- From: Michael Cooper <cooper@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 16:01:33 -0400
- To: WAI IG <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
- Cc: Andrew Kirkpatrick <akirkpat@adobe.com>, Joshue O Connor <josh@interaccess.ie>
The Accessibility Guidelines Working Group has published an updated Working Draft of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1: https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/ The previous draft included both success criteria that the Working Group had approved and "proposed" success criteria that had not been approved. Thank you for your comments on these! The Working Group has not addressed all comments yet. They are in queue for upcoming work. We are taking a different approach now to make it easier to focus on specific material that is ready for your review. This draft includes only the success criteria that have been formally accepted by the Working Group, and not the proposed success criteria that were in the previous draft. Those proposals will be processed by the Working Group, refined, and if approved, included in future drafts. We plan to publish updated drafts monthly, to encourage timely review of the success criteria that the Working Group has approved. For more information on the status of WCAG 2.1 development, see: https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/wiki/WCAG_2.1_Status To comment, the Working Group requests input be filed as issues at: https://github.com/w3c/wcag21/issues/ Please raise new issues for your comments, putting each separate topic into a separate issue. If it is not feasible to file issues in this tool, you can also submit comments by email to: public-agwg-comments@w3.org The Working Group requests comments on this draft be filed by 9 May 2017. Additional background on WCAG 2.1 is available from previous announcements: * Announcement to this list: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2017JanMar/0277.html * WCAG 2.1 description: https://www.w3.org/blog/2017/02/wcag21-fpwd/ WCAG 2.1 is being developed on an aggressive timeline to ensure it is still relevant to today's needs when it is finalized. This timeline means most of the work on Success Criteria must happen this year. Early comments on the monthly Working Drafts is important to ensure issues can be addressed within this timeline. https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/wiki/WCAG_2.1_timeline More information about the Accessibility Guidelines Working Group is available from its home page: https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/ Regards, Andrew Kirkpatrick, Accessibility Guidelines WG Chair, Joshue O Connor, Accessibility Guidelines WG Chair, Michael Cooper, Accessibility Guidelines WG W3C Staff Contact
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