WAI Mission and Organization
- guidelines which are widely regarded as the international standard for Web accessibility
- support materials to help understand and implement Web accessibility
- resources, through international collaboration
- participation from around the world
- volunteers to review, implement, and promote guidelines
- dedicated participants in 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. The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) develops its work through W3C's consensus-based process, involving different stakeholders in Web accessibility. These include industry, disability organizations, government, accessibility research organizations, and more.
WAI, in partnership with organizations around the world, pursues accessibility of the Web through five primary 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 one of four Domains within the W3C, with two Activities and the following Working Groups and Interest Groups: