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User Agent Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (UAWG)

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Announcements and Meetings

Announcements

Meetings

The Working Group teleconference meets approximately twice a month on Thursdays at 2pm Boston (USA) local time (19:00 UTC/GMT) for 60 minutes. Check the schedule below for telecon meeting dates. Extra telecons maybe scheduled at other times. The teleconference is on the Zakim bridge at: +1-617-761-6200, code 8294. We will also meet on IRC: irc.w3.org, port 6665, channel #ua. World clock meeting planner to calculate local times for meetings.

Next joint teleconference with Sun Beijing Team:
No meetings scheduled at this time
Previous joint teleconference with Sun Beijing Team:
Minutes of 11/12 April 2005 meeting
Next regular teleconference:
23 June 2005 at 2:00pm EST (Boston local time)
Previous regular teleconfence
5 May Minutes
All previous meetings

Next face-to-face meeting: 1 and 3 March 2005 at the Hyatt Harborside Hotel in Boston. A meeting page is available with registration info and logistics.

Current Work

Charter

The previous Working Group charter was fullfilled through the publication of the User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG). The current Working Group charter proposes to continue to support developers in their implementation of UAAG requirements, develop test suites to support evaluation and to explore potential new requirements for UAAG. The new charter is in effect as of 1 January 2005.

Test suites and implementation reports

Current Work (Post Recommendation)

Last Call Implementation Reports and Test Suites

Previous deliverables, Future deliverables (after UAAG 1.0)

Other Work

Comments on other W3C Documents

Publications

User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) 1.0 Recommendation

The UAWG makes available the following resources in conjunction with the User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 Recommendation, published 17 Dec 2002:

- Techniques for UAAG 1.0
This W3C Note provides techniques for satisfying the checkpoints defined in UAAG 1.0.
- Summary of UAAG 1.0
This short document summarizes the purpose and structure of UAAG 1.0.
- Table of Checkpoints for UAAG 1.0
A handy list of the UAAG 1.0 requirements; a list version is also available.
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about UAAG 1.0
- Errata in UAAG 1.0
- Translations of UAAG 1.0
- How to use Conformance Icons for UAAG 1.0

Press and other coverage of UAAG 1.0

The W3C Communications Team also issued a press release and list of testimonials to accompany the publication of the Recommendation.

About the UAWG

The User Agent Accessibility Guidelines explain to user agent developers how to make their products more accessible to people with disabilities and for increasing usability for all users. The Working Group charter was renewed 1 January 2005 and lasts until 31 December 2006.

Participation

Information on how to participate in the Working Group. You may join if you belong to a W3C Member organization or have been invited by the Chair to participate.

Mailing List

Patent disclosures

Patent disclosures for UAWG deliverables are made available per the 24 January 2002 W3C Current Patent Practice Note:

All disclosure statements made by W3C Members are made public with each publicly-visible Working Draft (public Working Draft, Last Call Working Draft, Candidate Recommendation, Proposed Recommendation, Recommendation).

Related Work

Chair and Team Contact