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From: "Judy Brewer" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "WAI Interest Group" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 9:13 AM
Subject: Call for Review: Working Draft of Web Content Accessibility
Guidelines 2.0
Dear WAI Interest Group Participants:
A new Working Draft of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG
2.0) was published 24 June 2003 and is available for your review. WCAG 2.0
addresses accessibility of Web content for people with disabilities. It
will apply to a wider range of Web technologies than WCAG 1.0 and is
intended to be understandable to a wider audience.
Since the previous public Working Draft of WCAG 2.0, published on 29 April
2003, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (WCAG WG),
chaired by Gregg Vanderheiden and Jason White, has incorporated comments
received and further developed the guidelines and checkpoints in WCAG 2.0.
W3C Working Drafts provide opportunities for public comment during the
development of a specification. The earlier in the development process
comments are received, the greater impact they may have. The WCAG WG
invites you to comment on their latest Working Draft, available at:
http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-WCAG20-20030624/
Send comments to the public comments mailing list by 10 September 2003:
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The Working Group received many helpful comments on the previous draft and
is interested in more comments on the following questions. These questions
are similar to those published with the previous Working Draft and are
intended to encourage general discussion and review of the Working Draft.
1. In general, is this WCAG 2.0 Working Draft easy to understand?
Please identify sections or phrases that are difficult to
understand.
Please suggest alternative wording for the Working Group to
consider.
2. The conformance structure of this WCAG 2.0 Working Draft
differs
from WCAG 1.0 and from the previous WCAG 2.0 Working Draft.
Is the concept of Core and Extended checkpoints easy to
understand?
Is this an effective structure?
3. If your site or organization already uses WCAG 1.0, do you
think it will be difficult to migrate from WCAG 1.0 to WCAG
2.0, based on
the current draft? Please note that the Working Group is
developing
supporting documents such as technology-specific techniques
documents
and checklists for WCAG 2.0.
Please send your comments by 10 September 2003 to:
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The archive for that mailing list is available at:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-comments-wcag20/
We would also like to bring your attention to "Requirements for WCAG 2.0"
which explains the Working Group's goals for WCAG 2.0 based on feedback
from WCAG 1.0, including improving the usability, understandability, and
applicability of the guidelines. It is available at:
http://www.w3.org/TR/wcag2-req/
When sending comments, please:
- State the issue as clearly and simply as possible.
- Provide links to specific examples or references.
- If possible, suggest solutions.
- Remember that the Working Group welcomes volunteers
to help with the work.
When waiting for responses to comments:
- Track your issue in the open issues list
http://trace.wisc.edu/bugzilla_wcag/condensedreports/wcag2_issues.php
- Follow up on the mailing list if you don't find your issue in the
open issues list.
Please let us know if you have any questions. Many thanks in advance for
your comments. Additional information on the Working Group is available at:
http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/
Note:
We expect WCAG 2.0 to become a W3C Recommendation sometime in 2004. Until
then, WCAG 1.0 will continue to be the current and stable document to use.
If your site currently conforms to WCAG 1.0, be assured that conformance to
WCAG 2.0 will not require a complete redesign of your site but it will
likely require some tweaks.
Note:
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where possible.
Wendy Chisholm
W3C Team Contact for the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group
and
Judy Brewer
Director, Web Accessibility Initiative, W3C
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Judy Brewer +1.617.258.9741 http://www.w3.org/WAI
Director, Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), World Wide Web Consortium
(W3C)
MIT/LCS Room NE43-355, 200 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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