WAI CART Notes
Acronyms & Abbreviations
- WAI ("way") = Web Accessibility Initiative
- W3C ("w-3-c") = World Wide Web Consortium
- WCAG ("wah-cag") 2.0 = Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
WCAG 3.0 = W3C Accessibility Guidelines - ATAG ("a-tag") = Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines
- UAAG ("u-ag") = User Agent Accessibility Guidelines
- WCAG-EM ("wah-cag-ee-m") = Web Content Accessibility Guidelines – Evaluation Methodology
- ARIA ("ahr-ee-uh") = Accessible Rich Internet Applications
- WAI IG = WAI Interest Group - will say "Discussion (E-mail) List"
- HTML ("h-t-m-l")
- CSS ("c-s-s")
- SSML = Speech Synthesis Markup Language
- SVG ("s-v-g")
- alt text = alternative text
- ISO/IEC 40500:2012
- POUR ("pour") = perceivable, operable, understandable, robust
- BAD ("bad") = Before and After Demo/Demonstration
- XR - Immersive Environments, Virtual Reality
- RTC - Real Time Communications
- WoT - Web of Things
- AT - Assistive Technology
- XAUR - XR Accessibility User Requirements
- RAUR - RTC Accessibility User Requirements
- RTT - Real-Time Text
- VRS - Video Relay Services
- IRC - Internet Relay Chat
- FAST - Framework for Accessible Specification of Technologies
- AI - Artificial Intelligence
- RQTF - Research Questions Task Force
- APA - Accessible Platform Architectures working group
23 July specific session notes
Idea for playing during the breaks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IWBT4Tk3t0
Agenda:
Part 1 (9:30CT)
- Knowbility brief intro
– Jillian live - Greetings from W3C WAI (raw recording, text transcript)
– Judy recorded then directly to Shawn - Foundation for Today, Accessibility is about People (includes short overview of How People Use the Web and Involving Users in Web Projects)
– Shawn - live then Q&A - Emerging Technologies and Developing Work Areas
- XR & XAUR, RTC & RAUR ; briefly FAST, privacy, security, Web of Things (about XAUR, about RAUR)
– Josh - live with Q&A 3 times - Pronunciation (on Vimeo with captions, raw recording in drive, HTML slides online) <ran@w3.org>
– Roy - recorded then Q&A - Personalization (on Vimeo with captions, raw recording in drive, HTML slides online) <ran@w3.org>
– Roy - recorded then Q&A - Accessibility for people with cognitive and learning disabilities (on Vimeo with captions, raw recording, PPTX slides) <stevelee@w3.org>
– (Steve) - Shawn live chat, then Steve recorded, then Q&A
- XR & XAUR, RTC & RAUR ; briefly FAST, privacy, security, Web of Things (about XAUR, about RAUR)
- (Shawn intro sessions after break if transition is easy)
[break ~5 mins]
Part 2 (10:45CT)
- Resources for Planning, Managing, and Communicating Your Accessibility (goes over web pages linked from the Planning and Policies Overview page)
– Shawn - live then Q&A - Advancing Authoring Tool Accessibility (on Vimeo with captions, raw recording) <hidde@w3.org>
– Hidde - recorded then Q&A - (Shawn intro sessions after break if transition is easy)
[break ~15 mins]
Part 3 (11:30CT)
- WCAG Basics (goes over web pages linked from the WCAG Overview page)
– Shawn - live then brief Q&A - WCAG Current and Future Work (raw recording - 3 parts, HTML slides online) <cooper@w3.org>
– Michael - 3 recordings with Q&A in between and after - Resources for Developers, Designers, Content Creators, including Audio and Video (goes over web pages linked from the Design & Develop Overview page)
– Shawn - live then Q&A
[break ~10 mins]
Part 4 (12:30CT)
- Evaluating Web Accessibility: Resources and New Work (goes over web pages linked from the Test & Evaluate Overview page)
– Shadi - live then Q&A - Resources for Teaching and Advocating (goes over web pages linked from the Teach and Advocate Overview page)
– Shawn live, then Daniel live (no chat!), then Q&A - Contributing to WAI work
– Shawn - live then Q&A(if time) - Conclusion: Accessibility in Context
– Shawn - live then done!