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1. Introducing Accessibility
2. Guidelines & Techniques
3. Managing Accessibility
4. Evaluating Accessibility
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Introducing Accessibility

1. Introduction to Web Accessibility
2. Essential Components of Web Accessibility
3. Quick Tips to Make Accessible Sites

Guidelines & Techniques

1. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Overview
   • WCAG 2.0 technical documents
     1. How to Meet WCAG 2.0: A customizable quick reference
     2. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0
     3. Understanding WCAG 2.0
     4. Techniques for WCAG 2.0
     5. W3C WCAG 2.0 Conformance Logos
   • WCAG 2.0 educational documents
     1. The WCAG 2.0 Documents
     2. WCAG 2.0 at a Glance
     3. WCAG 2 FAQ
     4. WCAG 2.0 Presentations
   • WCAG 2.0 transition documents
     1. How WCAG 2.0 Differs from WCAG 1.0
     2. Comparison of WCAG 1.0 Checkpoints to WCAG 2.0
     3. How to Update Your Web Site from WCAG 1.0 to WCAG 2.0
   • WCAG 2.0 Submission forms
     1. Techniques for WCAG 2.0 submission form
     2. Instructions for Commenting on WCAG 2.0 Documents
   • More WCAG 2.0 documents
   • WCAG 1.0 technical documents
     1. Checklist of Checkpoints for WCAG 1.0
     2. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
     3. Errata in WCAG 1.0
     4. Techniques for WCAG 1.0
     5. Core Techniques for WCAG 1.0
     6. HTML Techniques for WCAG 1.0
     7. CSS Techniques for WCAG 1.0
   • WCAG 1.0 educational documents
     1. Navigating WCAG 1.0 Guidelines and Techniques Documents
     2. Quick Tips to Make Accessible Web Sites
     3. Fact Sheet for "Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0"
     4. Curriculum for WCAG 1.0
     5. W3C WCAG 1.0 Conformance Logos
2. Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) Overview
   • ATAG 1.0 technical documents
     1. Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
     2. List of Checkpoints for ATAG 1.0
     3. Errata in ATAG
     4. Techniques for ATAG 1.0
   • ATAG 1.0 educational documents
     1. Fact Sheet for "ATAG 1.0"
     2. Conformance Icons for ATAG 1.0
     3. Authoring Tool Conformance Evaluations
   • ATAG 2.0 technical documents
     1. Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 2.0
     2. Implementation Techniques for ATAG 2.0
3. User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) Overview
   • UAAG 1.0 technical documents
     1. User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
     2. Table of Checkpoints for UAAG 1.0
     3. Errata in UAAG
     4. Techniques for UAAG 1.0
   • UAAG 1.0 educational documents
     1. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about the UAAG 1.0
     2. Press Release: World Wide Web Consortium Issues UAAG 1.0 as a W3C Recommendation
     3. Testimonials for UAAG 1.0 Recommendation
   • UAAG 2.0 technical documents
     1. User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 2.0
     2. Requirements for UAAG 2.0
4. Evaluation and Report Language (EARL) Overview
   • EARL technical documents
     1. Requirements for the Evaluation and Report Language (EARL) 1.0
     2. Evaluation And Report Language (EARL) 1.0 Schema
     3. HTTP Vocabulary in RDF
     4. Representing Content in RDF
     5. Pointer Methods in RDF
     6. Evaluation And Report Language (EARL) 1.0 Guide
   • EARL educational documents
     1. EARL Resources
5. WAI-ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) Suite Overview
   • WAI-ARIA technical documents
     1. Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) Version 1.0
     2. WAI-ARIA Primer
     3. WAI-ARIA Best Practices
     4. Roadmap for Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA Roadmap)
   • WAI-ARIA educational documents
     1. WAI-ARIA FAQ
6. Specific Technologies
   • XML Accessibility Guidelines
   • Accessibility Features of CSS
   • Accessibility Features of SMIL
   • Accessibility Features of SVG
   • HTML 4.0 Accessibility Improvements
7. How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process: Milestones and Opportunities to Contribute

