ATAG2 Status section text

Hi Jeanne,

The group also approved this status section:



Status of This Document

May be Superseded

This section describes the status of this document at the time of its
publication. Other documents may supersede this document. A list of
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report can be found in the W3C technical reports index at
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W3C Public Draft of ATAG 2.0

This is a W3C Public Working Draft. This draft integrates changes made
as a result of comments received on the 10 March 2008 Public Working
Draft and also includes changes intended to keep the document harmonized
with WCAG 2.0. Substantial changes include:
(1) Refocusing Part A ("Make the authoring tool user interface
accessible") on requirements that apply most specifically to Web content
authoring tools and away from generic accessibility guidelines. ATAG 2.0 
will continue to require WCAG conformance for Web-based authoring tools 
and will add a requirement to follow standards and/or platform 
conventions that benefit accessibility for non-Web-based tools. This 
change will let the Working Group keep a focus on authoring tools and 
avoid the need to repeat operating system specific information that
is already available elsewhere.
(2) Replacing the concept of "Web Content Accessibility Benchmark" with
a more straightforward relationship with WCAG 2.0. This has been made
possible by the progression of WCAG 2.0 to Candidate Recommendation
status on 30 April 2008.

The Working Group seeks feedback on the following points for this draft:

- Does the refocused Part A provide developers with sufficient guidance
on what must be done to ensure accessibility of authoring tools to
authors with disabilities?
- Does the more direct relationship with WCAG 2.0 make the ATAG 2.0
requirements more clear?
- Are there any other areas in which the guidelines may be lacking?

Comments on this working draft are due on or before ?? November 2008.
Comments on the draft should be sent to public-atag2-comments@w3.org
(Public Archive).

The Working Group (AUWG) intends to publish ATAG 2.0 as a W3C
Recommendation. Until that time Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines
1.0 (ATAG 1.0) [ATAG10] is the stable, referenceable version. This
Working Draft does not supersede ATAG 1.0.


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Cheers,
Jan

Received on Tuesday, 7 October 2008 13:58:33 UTC