EOWG Deliverables Plan
[update in progress October 2008]
This page lists planned deliverables of the Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG). Completed EOWG deliverables and other WAI deliverables are listed on the WAI Resources page. Please note:
- Deliverables that EOWG is currently working on are listed on the EOWG home page under "Current Work"
- Many documents listed here are drafts, and should not be referenced.
- Work in a Task Force is indicated with a colored bar along the left and [TF] in the listing.
High Priority, Awaiting Editor Availability
- How
People With Disabilities Use the Web
- Changelog for How People With Disabilities Use the Web
- Stage: mature draft available. pending edits from previous discussions, and updates on coverage of people with cognitive disabilities. planned additions for WCAG 2.0 and to cover ageing more throughly.
- Overview page for How People with Disabilities Use the Web
- Before/After
Demo (BAD) [TF]
- Requirements for Before/After Site
- Stage: complete drafts available
Lower Priority
- Components of Web Accessibility: A Brief
Tutorial
- Stage: requirements written, complete draft available. needed: graphics work and interaction design
- Promotional Campaign: Integrating Web Accessibility
in Courses
- Stage: draft complete, development in progress
- Selecting Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools (align with tools database, announce database)
- WAI Web site redesign
- Stage: phase 1 rolled out, some cleanup left; phase 1 clean up on-going, phase 2 on hold
- Needed: CSS skills to fix rendering in IE7
- WCAG 2.0 support documents [TF
with WCAG WG]
- WCAG 2.0 Basic/101? (consider relationship with Quick Reference/How to Meet, Quick Tips/WCAG 2.0 at a Glance)
- Application Notes (Forms, Tables, ?)
- Mini-tutorials / presentation materials [prioritize,
develop, review and revise, copyedit]
- ? developing a business case for web accessibility for your organization
- ? standards harmonization
- ? how to promote Web accessibility in your organization or community
- ? how to respond to organizations with inaccessible Web sites
- ? how to retrofit Web sites for accessibility
- ? how to evaluate and monitor Web sites for accessibility
- Promoting Web Accessibility [UMTF] and
other education and outreach materials for people with
disabilities
- Status: requirements started, rough draft started, edits from 22 January 2007 meeting pending
- Also, update Participating in WAI [UMTF]
- Evaluation resource suite [assess what level of re-writing to do when]
- Essential Components of Web Accessibility [update]
- WAI Web site
redesign
- Incorporate translations
Update to align with WCAG 2.0
- Minor link updating:
- Business Case - update checkpoint/success criteria references
- WAI Resources list - check for any other updates needed related to WCAG 2.0
Update quarterly or as needed
Items in this section should be reviewed and updated quarterly or when new information is available.
- Planning pages:
- Reference pages and resource pages:
Wishlist / Parking Lot
EOWG would also like to address the following deliverables, however they are much lower priority. They may be taken up by EOWG based on editor and working group availability.
- Myth Busting
- Guidelines not sufficient for Accessibility [brainstorm, prioritize; possibly develop, review and revise, copyedit]
- Why text-only is not a good solution for accessibility [brainstorm, prioritize; possibly develop, review and revise, copyedit]
- Possibly add to Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization
- WAI General FAQ [brainstorm, develop, review and revise, copyedit]
- Business Case for Authoring Tool Accessibility [complete edits, copyedit]
- Glossary [TF] [coordinate with other WAI groups] (+ coordination)
- Training resources framework [brainstorm, prioritize]
- Strategies/requirements document for goals & objectives & approaches
- "Danger review" on existing Training Resource Suite
- changelog: training suite
- Curriculum for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
2.0 [brainstorm, start development]
- background: Curriculum for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0, changelog: wcag 1.0 curricula
- include publishing of downloadable and/or streaming excerpts from Web Sites That Work video
- Selecting Accessibility Consultants (working title only) [prioritize; possibly develop, review and revise, copyedit]
- Additions to How People with Disabilities Use the Web [brainstorm new section or page, review] - add links to assistive technologies and adaptive computing resources for people with disabilities
- Accessibility Features of W3C Technologies [update as
non-technical messaging]
- Highlighting accessibility benefits of key W3C technologies [brainstorm]
- Accessibility features of SMIL [revise existing resources, expand]
- Accessibility features of SVG [revise existing resources, expand]
- Accessibility features of CSS [update as non-technical messaging]
- Accessibility features of SMIL [update as non-technical messaging]
- Accessibility features of MathML [update as non-technical messaging]
- Alternative Web Browsing [revise, update, integrate into evaluation resource suite] - potential wiki content
- Web accessibility for kids
- How WAI guidelines relate to other standards, e.g., ISO, CEN, Section 508
- How you can participate in WAI work
Completed Deliverables
Deliverables that EOWG has completed in the past (most are current, but some require ongoing maintenance, some need significant updating, and a few have been superseded):
- Accessibility Features of W3C Technologies
- Accessibility Features of CSS (superseded by WCAG techniques document, but could be updated as non-technical messaging)
- Accessibility Features of SMIL (superseded by a WCAG techniques document? update as non-technical messaging?)
- HTML 4.0 Accessibility Improvements (superseded by a WCAG techniques document)
- Alternative Web Browsing (needs updating)
- Best Practices Training Exchange Workshops
- July 18 2003, Palo Alto: Web Accessibility Training and Exchange, and July 17 2003, Palo Alto: Web Accessibility Training
- September 2003, Dublin: Web Accessibility Evaluation Exchange
- February 2004, Madrid, Spain: Best Practices Training Exchange Workshop
- July 2004, Paris, France: Best Practices Training Exchange Workshop
- Curriculum for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (needs minor corrections, and eventual updating to WCAG 2.0)
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Getting Started: Making a Web Site Accessible (WAI resource page)
- Overview of Web Accessibility Initiative (needs quarterly updating)
- Reference Links
- Conference Calendar (currently outdated, and name should be changed)
- Evaluation, Repair, and Transformation Tools for Web Content Accessibility
- Policies Relating to Web Accessibility (needs quarterly and as-needed updating)
- References on Web Accessibility (currently outdated, and name is incorrect)
- WAI Resources (annotated reference links)
- Evaluating Web Sites For Accessibility (WAI Resource Suite, including the following sub-pages)
- Implementation Planning Resource Suite (WAI Resource Suite, including the following sub-pages) [implementation changelog]
- Planning a Web Accessibility Training (WAI Resource Suite)
- Quick Tips to Make Accessible Web Sites (will need updating for WCAG 2.0 release)
- Translating WAI Documents (needs updating)
- WAI Flyer (needs updating, needing ordering form)
- Web Sites That Work video
- WAI Web site redesign
- Introduction and Overview pages
- Introduction to Web Accessibility (requirements and changelog for intro)
- Interdependent Components of Web Accessibility (requirements and changelog for components)
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Overview (changelog for guidelines overviews)
- Navigating WCAG 1.0 Guidelines and Techniques Documents (changelog for guidelines overviews)
- User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) Overview (changelog for guidelines overviews)
- Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) Overview (changelog for guidelines overviews)
- Overview of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Slides (old draft of requirements and changelog)
- Overview of WCAG 2.0 Documents
- Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization
- Why Standards Harmonization is Essential for Web Accessibility
- Improving the Accessibility of Your Web Site ("retrofitting")
- How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process: Milestones and Opportunities to Contribute
- About WCAG 2.0 Presentation