[Nfb-web] FW: Call for Review: New WAI-ARIA Documents

[Lloyd Rasmussen]

These documents describe methods for making Web 2.0 or AJAX information 
accessible.  Only a little of this is implemented by current screen readers.

>Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:37:50 -0600
>From: Shawn Henry <shawn at w3.org>
>To: WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig at w3.org>
>Subject: Call for Review: New WAI-ARIA Documents
>Archived-At: <http://www.w3.org/mid/47A75B7E.6040405@w3.org>
>
>
>Dear WAI Interest Group Participants,
>
>The Protocols and Formats Working Group invites you to comment on the 
>following documents published 4 February 2008:
>1. Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) Version 1.0, Working 
>Draft - a technical specification that combines the two 
>previously-published ARIA draft specifications: WAI-ARIA Roles, and 
>WAI-ARIA States and Properties
>   http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/
>2. WAI-ARIA Primer, Working Draft - a new document that provides 
>background on accessibility issues related to JavaScript, and introduces 
>the technical approach used in WAI-ARIA
>   http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-primer/
>3. WAI-ARIA Best Practices, Working Draft - a new document that describes 
>how Web content developers can develop accessible rich Web applications 
>using WAI-ARIA
>   http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices/
>
>WAI-ARIA, the Accessible Rich Internet Applications Suite, defines a way 
>to make Web content and Web applications more accessible to people with 
>disabilities. It especially helps with dynamic content and advanced user 
>interface controls developed with Ajax (also known as AJAX), HTML, 
>JavaScript, and related technologies.
>
>For an introduction to WAI-ARIA and the problems that it addresses, as 
>well as changes to the WAI-ARIA Suite documents, please see the following 
>updated documents:
>* WAI-ARIA Overview
>   http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/aria
>* WAI-ARIA FAQ
>   http://www.w3.org/WAI/aria/faq
>* Roadmap for Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA Roadmap), 
>Working Draft
>   http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-roadmap/
>
>There are specific review questions in the "Status" section of each of the 
>technical documents. Please send any comments on these documents to 
>public-pfwg-comments at w3.org
>The comment period ends 3 March 2008. The Protocols and Formats Working 
>Group is meeting face-to-face the week of 18 February to work on the 
>technical documents. Therefore, if possible, please send comments before 
>*20 February 2008*.
>
>For more information, see:
>* Protocols and Formats Working Group
>   http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/
>* How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process
>   http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/w3c-process
>
>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 of Web Accessibility Initiative, W3C
>Shawn Lawton Henry - W3C WAI EOWG Chair
>
>
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>Shawn Lawton Henry, W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
>about: http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/
>phone: +1-617-395-7664
>e-mail: shawn at w3.org