Fwd: Announcements: WAI-ARIA 1.0 is completed W3C Recommendation

[Joseph Scheuhammer <clown alum mit edu>]

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Subject:        Announcements: WAI-ARIA 1.0 is completed W3C Recommendation
Resent-Date:    Thu, 20 Mar 2014 16:31:13 +0000
Resent-From:    wai-xtech w3 org
Date:   Thu, 20 Mar 2014 09:30:56 -0700
From:   Shawn Henry <shawn w3 org>
To: 	Judy Brewer <jbrewer w3 org>, Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>, 
wai-xtech w3 org



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blog post: <http://www.w3.org/blog/2014/03/wai-aria-expands-web-accessibility/>
press release:<http://www.w3.org/2014/03/aria.html.en>
testimonials: <http://www.w3.org/2014/03/aria-testimonials.html.en>


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Subject: WAI-ARIA 1.0 is completed W3C Recommendation
Resent-Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 16:21:11 +0000
Resent-From: w3c-wai-ig w3 org
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 09:20:57 -0700
From: Shawn Henry <shawn w3 org>
To: WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig w3 org>

Dear WAI Interest Group Participants,

The W3C WAI Protocols and Formats Working Group (PFWG) announces W3C Recommendation publications of:
Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) 1.0
        http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/
WAI-ARIA 1.0 User Agent Implementation Guide
        http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-implementation/

More information is available in:
*WAI-ARIA Expands Web Accessibility blog post*
        http://www.w3.org/blog/2014/03/wai-aria-expands-web-accessibility
*W3C's Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) 1.0 Expands Accessibility of the Open Web Platform 
press release*
        https://www.w3.org/2014/03/aria.html.en

*About WAI-ARIA*

WAI-ARIA defines a way to make web content, particularly web applications, more accessible to people with 
disabilities. It especially helps with dynamic content and advanced user interface controls developed with 
Ajax, HTML, JavaScript, and related technologies. It is introduced in:
WAI-ARIA Overview
        http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/aria

WAI-ARIA works with existing web content technologies, such as HTML, and provides a way to apply the requirements 
of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 for rich web applications. Accessibility standards developed by 
the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) are listed in WAI Guidelines and Techniques at: 
<http://www.w3.org/WAI/guid-tech.html>.

The WAI-ARIA User Agent Implementation Guide is for developers of web browsers and other user agents. It 
describes how user agents should support WAI-ARIA; specifically, how to expose WAI-ARIA features to platform 
accessibility APIs (application programming interfaces).

*Versions*
The PFWG is working on a few changes for WAI-ARIA 1.1, and considering more changes for WAI-ARIA 2.0. The 
in-progress updates to WAI-ARIA 1.1 are available in an Editors' Draft at <http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/aria-1.1/>
The status of WAI-ARIA versions is updated in the WAI-ARIA FAQ at <http://www.w3.org/WAI/aria/faq#status>

Please let us know if you have any questions.
Feel free to circulate this message to other lists; please avoid cross-postings where possible.

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Regards,
Shawn Henry, WAI Outreach
Janina Sajka, PFWG Chair
Michael Cooper, W3C Staff Contact




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Shawn Lawton Henry
W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
e-mail: shawn w3 org
phone: +1.617.395.7664
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