concerns around implementation and testing challenges, and could be removed if testing does not document sufficient implementation. The Working Group plans to advance past Candidate Recommendation when the Candidate Recommendation Exit Criteria have been met. 

The Accessible Rich Internet Applications Working Group seeks feedback on any aspect of the specification. When submitting feedback, please consider issues in the context of the companion documents. To comment, file an issue in the W3C ARIA GitHub repository. If this is not feasible, send email to public-aria@w3.org (comment archive). Comments are requested by 5 April 2021. 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 Snapshot. This document is intended to become a W3C Recommendation.

GitHub Issues are preferred for discussion of this specification.

Publication as a Candidate Recommendation does not imply endorsement by the W3C Membership. A Candidate Recommendation Snapshot has received wide review and is intended to gather implementation experience.



This Candidate Recommendation is not expected to advance to Proposed Recommendation any earlier than 05 April 2021.

This document was produced by a group operating under the 1 August 2017 W3C Patent Policy. W3C maintains a public list of any patent disclosures made in connection with the deliverables of the group; that page also includes instructions for disclosing a patent. An individual who has actual knowledge of a patent which the individual believes contains Essential Claim(s) must disclose the information in accordance with section 6 of the W3C Patent Policy.

This document is governed by the 15 September 2020 W3C Process Document.

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