Re: Promoting WCAG 2.0 Approved as ISO/IEC International Standard

Hello Shawn,
Thank you for this information.
I wil have a look at this page regularly.
Best
Sylvie

Le 18/10/2012 22:25, Shawn Henry a écrit :
> Hello Sylvie,
>
> W3C has offered our WCAG 2.0 Authorized Translations to be used for 
> the ISO/IEC translations. When more information about translations is 
> available we will update: 
> <http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/wcag2faq.html#isotranslations> and I'll 
> try to remember to let you know.
>
> Best,
> Shawn
>
>
> On 10/16/2012 8:03 AM, Sylvie Duchateau wrote:
>> Hello Shawn and all,
>> While promoting this good news in sending it to our network of 
>> accessibility experts, I received the following question from one 
>> person who took part in the French translation  of WCAG 2.0.
>> It is clear that the content of WCAG 2.0 and the ISO  is the same. 
>> What about the status of its authorized translations? Will they also 
>> be transferred as translations of ISO or is there a need for new 
>> translations or are they inapprorpriate?
>> Best
>> Sylvie
>>
>> Sylvie Duchateau
>> Association BrailleNet
>> Tél.: +33(0] 1 44 27 26 25    Fax : +33 (0) 1 44 27 34 49
>> Web : http://www.accessiweb.org
>>
>>
>> Le 15/10/2012 17:54, Shawn Henry a écrit :
>>> Hi EOWG folks,
>>>
>>> The Promoting WCAG as ISO wiki page is updated with the blog post, 
>>> tweet, etc.
>>>
>>> *Please list promotional efforts* -- e.g., e-mails you send, 
>>> newsletter articles you see, etc. in the wiki page under the "EOWG 
>>> record keeping" section:
>>> <http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/wiki/Promoting_WCAG_as_ISO#EOWG_record_keeping> 
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> ~Shawn
>>>
>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>> Subject:     WCAG 2.0 Approved as ISO/IEC International Standard
>>> Date:     Mon, 15 Oct 2012 09:01:40 -0500
>>> From:     Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org>
>>> To:     WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear WAI Interest Group Participants,
>>>
>>> We are please to announce that today W3C and JTC1, a joint technical 
>>> committee of ISO and IEC, announced formal approval of Web Content 
>>> Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 as an ISO/IEC International 
>>> Standard, ISO/IEC 40500:2012.
>>>
>>> "This important accessibility standard, which is already widely 
>>> deployed internationally, can now benefit from additional formal 
>>> recognition from ISO/IEC national bodies," noted Jeff Jaffe, W3C 
>>> CEO. "Such recognition is expected to increase internationally 
>>> harmonized uptake of WCAG 2.0 by governments, business, and the 
>>> broader Web community."
>>>
>>> ISO/IEC 40500 is exactly the same as the original WCAG 2.0 from the 
>>> W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), which is freely available from:
>>> <http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/>
>>>  Supporting resources that provide practical advice for meeting 
>>> ISO/IEC 40500 / WCAG 2.0 are available from the WCAG Overview at:
>>> <http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/wcag>
>>>
>>> The full press release is here:
>>> <http://www.w3.org/2012/07/wcag2pas-pr.html>
>>>
>>> A blog open for comments is here:
>>> <http://www.w3.org/QA/2012/10/wcag_20_is_now_also_isoiec_405.html>
>>> (short URI:<http://bit.ly/wcag2isoB>)
>>>
>>> Tweet:<https://twitter.com/w3c_wai/status/257842562205904896>
>>>
>>> Please let us know if you have any questions.
>>> Feel free to circulate this message to other lists; please avoid 
>>> cross-postings where possible.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> ~Shawn Lawton Henry, WAI Education&  Outreach
>>>   Judy Brewer, WAI Director
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----
>>> 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/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

-- 
Sylvie Duchateau
Association BrailleNet
Tél.: +33 (0) 1 44 27 26 25 / Fax : +33 (0) 1 44 27 34 38
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