AC Meeting 2017 Presentation
W3C
Accessibility at W3C
Léonie Watson, The Paciello Group (TPG)
From the beginning
W3C = Accessibility
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1994
- W3C hosts accessibility pages
- Curated by Mike Paciello (Yuri Rubinski Insight Foundation (YRIF))
- Helped by Dave Raggett (W3C)
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1996
- Daniel Dardailler joins W3C, and begins helping with the accessibility pages
- Mike, Daniel, and Jim Miller (W3C propose a new web accessibility project
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September 1996
Tim Berners-Lee invites support from W3C members:
"As part of its commitment to realize the full potential of the Web, the Consortium has been
promoting a high degree of usability for disabled people... Michael has proposed that a more
extensive project be started, if there is sufficient provision of resources and enthusiasm by
Consortium Members."
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January 1997
- At a Whitehouse meeting, W3C is agreed as the ideal host
- Five words describe the proposed project: International, Normative, Consensus, Predictability,
and Participation
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January 1997
Jim Miller presents the web accessibility project to the AC
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February 1997
The project is named the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
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April 1997
WAI is officially launched in Santa Clara, USA
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May 1997
- WAI WG and WAI IG mailing lists are created
- First WAI technical meetings are held in Sophia-Antipolis, France
- Judy Brewer selected as WAI International Program Director
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1998 to 2016
WAI becomes a world leader for accessibility
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Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG)
- ATAG 1.0, W3C Recommendation 2000
- ATAG 2.0, W3C Recommendation 2015
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User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG)
- UAAG 1.0, W3C Recommendation 2002
- UAAG 2.0, W3C Note 2015
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Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
- WCAG 1.0, W3C Recommendation 1999
- WCAG 2.0, W3C Recommendation 2008
- WCAG 2.1, W3C FPWD 2017
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Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA)
- ARIA 1.0, W3C Recommendation 2014
- ARIA 1.1, W3C Candidate Recommendation 2017
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Accessibility API Mappings (AAM)
- Core AAM 1.1, W3C Working Draft 2016
- HTML AAM 1.0, W3C Working Draft 2017
- SVG AAM 1.0, W3C Working Draft 2016
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October 2015
PF WG split into:
- Accessible Platform Architectures (APA WG)
- Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA WG)
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November 2016
- The WAI domain is deprecated, but continues as a W3C brand
- HTML AAM 1.0 becomes a Web Platform WG deliverable
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2017
- APA WG provides horizontal review
- APA WG and CSS WG joint Task Force
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Challenges: Horizontal review
- Frequently creates conflict
- Often lacks specification domain knowledge
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Challenges: Joint Task Forces
- Require additional W3C resources
- Require additional member participation
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Solution
- Accessibility specialists in every WG
- Already in HTML, CSS, SVG, Web Payments and others
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Vision
W3C = Accessibility as a core design principle
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Thank you for listening
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