- From: Gill Whitney <G.Whitney@mdx.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2021 11:02:52 +0000
- To: "w3c-wai-ig@w3.org" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
I think that message of congratulations comes from a lot of us.
All the Best and Stay Safe.
Gill
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Lee <stevelee@w3.org>
Sent: 21 January 2021 09:21
To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Subject: Re: For Review: WCAG 3.0 First Public Working Draft
Congratulations and a massive thanks to everyone who has worked so hard on getting to this important milestone!
Steve
On 21/01/2021 08:03, Shawn Henry wrote:
> Dear WAI Interest Group,
>
> W3C WAI invites you to comment on the First Public Working Draft of
> WCAG
> 3.0:
> W3C Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 3.0
>
> https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.
> w3.org%2FTR%2Fwcag-3.0%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cg.whitney%40mdx.ac.uk%7C9
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>
> WCAG 3 is intended to be easier to understand and more flexible than
> WCAG 2. The flexibility is to address different types of web content,
> apps, and tools -- as well as organizations and people with
> disabilities. WCAG 3 has a significantly different approach than WCAG 2.
> It has a different name, structure, conformance model, and scope. The
> plan is for WCAG 3 to include most of the accessibility requirements
> ("success criteria") from WCAG 2 and include additional accessibility
> requirements. The WCAG 3 development schedule goes into 2023.
>
> This First Public Working Draft includes:
> - proposed structure
> - draft conformance model
> - 5 draft example guidelines
>
> *Please start by reading the*
> *WCAG 3 Introduction*
>
> https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.
> w3.org%2FWAI%2Fwcag3&data=04%7C01%7Cg.whitney%40mdx.ac.uk%7C9e30db
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>
> That is the main page for up-to-date WCAG 3 information. For now, it
> introduces how WCAG 3 is structured, the draft conformance model, and
> how it relates to WCAG 2.
>
> For review:
> The main goal of this review is to get input on the structure and
> conformance model in this draft. Guidance for reviewers is in the blog
> post:
> WCAG 3 FPWD Published
>
> https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.
> w3.org%2Fblog%2F2021%2F01%2Fwcag-3-fpwd%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cg.whitne
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> =0 There are also specific questions for reviewers throughout the WCAG
> 3 draft document.
>
> We also welcome comments on ways that the Working Group can better
> support your review, feedback, or inclusion in the process of creating
> this standard.
>
> Comments:
> To comment, please open a new issue in the WCAG 3 (Silver) GitHub
> repository:
>
> https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgith
> ub.com%2Fw3c%2Fsilver%2Fissues%2Fnew&data=04%7C01%7Cg.whitney%40md
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> If this is not feasible, send email to:
> public-silver@w3.org
> Please send comments by *26 February 2021*.
>
> Updates: In-progress updates to the document are available in the
> Editors' Draft at:
>
> https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fw3c.
> github.io%2Fsilver%2Fguidelines%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cg.whitney%40mdx.
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> ta=QPaOIv56s8pIWWLxYT%2BfFz6cUR6CO%2BdCNozDJuc7oXY%3D&reserved=0
>
> Share: We encourage you to share this information.
> Here's tweet you can use:
> https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwit
> ter.com%2Fw3c_wai%2Fstatus%2F1352161287275499520&data=04%7C01%7Cg.
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>
> Here's the *short link to the starting page to share*:
> w3.org/WAI/wcag3
>
> Regards,
> Alastair Campbell, Chuck Adams, Rachael Montgomery - AG Working Group
> Co-Chairs Jeanne Spellman, Shawn Lauriat - Silver Task Force
> Facilitators Michael Cooper - W3C Staff Contact for AG Working Group
> Judy Brewer - Director of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Shawn
> Lawton Henry - WAI Education and Outreach Coordinator
>
>
Received on Thursday, 21 January 2021 11:04:07 UTC