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What is W3C WAI?

What is W3C WAI?

Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI™) is one of four domains of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C®). W3C was created in 1994 to develop common protocols that promote the evolution of the World Wide Web and ensure its interoperability.

What are W3C WAI and WCAG?

The WCAG technical documents are developed by the Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AG WG) (formerly the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group), which is part of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).

What is meant by a AA and AAA accessibility conformance?

Electronic Accessibility WCAG 2.0 guidelines are categorized into three levels of conformance in order to meet the needs of different groups and different situations: A (lowest), AA (mid range), and AAA (highest). Conformance at higher levels indicates conformance at lower levels.

What is the purpose of Wai?

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)’s Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) is an effort to improve the accessibility of the World Wide Web (WWW or Web) for people with disabilities. People with disabilities may encounter difficulties when using computers generally, but also on the Web.

What does the name Wai mean?

Wéi (simplified Chinese: 韦; traditional Chinese: 韋) is a Chinese surname meaning meaning ‘leather’ in ancient Chinese. It is the 62nd most common name in China as of 2018. It is Wai in Cantonese. It is the 50th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.

What does the AAA mean on the W3C website?

Pages bearing this logo indicate a claim of conformance by the page author or content provider to conformance Level AAA of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 , including all Level A, AA, and AAA success criteria defined in the Guidelines.

What does W3C Web Accessibility Initiative ( WAI ) do?

The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) develops standards and support materials to help you understand and implement accessibility. You can use W3C WAI resources to make your websites, applications, and other digital creations more accessible and usable to everyone.

Who is the director of the W3C WAI?

Judy Brewer, Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Director at W3C/MIT, received the SIGACCESS Outstanding Contributions to Computing and Accessibility Award for 2018.

What are the W3C Authoring Tool accessibility guidelines?

W3C’s Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) addresses making the authoring tools themselves accessible and helping authors create more accessible web content. Learn more from the ATAG Overview.