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22nd May 2007, 12:07 am
On April 1 I posted WCAG 2.0 released today (http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200704/wcag_20_released_today/), which of course was an April Fool's joke. But this time I am not joking: WCAG 2.0 has been updated, and a new WCAG 2.0 Working Draft (http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-WCAG20-20070517/) was published on May 17.
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (WCAG WG) received a lot of criticism (read To Hell with WCAG 2 (http://alistapart.com/articles/tohellwithwcag2) for details) after publishing a Last Call Working Draft of WCAG 2.0 in April 2006, and appears to have listened to much of the feedback from the accessibility community.
A rundown of what has changed since the previous version is available in Summary of Issues, Revisions, and Rationales for Changes to WCAG 2.0 2006 Last Call Draft (http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/2007/05/change-summary).
I have not read the whole thing yet. WCAG 2.0 has been shortened and reorganised, but it still consists of a number of documents, some of which are quite long. It will be a while before I have time to read all of it. I have read the summary of changes and skimmed through the Techniques for WCAG 2.0 (http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/) document though, and what I've seen so far really seems like an improvement.
Like last year, the WCAG WG has issued a Call for review and is accepting comments on this Working Draft until June 29. Instructions for Commenting on WCAG 2.0 Documents (http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/comments/) are available.
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The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (WCAG WG) received a lot of criticism (read To Hell with WCAG 2 (http://alistapart.com/articles/tohellwithwcag2) for details) after publishing a Last Call Working Draft of WCAG 2.0 in April 2006, and appears to have listened to much of the feedback from the accessibility community.
A rundown of what has changed since the previous version is available in Summary of Issues, Revisions, and Rationales for Changes to WCAG 2.0 2006 Last Call Draft (http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/2007/05/change-summary).
I have not read the whole thing yet. WCAG 2.0 has been shortened and reorganised, but it still consists of a number of documents, some of which are quite long. It will be a while before I have time to read all of it. I have read the summary of changes and skimmed through the Techniques for WCAG 2.0 (http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/) document though, and what I've seen so far really seems like an improvement.
Like last year, the WCAG WG has issued a Call for review and is accepting comments on this Working Draft until June 29. Instructions for Commenting on WCAG 2.0 Documents (http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/comments/) are available.
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