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Introducing the W3C web accessibility initiative research and development working group

Introducing the W3C web accessibility initiative research and development working group Introducing the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative Research and Development Working Group Simon Harper Web Ergonomics Laboratory, University of Manchester Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL simon.harper@manchester.ac.uk Abstract For the last four years we have been working with the W3C to try and restart the Research and Development Interest Group which was previously, and ably, chaired by Markku Hakkinen. I'm glad to say that after much discussion within the W3C the group has been relaunched as a working group. This new group has a two-year charter, had its first weekly meeting in June, and has already chosen its first topic to be focused on. Here I'd like to introduce the group and the way in which it works, and encourage any researcher with an interest in accessibility to contribute via the mailing list, or to jump in and participate as a core working group member. Introduction The mission of the Research and Development Working Group (RDWG), part of the WAI International Program Office Activity, is to increase the incorporation of accessibility considerations into research on Web technologies, and to identify projects researching Web accessibility and suggest research questions that may contribute to new projects. The desired outcome of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png ACM SIGACCESS Accessibility and Computing Association for Computing Machinery

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Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery
Copyright
Copyright © 2011 by ACM Inc.
ISSN
1558-2337
DOI
10.1145/2047473.2047476
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Introducing the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative Research and Development Working Group Simon Harper Web Ergonomics Laboratory, University of Manchester Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL simon.harper@manchester.ac.uk Abstract For the last four years we have been working with the W3C to try and restart the Research and Development Interest Group which was previously, and ably, chaired by Markku Hakkinen. I'm glad to say that after much discussion within the W3C the group has been relaunched as a working group. This new group has a two-year charter, had its first weekly meeting in June, and has already chosen its first topic to be focused on. Here I'd like to introduce the group and the way in which it works, and encourage any researcher with an interest in accessibility to contribute via the mailing list, or to jump in and participate as a core working group member. Introduction The mission of the Research and Development Working Group (RDWG), part of the WAI International Program Office Activity, is to increase the incorporation of accessibility considerations into research on Web technologies, and to identify projects researching Web accessibility and suggest research questions that may contribute to new projects. The desired outcome of

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ACM SIGACCESS Accessibility and ComputingAssociation for Computing Machinery

Published: Sep 1, 2011

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