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

Hi,
 
We plan to release the candidate release of 2.0 of the Accessibility Guide
for Digital Publications as early as Monday. The list of statements
presented to end users has been finalized with this release. It will be
translated to 37 languages.
 
We are strongly encouraging people to reference this draft and stop using
version 1.
 
You can view the  document on GitHub at:
https://w3c.github.io/publ-a11y/a11y-meta-display-guide/2.0/draft/guidelines
/index.html
Best
George
 
 
From: Nicholas Bromley <nick@redkiteda.com> 
Sent: Friday, February 7, 2025 9:03 AM
To: kerscher@montana.com; W3C WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Subject: 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
---
Nick Bromley
Director & Accessibility Consultant
Red Kite Digital Accessibility Ltd
 
 
 
From: kerscher@montana.com <mailto:kerscher@montana.com>
<kerscher@montana.com <mailto:kerscher@montana.com> > 
Sent: 05 November 2024 20:39
To: W3C WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org <mailto: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/>
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/>
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
 

 
George Kerscher Ph.D.
-In our Information Age, access to information is a fundamental human right.
Chief Innovations Officer, DAISY Consortium
 <http://www.daisy.org/> http://www.daisy.org
Senior Advisor, Global Literacy, Benetech
 <http://www.benetech.org/> http://www.benetech.org
President, International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) 
 <http://www.idpf.org/> http://www.idpf.org
Chair Steering Council Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), at W3C
 <http://www.w3.org/WAI> http://www.w3.org/WAI
Cell:+1 406/544-2466 
Email:  <mailto:kerscher@montana.com> kerscher@montana.com