FW: Transition Request: FPWD of Developers' Guide to Features of Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools

All,

Those with an interest in accessibility on the web may find this of
interest,

Kind regards,

Nigel



On 23/07/2014 14:14, "Shadi Abou-Zahra" <shadi@w3.org> wrote:

>Dear Judy, all,
>
>This is a Transition Request for the First Public Working Draft of
>"Developers' Guide to Features of Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools" to
>be published by ERT WG.
>
>
>Requested document title:
>  - Developers' Guide to Features of Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools
>
>
>Requested URI and shortname:
>  - <http://www.w3.org/TR/WAET/>
>
>
>Estimated publication date:
>  - Thursday 24 July 2014
>
>
>Document abstract:
>[[
>This document describes features that web authoring and quality
>assurance tools can incorporate, so that they support the evaluation of
>accessibility requirements, such as those defined by the Web Content
>Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. The main purpose of this document
>is to promote awareness of such tool features and to provide
>introductory guidance for tool developers on what kind of features they
>could provide in future implementations of their tools. This listing of
>features could also be used to help compare different types of
>evaluation tools, for example during the procurement of such tools.
>
>The features in scope of this document include capabilities to help
>specify, manage, carry out and report the results from web accessibility
>evaluations. For example, some of the described features relate to
>crawling of websites, interacting with tool users to carry out
>semi-automated evaluation, and providing evaluation results in a
>machine-readable format. This document does not describe the evaluation
>of web content features, which is addressed by WCAG 2.0 and its
>supporting documents.
>
>This document encourages the incorporation of accessibility evaluation
>features in all web authoring and quality assurance tools, and the
>continued development and creation of different types of web
>accessibility evaluation tools. The document does not prioritize nor
>require any particular accessibility evaluation feature or specific type
>of evaluation tools. It describes features that can be provided by tools
>that support fully-automated, semi-automated, and manual web
>accessibility evaluation. Following this document can help tool
>developers to meet accessibility checking requirements defined by the
>Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG).
>]]
>
>
>Status of this Document:
>[[
>This 24 July 2014 First Public Working Draft of Developers' Guide to
>Features of Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools is intended to be
>published and maintained as a W3C Working Group Note after review and
>refinement. It provides an initial outline for the format and approach
>taken in this document to gather early feedback on it. Some features may
>be missing in this first iteration of the document. Suggestions for
>additional features to be listed in this document is welcome.
>
>The Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group (ERT WG) invites
>discussion and feedback on this document by web accessibility evaluation
>tool developers, web authoring and quality assurance tool developers,
>evaluators, researchers, and others with interest in web accessibility
>evaluation tools. In particular, ERT WG is looking for feedback on:
>
>     The format and approach taken in this document;
>     Features descriptions that are currently missing;
>     Feedback on the included feature descriptions.
>
>Please send comments on this Developers' Guide to Features of Web
>Accessibility Evaluation Tools document by 15 August 2014 to
>public-wai-ert-tools@w3.org (publicly visible mailing list archive).
>]]
>
>
>Thanks,
>   Shadi
>
>-- 
>Shadi Abou-Zahra - http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/
>Activity Lead, W3C/WAI International Program Office
>Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group (ERT WG)
>Research and Development Working Group (RDWG)
>

Received on Wednesday, 23 July 2014 13:22:23 UTC