Managing Accessibility

1. Policy Resources
   1. Why Standards Harmonization is Essential to Web Accessibility
   2. International Policies Relating to Web Accessibility
   3. Developing Organizational Policies on Web Accessibility
2. Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization: Overview
   1. Social Factors
   2. Technical Factors
   3. Financial Factors
   4. Legal & Policy Factors
3. Implementation Plan for Web Accessibility
   1. Improving the Accessibility of Your Web Site
   2. Web Content Accessibility and Mobile Web: Making a Web Site Accessible Both for People with Disabilities and for Mobile Devices
      1. Shared Web Experiences: Barriers Common to Mobile Device Users and People with Disabilities
      2. Relationship between Mobile Web Best Practices (MWBP) and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
   3. Selecting and Using Authoring Tools for Web Accessibility
4. Developing Web Accessibility Training and Presentations
   1. WAI Presentations
   2. Planning Web Accessibility Training: Overview
      1. Objectives for Web Accessibility Training
      2. Curricula for Web Accessibility Training
      3. Modules for Web Accessibility Training
      4. Tips on Web Accessibility Training
      5. Setting Up Resources for Web Accessibility Training
   3. Curriculum for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
5. Technical Papers
   1. Overview of "Web Accessibility for Older Users: A Literature Review"
   2. Introduction to "Inaccessibility of CAPTCHA"
   3. Proceedings from RDIG Discussion of Making Collaboration Technologies Accessible for Persons with Disabilities

Evaluating Accessibility Overview

1. Preliminary Review of Web Sites for Accessibility
2. Conformance Evaluation of Web Sites for Accessibility
3. Evaluation Approaches for Specific Contexts
4. Involving Users in Web Accessibility Evaluation
5. Selecting Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools
6. Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools: Overview
   1. Complete List of Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools
   2. Simple Search of Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools
   3. Advanced Search for Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools
7. Using Combined Expertise to Evaluate Web Accessibility
8. Template for Accessibility Evaluation Reports

WAI Groups

1. Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AUWG)
   1. AUWG Minutes Archive
   2. AUWG Participants in Good Standing
   3. Participation in the AUWG
   4. AUWG Charter
   5. AUWG Mailing List Archives
2. Education & Outreach Working Group (EOWG)
   1. EOWG Deliverables
   2. EOWG Minutes Archive
   3. EOWG Participants in Good Standing
   4. Participation in the EOWG
   5. EOWG Charter
   6. EOWG Mailing List Archives
   7. WAI Web Site Redesign Project
      1. WAI Site Analysis Summary
      2. WAI Site User Analysis
      3. WAI Site User Personas
      4. WAI Site Task Analysis
      5. WAI Site Evaluation Summary
3. Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group (ERT WG)
   1. ERT WG Minutes Archive
   2. ERT WG Participants
   3. Participation in the ERT WG
   4. ERT WG Charter
   5. ERT WG Mailing List Archives
4. Protocols and Formats Working Group (PFWG)
   1. Participation in the Protocols and Formats Working Group
   2. PFWG Charter
   3. XTECH Mailing List Archives
   4. PFWG Mailing List Archives (member)
   5. PFWG Members-Only Area
5. Research and Development Interest Group (RDIG)
   1. RDIG Charter
   2. RDIG Mailing List Archives
6. User Agent Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (UAWG)
   1. UAWG Minutes Archive for UAWG
   2. UAWG Participants
   3. Participation in the UAWG
   4. UAWG Charter
   5. UAWG Mailing List Archives
7. WAI Interest Group (WAI IG)
   1. WAI IG Charter
   2. WAI IG Mailing List Archives
8. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (WCAG WG)
   1. WCAG WG Minutes Archive
   2. Participation in the WCAG WG
   3. WCAG WG Participants
   4. WCAG WG Charter
   5. WCAG WG Mailing List Archives
   6. More WCAG pages...
      • Current internal WCAG 2.0 Working Draft
      • WCAG 2.0 Public comments email archive
      • Issue Tracking for WCAG 2.0
      • Issue Tracking for WCAG 2.0 Techniques
      • WCAG 2.0 Bugzilla
      • WCAG 2.0 Testing and test suites
      • DRAFT WCAG 2.0 Implementation Testing Framework
      • Changes to the WCAG 2.0 Working Draft
      • WCAG 2.0 Techniques Task Force of WCAG WG Work Statement
9. Member-only access
   1. WAI Coordination Group (CG) (member)
      • CG Charter (member)
      • CG Mailing List Archives (member)

About WAI

1. Mission and Organization
2. Overview of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Slides
3. Participating in WAI
4. Sponsoring WAI
5. Translating WAI Documents
6. Contacting WAI
7. WAI Projects
   1. WAI-AGE Project Reference
   2. WAI-TIES Project Reference
   3. WAI-DA (IST 13470) Project Reference Guide
   4. WAI-DE / WAI-TIDE Final report
8. WAI Press Releases and Document Release Notices
9. WAI Events
10. WAI Highlights

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Content last updated: 17 November 2008

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