- From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 12:01:22 +0100
- To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
LGTM On 23/08/2018 11:53, Alastair Campbell wrote: > Hi Andrew, Michael, > > I was going to draft an email about superseding WCAG 1.0, I didn’t > manage to write down who I was writing it to, I’m assuming it is a > general “to whom it may concern” type thing? > > The Accessibility Guidelines Working Group is announcing that the 1^st > version of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG1) will be > marked as “superseded” by the end of the year. > > Almost 20 years ago the first version of the Web Content Accessibility > Guidelines [1] were published, providing much needed guidance on how to > make the web a more accessible place. Almost 10 years ago WCAG 2.0 was > published, marking a significant update in the approach of the > guidelines and how designers and developers could use them. This year > WCAG 2.1 was published [2], adding new guidance in several areas. > > Some people may already have assumed that WCAG 1.0 was obsolete, but in > W3C terminology marking it as “superseded” means that a newer version > exists which the W3C recommends for new adoption. If you are currently > following WCAG 1.0 we recommend moving to WCAG 2.1, but conformance > statements for the superseded version will still be valid. > > If you have any concerns about WCAG 1.0 being superseded please get in > touch, either to the working group chairs (group-ag-chairs@w3.org > <mailto:group-ag-chairs@w3.org>) or for a publicly viewable comment the > working group (w3c-wai-gl@w3.org <mailto:w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>). > > 1] https://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/ > > 2] https://www.w3.org/blog/2018/06/wcag21-rec/ > > It was really hard not to be sarcastic… is that ok? > > Kind regards, > > -Alastair > > -- > > www.nomensa.com <http://www.nomensa.com/> > tel: +44 (0)117 929 7333 / 07970 879 653 > follow us: @we_are_nomensa or me: @alastc > Nomensa Ltd. King William House, 13 Queen Square, Bristol BS1 4NT > > Company number: 4214477 | UK VAT registration: GB 771727411 > -- Patrick H. Lauke www.splintered.co.uk | https://github.com/patrickhlauke http://flickr.com/photos/redux/ | http://redux.deviantart.com twitter: @patrick_h_lauke | skype: patrick_h_lauke
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