First Public Working Draft: Mobile Accessibility: How WCAG 2.0 and Other W3C/WAI Guidelines Apply

Mobile Accessibility: How WCAG 2.0 and Other W3C/WAI Guidelines Apply to Mobile was published today as a First Public Working Draft by the Mobile Accessibility Task Force, a joint Task Force of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (WCAG WG) and the User Agent Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (UAAG WG). This document describes how WCAG 2.0 principles, guidelines, and success criteria apply to mobile web content, mobile web apps, native apps, and hybrid apps using web components inside native apps. It provides guidance on mobile accessibility issues — such as small screen size, touch target size, zoom, gestures — and how they relate to WCAG 2.0. It links to a list of existing WCAG Techniques that apply to mobile.

The document also highlights the relevance of UAAG 2.0 and ATAG 2.0 in the mobile context, and links to UAAG 2.0 mobile accessibility examples. This document provides informative guidance, and does not set requirements. It may become a W3C Working Group Note, or the information may be integrated into WCAG Techniques and Understanding WCAG. (It will not impact WCAG 2.0 itself; WCAG 2.0 is a stable standard that does not change.) For information on W3C WAI's broader work related to mobile accessibility, see Mobile Accessibility. Learn more about the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).