[WAI-ARIA embedding] maturity of WAI-ARIA deliverables

There appears to have been some confusion on the most recent TAG
telecon about the maturity of the WAI-ARIA work.

<quote
cite="http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/2008/05/01-minutes#item05">

TBL: This is the first working draft?

HT: Yes.

DC: Well, but there were precursor drafts that were later sliced into  
different pieces.

</quote>

PFWG is working to release a Last Call draft of the WAI-ARIA
specification <http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/> in a month or so.

The fourth of four major browsers has started work on
implementation.

http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2008-April/ 
msg00225.html

The "first public working draft" status of the present TR
draft is a misleading technicality. The present document is only  
brand new
in that it subsumes what had been through
earlier public working drafts in separate documents.

We also look forward to having a public Editor's draft in
a week or two to aid in coordination down to the wire.

Al

Received on Saturday, 3 May 2008 18:40:54 UTC