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Announcements and Meetings
News:
Teleconferences:
- Next Teleconference: 15 January, 1:00-2:30pm EST (Boston local time) NOTE: Change of time
- Meetings are every Thursday, 1:00 to 2:30pm, EST (Boston local time). To determine what time this is in your region, please consult the world clock meeting planner. Since Daylight Saving Time changeovers occur at different times in different countries, please check the times each week.
- Zakim Bridge (+1 617.761.6200, conference code: UAWG1 [82941]). For UK use 44-117-370-6152.
- IRC text chat (server: irc.w3.org, port: 6665, channel: #ua) is used by some members during the teleconferences.
- Group members can record attendance/absence intentions.
- Group members can respond to surveys.
- Tracking System for issues to discuss and action items assigned (public)
- Latest Editor's draft for the current Working Group activities (public)
- See the Scribing list for instructions for scribing.
Face to face meetings:
- Meeting locations are distributed internationally and are announced at least eight weeks in advance.
Minutes:
Current Work
- UAWG Wiki
- UAAG New Techniques/Issues Tracking Table (
- Draft Charter
- UAAG 1.0 - ARIA Roadmap Worksheet
- UAAG 1.0 - WCAG Alignment
UAAG 2.0
- Public Draft (12 March 2008)
- Internal Draft (10 December 2008)
- UAAG 2.0 Requirements Document (31 October 2007)
- Responses to Public Working Draft Comments:
- Responses to 12 March 2008 Public Working Draft are due 14 April 2008.
UAAG 1.0 Implementation
Test suites and implementation reports
- Draft
implementation report based on Recommendation
- Implementation report for last call (Aug 2002).
- Draft evaluations of user agents
- Draft test suites for UAAG 1.0
- How to evaluate a user agent for conformance to UAAG 1.0
- Notes on discretionary behavior in User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
Future deliverables (after UAAG 1.0)
Other Work
Comments on other W3C Documents
- UAWG comments via Jim Allan on WCAG 2.0 (27 April 2006 Last Call) (Issue#755, Issue#756)
- WAI Comments on SVG 1.2 (27 October 2004 Working Draft)
- UAWG comments on XHTML 2.0 (6 May 2003 Working Draft)
Publications
User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) 1.0 Recommendation
User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (UAAG 1.0)- W3C Recommendation (17 December 2002)
- Techniques for UAAG 1.0. This W3C Note provides techniques for satisfying the checkpoints defined in UAAG 1.0.
- Summary of UAAG 1.0. This short document summarizes the purpose and structure of UAAG 1.0.
- Table of Checkpoints for UAAG 1.0. A handy list of the UAAG 1.0 requirements; a list version is also available.
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about UAAG 1.0
- Errata in UAAG 1.0
- Translations of UAAG 1.0
- How to use Conformance Icons for UAAG 1.0
- Press and other coverage of UAAG 1.0 - The W3C
Communications Team also issued a press release and list of testimonials to accompany the publication of the
Recommendation.
- Maccessibility.com: OBEY UAAG, Part 0: Understanding UAAG and OBEY UAAG, Part 1: Configuring Safari discuss UAAG requirements in the context of evaluating the Safari browser.
- EWeek: Making the Web More Accessible (5 Jan 2003)
- XML.com: User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (and for XML.com on Techniques for UAAG 1.0)
- Cover Pages: W3C Publishes User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 as a Recommendation
- CNET: W3C finalizes disability guidelines (17 Dec 2002)
- InfoWorld: W3C promotes Web access for disabled (17 Dec 2002)
- Internet News: W3C To Open Web to Those With Disabilities (17 Dec 2002)
About the UAWG
The User Agent Accessibility Guidelines explain to user agent developers how to make their products more accessible to people with disabilities and for increasing usability for all users. The Working Group charter (extended through June 2008) outlines the goals, work methods, and requirements for participation.
- List of Working Group participants
- User Agent Accessibility Guidelines Working Group Patent Policy Status
Participation
Information on how to participate in the Working Group. You may join if you belong to a W3C Member organization or have been invited by the Chair to participate.
Mailing List
- The Working Group mailing list is w3c-wai-ua@w3.org (visit the public mailing list archives, including search)
- More about W3C mailing lists.
Patent disclosures
Patent disclosures for UAWG deliverables are made available per the 24 January 2002 W3C Current Patent Practice Note:
All disclosure statements made by W3C Members are made public with each publicly-visible Working Draft (public Working Draft, Last Call Working Draft, Candidate Recommendation, Proposed Recommendation, Recommendation).
Related Work
- Mozilla/Firefox Accessibility Extension
- Mozilla/Firefox Keyboard Navigation Tests Suites
- Component Extension (CS) API requirements 1.0
- Education and Outreach "Alternative Browser" Page
- User Agent Support for Accessibility. This document lists known user agent support for "Until user agent..." clauses of the the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 Recommendation.
- User Survey: Browsers and scripts
- Web Content Guidelines Working Group
- Authoring Tool Guidelines Working Group
- W3C Technical Reports
- Some information maintained by other organizations about user agent support for various technologies:
- Other accessibility resources that might be of interest:
Chair and Team Contact
- Chair: Jim Allan <jimallan@tsbvi.edu>
- Interim Staff Contact: Jan Richards <jan.richards@utoronto.ca>
- Staff Contact: Jeanne Spellman <jeanne@w3.org>