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September 26, 2006 | Comments: (0)
W3C boosts Web access for disabled
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) on Tuesday published documents providing developers with assistance on making dynamic Web content usable to persons with disabilites, as part of the organization's Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).
Documents published include the first working public drafts of the Accessible Rich Internet Application (ARIA) suite, including the WAI-ARIA Roadmap, WAI-ARIA Roles and WAI-ARIA States and Properties.
"As people are demanding more from the Web - more information, more responsive applications and richer experiences - an explosion in technologies that exclude access to many people is growing. This new suite of documents being rolled out is significant because they will help developers gain access to the tools needed to support persons with disabilities on the Web," said Rich Schwerdtfeger, IBM Distinguished Engineer and author of the WAI- ARIA Roadmap, in a prepared statement released by W3C. "ARIA is our first step to bring the richer, dynamic Web content experience to all users of the Web, by providing technology enhancements and examples for better, more accessible implementations."
The roadmap document describes an approach for ensuring interoperability between rich Internet applications and assistive technologies used by people with disabilities. The approach relies on technologies developed or under development by W3C, such as the XHTML Role Attribute Module. Also, the roadmap presents a gap analysis identifying technologies that may still be needed to ensure accessible rich Internet applications. Companion documents explain how to bridge those gaps.
Posted by Paul Krill on September 26, 2006 05:33 PM
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Basic standards under WCAG 1 seem to be falling under draft guideline for WCAG 2. Specifications for using scripting languages to manipulate the DOM with something like XML or javascript seem beyond most sites who do not even comply with the most basic accessibility requirements.
Under WCAG 2, a site can specify what baseline technology they are using and comply with draft guidelines for WCAG2, but only for users with javascript or plugin X.
http://www.hereticpress.com/Dogstar/Access/index.html#baseline
On way standards will improve is with legal action like that against Target in the USA.
http://www.hereticpress.com/Dogstar/Publishing/USAweb.html#targetstore
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