RE: User Experience Guide for accessibility metadata 2.0 Second public draft available for review

Hi,

I wonder if there's any word on timescales for further updates to 'Accessibility metadata display guide for digital publications 2.0'?

In light of the EAA June milestone, I'm handling a few queries about how best to present accessibility metadata to end users, and I'm unsure whether to reference purely the 1.0 version from 2021 or if there's any sense to look at what's currently in 2.0. Are substantive changes still a possibility, particularly anything that might otherwise conflict with recommendations made in 1.0?

Thanks,
Nick
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Nick Bromley
Director & Accessibility Consultant
Red Kite Digital Accessibility Ltd



From: kerscher@montana.com <kerscher@montana.com>
Sent: 05 November 2024 20:39
To: W3C WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Subject: User Experience Guide for accessibility metadata 2.0 Second public draft available for review

Dear WAI Interest Group,

I thought many would be interested in this draft. The European Accessibility Act (EAA) requires distributors and libraries to expose the accessibility of digital publications before the person buys the title.

We are circulating this widely in the publishing Community and would love end user feedback as well.

Please feel free to circulate broadly

The W3C Publishing Community Group Accessibility Task Force is pleased to announce the second draft of the "Accessibility metadata display guide for digital publications 2.0." Indeed, the name has been changed to provide a clearer understanding of the scope of the document.
This is an incremental revision and incorporates the valuable feedback provided by you.
We are looking forward to your feedback on the second draft. Please provide your valuable feedback on or before November 21, 2024.

The revised drafts are available at the following new URLs (please be sure to update your bookmarks):

  *   Guidelines: https://w3c.github.io/publ-a11y/a11y-meta-display-guide/2.0/guidelines/
  *   EPUB Techniques: https://w3c.github.io/publ-a11y/a11y-meta-display-guide/2.0/techniques/epub-metadata/
  *   ONIX Techniques: https://w3c.github.io/publ-a11y/a11y-meta-display-guide/2.0/techniques/onix-metadata/

The following significant changes were made since the last release:

           *   Added a Terminology section
           *   Updated the Metadata processing overview section
           *   Added an example to the Legal considerations section
           *   Made hundreds of wording changes
           *   Improved the logic in the techniques
           *   Added unique IDs for string identification
           *   Harmonized the strings in the techniques and the guidelines

For a complete list of changes, refer to the list of closed pull requests<https://github.com/w3c/publ-a11y/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed>.

Please file a GitHub issue<https://github.com/w3c/publ-a11y/issues> with your feedback. If you are uncomfortable filing a GitHub issue, feel free to send me the comment and I will file the issue on your behalf.

Best
George
On behalf of the Accessibility Task Force, W3C Publishing CG

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George Kerscher Ph.D.
-In our Information Age, access to information is a fundamental human right.
Chief Innovations Officer, DAISY Consortium
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Senior Advisor, Global Literacy, Benetech
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President, International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF)
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Chair Steering Council Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), at W3C
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