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- Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2018 10:44:01 +0000
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W3C Invites Implementations of Graphics-ARIA and Graphics-AAM
29 March 2018
<https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/6933>
The Accessible Rich Internet Applications Working Group invites implementations of two documents:
<https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/>
* WAI-ARIA Graphics Module (Graphics-ARIA): Assistive technologies need semantic information about the structures and expected behaviors of a document in order to convey appropriate information to persons with disabilities. This specification defines a WAI-ARIA 1.1 [WAI-ARIA-1.1] module of core roles specific to web graphics. These semantics allow an author to express the logical structure of the graphic to assistive technologies in order improve accessibility of graphics. Assistive technologies could then enable semantic navigation and adapt styling and interactive features, to provide an optimal experience for the audience. These features complement the graphics and document structure elements defined by HTML [HTML52] and SVG [SVG2].
* Graphics Accessibility API Mappings (Graphics-AAM): The Graphics Accessibility API Mappings defines how user agents map the WAI-ARIA Graphics Module [GRAPHICS-ARIA-1.0] markup to platform accessibility APIs. It is intended for user agent developers responsible for accessibility in their user agent so that they can support the accessibility of graphics such as that created for [SVG] or [HTML52]. The implementation of this specification in user agents enables authors to produce more accessible graphics by conveying common graphics semantics to assistive technologies. It provides Accessibility API Mapping guidance for the roles defined in the WAI-ARIA Graphics Module [GRAPHICS-ARIA-1.0].
These documents are part of the WAI-ARIA suite described in the WAI-ARIA Overview.
<https://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/aria.php>
W3C Invites Implementations of Encoding
27 March 2018
<https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/6929>
The Internationalization Working Group invites implementations of an updated Candidate Recommendation of "Encoding." The utf-8 encoding is the most appropriate encoding for interchange of Unicode, the universal coded character set. Therefore for new protocols and formats, as well as existing formats deployed in new contexts, this specification requires (and defines) the utf-8 encoding.
<https://www.w3.org/International/core/Overview>
<https://www.w3.org/TR/2018/CR-encoding-20180327/>
The other (legacy) encodings have been defined to some extent in the past. However, user agents have not always implemented them in the same way, have not always used the same labels, and often differ in dealing with undefined and former proprietary areas of encodings. This specification addresses those gaps so that new user agents do not have to reverse engineer encoding implementations and existing user agents can converge.
More news: <http://www.w3.org/blog/news/>
Workshops
* 2018-04-17 (17 APR) – 2018-04-18 (18 APR)
W3C Workshop on Data Privacy Controls and Vocabularies
<https://www.w3.org/2018/vocabws/>
Vienna, Austria
Hosted by WU Wien
A W3C Workshop on Linked Data and Privacy
* 2018-05-10 (10 MAY) – 2018-05-11 (11 MAY)
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<https://www.w3.org/2017/11/web5g-workshop/>
London, UK
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W3C Blog
* Publishing @ W3C goes to ebookcraft
<https://www.w3.org/blog/2018/03/publishing-w3c-goes-to-ebookcraft/>
28 March 2018 by Tzviya Siegman
* Expanding Participation in W3C – a new Membership Level!
<https://www.w3.org/blog/2018/03/expanding-participation-in-w3c-a-new-membership-level/>
27 March 2018 by J. Alan Bird
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* 2018-04-18(18 APR)
Web Accessibility: Looking into the Future
<https://www.w3.org/blog/talks/event/web-accessibility-looking-into-the-future/>
by Shadi Abou-Zahra
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* 2018-05-15(15 MAY)
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<https://www.w3.org/blog/talks/event/w3c-webxr-activities/>
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<https://www.w3.org/blog/talks/venue/fraunhofer-institute-fokus-kaiserin-augusta-allee-31-10589-berlin-germany/>
Berlin, Germany
* 2018-05-22(22 MAY)
Accessibility: Future-Proofing Your Web Content
<https://www.w3.org/blog/talks/event/accessibility-future-proofing-your-web-content/>
by Shadi Abou-Zahra
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Orlando, United States
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