Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) Working Group (original) (raw)
Page Contents
- Announcements
- Current Work
- Task Forces
- How to Comment, Contribute, and Participate
- Meetings and Communication
- Administrative Information
Announcements
No announcements at the moment.
Current Work
The Working Group has established a road map for upcoming work. This road map is executed via publications and status, which include:
- WAI-ARIA 1.3,
- WAI-ARIA modules for Digital Publishing and Graphics,
- Accessibility API Mappings for ARIA, Digital Publishing, HTML, and SVG, and
- WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices.
The ARIA Project Plan details intended timeline and milestones for this work and proceeds according to the ARIA Working Group Work Flow.
Task Forces
The ARIA WG uses task forces to focus work on specific projects. Current task forces include:
- ARIA Authoring Practices Task Force: focuses on ARIA Authoring Practices.
- CSS Accessibility Task Force; focuses on accessibility of CSS, ARIA role is to explore ARIA and accessibility API mapping features.
The ARIA Working Group engages with stakeholders in a variety of ways. See the following resources for information on:
- How to contribute to the Working Group, file comments, and contribute to the source code repositories;
- How to participate in (join) the Working Group.
Meetings and Communication
The ARIA WG conducts its work using a variety of synchronous and asynchronous tools. The communication page provides details about:
- Teleconferences of the Working Group and its task forces (also see meeting minutes);
- Face to face meetings (also see face to face meeting pages);
- Email lists;
- ARIA source repository;
- Wiki;
- Web-Based Surveys (WBS);
- Issue Tracker;
- ARIA source repository issue tracker.
These tools are used by participants of the Working Group. For ways non-participants can contribute, see how to contribute to the Working Group and file comments.
Meeting Minutes
Minutes from previous meetings are available.
Administrative Information
Work of the ARIA WG is in accordance with the W3C Process. ARIA WG work is funded in part by the WAI Core 2015 Project. The work of this group does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the funders.
The chairs of the ARIA WG, responsible for overall leadership and management, are James Nurthen and Valerie Young. The staff contact, responsible for W3C Process and general support, is Daniel Montalvo.
The Accessible Rich Internet Applications Working Group maintains the following operational resources:
W3C maintains a public list of any patent disclosures made in connection with the deliverables of the group; that page also includes instructions for disclosing a patent.