First Public Working Draft: Collaboration Tools Accessibility User Requirements

Collaboration Tools Accessibility User Requirements

https://www.w3.org/TR/2022/DNOTE-ctaur-20221108/

Published by
 Accessible Platform Architectures Working Group

Abstract

This document outlines various accessibility-related user needs, requirements and scenarios for collaboration tools. The tools of interest are distinguished by their support for one or more specific collaborative features. These features include real-time editing of content by multiple authors, the use of comments or annotations, and revision control. A Web-based text editor or word processor offering all of these features would be a central example of such a collaboration tool. 

The accessibility-related user needs and corresponding requirements described in this document may be implemented in the collaboration tool itself, or elsewhere, for example in an assistive technology such as a screen reader. The scope of the discussion is not limited to problems that can be solved in the design or implementation of the collaboration tool. Instead, a holistic approach is taken that gives foremost priority to the user's perspective, leading to the identification of solutions that may be implemented by different components of the software involved in performing a collaborative task. 

Although the user needs and associated requirements identified in this document are not normative accessibility guidance, they may influence the evolution of future accessibility guidelines, technical specifications, or features of collaboration tools and assistive technologies. They are relevant to software developers who contribute to any of these aspects of the collaborative experience.

Status of the Document

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This document was published by the Accessible Platform Architectures Working Group as a Group Draft Note using the Note track.

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 Editor's note 


Editor's Note: Contributing to this Document  

This publication is a First Public Working Draft Note (FPWD) of a document intended to become an Accessible Platform Architectures (APA) Note. The intent of this+(and all) APA First Public Working Draft Note publications is to gain a wider review of its content and solicit feedback on user needs that may have been missed, underrepresented, or sub-optimally described at this early draft stage. 

One known area where feedback is needed and expected is how collaboration tools can support people with cognitive and learning disability. The W3C Cognitive and Learning Disability Task Force (COGA TF) is actively reviewing this draft, and is providing feedback for incorporation in a future draft of this document based on their work in this area. An early view of COGA input to this document is available. 

APA encourages review and feedback in other areas to ensure future drafts are as comprehensive as possible.  

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