EOWG this week, and Re: Call for Review: ATAG 2.0 Updated Working Drafts

  EOWG,

Here is a reminder that if you have any comments on the ATAG Working Draft that you would like EOWG to discuss, send them to the list.

The agenda for this week is updated at http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/#agenda

*Please schedule time before the meeting to review this material and prepare for discussion*.

Thanks,
~Shawn



On 8/19/2011 9:43 AM, Shawn Henry wrote:
>  EOWG,
>
> Please review ATAG per below. Feel free to submit comments yourself directly.
>
> If there is anything that you would like to discuss in EOWG, please send it to the EOWG mailing list, preferably by Tuesday 30 August.
>
> Thanks,
> ~Shawn
>
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:     Call for Review: ATAG 2.0 Updated Working Drafts
> Date:     Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:07:30 -0500
> From:     Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org>
> To:     WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
>
>
>
> Dear WAI Interest Group Participants,
>
> W3C WAI invites you to review the updated Working Drafts of Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0 and Implementing ATAG 2.0 published 21 July 2011 at:
>     http://www.w3.org/TR/ATAG20/
>     http://www.w3.org/TR/IMPLEMENTING-ATAG20/
>
> ATAG is particularly relevant to you if you use tools to create web content -- tools such as, blogs, wikis, social networking websites, content management systems (CMS), HTML editors, or other such tools[1]. ATAG defines how these tools should help you make your blog posts, websites, etc. accessible -- and how the tools themselves should be accessible so that people with disabilities can use them.
>
> To tool developers:
> We invite authoring tool developers to prepare to implement ATAG 2.0, with the caution that the guidelines might change. In the coming months, we'll be asking for tools that meet ATAG 2.0. Will your tool be an example? If you are considering implementing ATAG 2.0 soon, please e-mail Jeanne@w3.org
>
> Recent updates:
> For a list of significant changes since the last drafts and specific questions for feedback, see the Status sections:
>     http://www.w3.org/TR/ATAG20/#status
>     http://www.w3.org/TR/IMPLEMENTING-ATAG20/#status
>
> Comments:
> Please submit comments on how ATAG 2.0 can be improved to better meet the needs of people with disabilities to the publicly-archived list:
>     public-atag2-comments@w3.org
>     by *15 September 2011*
>
> Background:
> ATAG defines how authoring tools should help web developers produce web content that is accessible and conforms to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. It also defines how to make authoring tools accessible so that people with disabilities can use the tools. ATAG is introduced in the ATAG Overview at:
>     http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/atag.php
> ATAG is part of a series of accessibility guidelines/standards developed by WAI, which are listed in WAI Guidelines and Techniques at:
>     http://www.w3.org/WAI/guid-tech.html
> ATAG is developed by the Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AUWG),
>     http://www.w3.org/WAI/AU/
>
> Note about Working Draft status:
> ATAG 2.0 was published as a Last Call Working Draft on 8 July 2010. The Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AUWG) decided to return to Working Draft stage to refine the document based on the comments received. The Working Group expects to publish another Last Call Working Draft later this year. Last Call and other development stages are described in: How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process at:
>     http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/w3c-process
>
> Please let us know if you have any questions. Thank you in advance for your comments.
>
> Feel free to circulate this message to other lists; please avoid cross-postings where possible.
> Short URI to this archived e-mail: http://bit.ly/atag2011july
>
> [1] Examples of authoring tools: http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/atag.php#for
>
> Regards,
> Shawn Henry, WAI Outreach
> Jutta Treviranus, AUWG Chair
> Jeanne Spellman, AUWG W3C Staff Contact
>
>
>
> -----
> Shawn Lawton Henry
> W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
> e-mail: shawn@w3.org
> phone: +1.617.395.7664
> about: http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/
>

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