WAI develops...
- guidelines widely regarded as the international standards for Web accessibility
- support materials to help understand and implement Web accessibility
- resources, through international collaboration
WAI welcomes...
- participation from around the world
- volunteers to review, implement, and promote guidelines
- dedicated participants in interest groups or working groups
[@@ The World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) commitment to lead the Web to its full potential includes promoting a high degree of usability for people with disabilities. WAI, in coordination with organizations around the world, pursues accessibility of the Web through five primary areas of work: technology, guidelines, tools, education and outreach, and research and development. @@]
[@@ W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), in partnership with organizations around the world, pursues accessibility of the Web through five activities:
- ensuring that core technologies of the Web support accessibility
- developing guidelines for Web content, user agents, and authoring tools
- facilitating development of evaluation and repair tools for accessibility
- conducting education and outreach
- coordinating with research and development that can affect future accessibility of the Web @@]
How WAI is Organized
WAI is a Domain within the W3C, with two Activities and several Working Groups and Interest Groups: