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WAI Press Releases and Document Release Notices

Introduction

This pages lists press releases, calls for review, and other WAI document release notices. See also:

• WAI Contacts for Press Inquiries, W3C Contacts
• Complete lists of W3C press releases and W3C technical reports

2004

• 11 March 2004, W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative Holds Best Practices Training in Spain
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2003

• 29 April 2003, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Working Draft
• 14 March 2003, Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0 Working Draft
• 21 February 2003, Brewer receives Hadden Award

2002

• 17 December 2002: Press Release announcing User Agent Accessibility Guidelines [UAAG] 1.0 as a W3C Recommendation. Associated Testimonials, FAQ. Implementation support includes Techniques for UAAG 1.0, Implementation Reports, Test Suites, Conformance Evaluation Forms.
• 6 December 2002: First public Working Draft of Evaluation and Report Language [EARL] 1.0, an RDF schema for test results
• 29 October 2002: Updated Techniques for Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 available
• 3 October 2002: Updated Working Draft of XML Accessibility Guidelines available

2001

• User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 advance to Candidate Recommendation, September 13, 2001
• Call for review for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 Working Draft
• User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 Working Draft, incorporating issues raised during second last call.

2000

• Techniques for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines updated (6 Nov. 2000)
• Accessibility Features of SVG becomes W3C Note, August 7, 2000.
• User Agent Accessibility Guidelines becomes W3C Proposed Recommendation, March 10, 2000.
• Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 becomes W3C Recommendation, February 3, 2000. ATAG 1.0 Press Release, Testimonials, and Fact Sheet.

1999

• Accessibility Features of SMIL becomes W3C Note, September 20, 1999.
• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 becomes W3C Recommendation, May 5, 1999. WCAG 1.0 Press Release, Testimony, Fact Sheet.
• Accessibility Features of CSS becomes W3C Note, June 16, 1999.

1998

• W3C Issues Guidelines to Extend Benefits of the Web to a Broader Community, February 3, 1998.
• Audio Webcast of Event with HRH The Duke of York profiling the Web Accessibility Initiative, July, 1998.
• W3C Issues First Public Draft of Browser Accessibility Guidelines, June 18, 1998.
• World Wide Web Consortium Launches International Program Office for Web Accessibility Initiative, October 27, 1997.
• World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Launches International Web Accessibility Initiative, April 7, 1997.
• WAI User Agent Guidelines, first public Working Draft announcement, June, 1998; updated releases July, 1998; November, 1998.

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