http://www.webstandards.org Working together for standards Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:24:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The British Standards Institution (BSI) has invited two members of the WaSP, Bruce Lawson and Patrick Lauke, to join the drafting committee for the first British Standard for Web Accessiblity. Two years ago, the BSI was sponsored by the Disability Rights Commission to write a Publicly Available Specification ... http://www.webstandards.org/2008/07/11/british-standard-for-accessibility/ The UK government has issued a consultation document on Delivering Inclusive Websites. It's not finalised, as the consultation doesn't end until November 13 (my birthday, by the way …) but in its current state it's not a bad document; it rehashes PAS 78, recognises that the only way to find out ... http://www.webstandards.org/2007/11/04/uk-government-accessibility-consultation/ In last month's Interview with Judy Brewer on WCAG 2.0, we read that:WCAG 2.0 went through several Public Working Drafts in recent years, and a Last Call Working Draft in 2006. Each Working Draft was sent out for public review — altogether to hundreds of individuals, organizations, and lists around ... http://www.webstandards.org/2007/06/11/review-wcag2-may2007-working-draft/ Shawn Lawton Henry is the W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative Outreach Coordinator, and so she's very familiar with WCAG 2.0. Her chapter in Friends of Ed's Web Accessibility: Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance, Understanding Web Accessibility is an excellent practical introduction into the barriers disabled people face when using the web. One ... http://www.webstandards.org/2007/05/28/london-shawn-lawton-henry-on-wcag-20/ I heard a piece on NPR this morning featuring an atypical screen reader user: atypical because he is not blind.His vision-impairment is caused by a lack of muscle control due to cerebral palsy, effectively making him vision-, mobility-, and dexterity-impaired. The mention of the screen reader is a minor note ... http://www.webstandards.org/2007/05/24/screen-reader-user-on-us-national-public-radio/ In web accessibility, you’ll often hear emphasis being placed on the duty of web authors to create accessible content. However, this is only one part of the web accessibility equation.One that has been particularly close to me, or rather one that has provided me with a lot of opportunity to ... http://www.webstandards.org/2007/05/20/current-browsers-and-the-user-agent-accessibility-guidelines-10/ The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (WCAG WG) invites you to comment on an updated draft of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0), published on 17 May 2007. WCAG 2.0 addresses accessibility of Web content for people with disabilities.The updated WCAG 2.0 Public Working Draft incorporates changes ... http://www.webstandards.org/2007/05/17/call-for-review-updated-wcag-20-working-draft/ Following a conversation with Judy Brewer from the W3C back in February, Jared Smith had the chance to interview her and submit some probing questions about what's happening with WCAG 2.0. Thanks Judy...and nice one Jared! See the interview with Judy Brewer on WCAG 2.0 in our WaSP Asks the ... http://www.webstandards.org/2007/05/05/whats-happening-with-wcag-20/ By Bruce Lawson and James Craig. (German translation) Microformats are a great idea. They allow the embedding of parsable, semantic data (like contact information and event details) into regular web pages. With the right plug-in, that information can be saved directly to your calendar program or address book. Like Microformats, a ... http://www.webstandards.org/2007/04/27/haccessibility/ I had to pinch myself to check it's not 1 April yet, because Amazon has always been an invalid, nested-table horror that was a poster-child for inaccessible images, but it seems to be true: Amazon.com, the leading online retailer, and the National Federation of the Blind have entered into a cooperation ... http://www.webstandards.org/2007/03/31/amazoncom-to-enhance-its-accessibility/