[gui-talk] Fwd: Call for Review: Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) Working Drafts

[Steve Pattison]

>From: Judy Brewer jbrewer at w3.org
>To: WAI Interest Group w3c-wai-ig at w3.org
>
>Dear WAI Interest Group Participants,
>
>The W3C/WAI Protocols and Formats Working Group announces the
>publication of three new documents:
>
>      Roadmap for Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA
>Roadmap)
>             http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-aria-roadmap-20060921/
>
>      Roles for Accesible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA Roles)
>             http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-aria-role-20060921/
>
>      States and Properties Module for Accessible Rich Internet
>Applications (WAI-ARIA States and Properties)
>             http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-aria-state-20060921/
>
>Please see also the press release, and background on W3C Process:
>
>      W3C Announces Roadmap for Accessible Rich Internet Applications
>(WAI-ARIA)
>             http://www.w3.org/2006/09/aria-pressrelease.html
>
>      How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C
>Process: Milestones and Opportunities to Contribute
>             http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/w3c-process
>
>The WAI-ARIA Roadmap describes accessibility of rich Internet
>applications using technologies such as AJAX and DHTML, and is
>intended to become a Working Group Note. The two companion
>specifications provide detail in specific areas needed to fulfill the
>roadmap. WAI-ARIA Roles describes mappings of user interface controls
>and navigation to accessibility application programming interfaces
>(APIs) on different platforms, and the WAI-ARIA States and Properties
>Module enables XML languages to add information about the behavior of
>elements.
>
>W3C technical reports define how technology should work on the Web,
>and depend greatly on input from the public to ensure they address
>the issues effectively. Input received early has a greater
>opportunity to be reviewed, discussed, and incorporated. First Public
>Working Drafts are therefore one of the most important opportunities
>to provide feedback. The Working Group welcomes your feedback.
>Comments on these documents may be sent to public-pfwg- 
>comments at w3.org. Particular review questions may be found in the
>documents; in general, the Working Group would like to know if they
>capture solutions that work to access Web applications, and if  they
>support higher and better integration of interactive Web content.
>
>Additional information about the Protocols and Formats Working Group
>is available at:   http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/
>
>Note: Feel free to circulate this message to other lists; please
>avoid cross-postings where possible.
>
>Thank you in advance for your comments.
>
>Michael Cooper - W3C Team Contact for PFWG
>Al Gilman - Chair of PFWG
>Judy Brewer - Director, Web Accessibility Initiative, W3C
>
>Judy Brewer    +1.617.258.9741    http://www.w3.org/WAI
>Director, Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), World Wide Web
>Consortium (W3C)
>MIT/CSAIL Building 32-G530
>32 Vassar Street
>Cambridge, MA,  02139,  USA

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