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1. #26849 Communication Challenges in the WC3's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines In the first part of this article, we analyze a number of communication challenges and relate them to problems in conveying the November draft of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0. Based on our analysis, the second part of our article offers a number of recommendations for improving the comprehensibility of the WCAG 2.0 for its various intended audiences. Although our discussion has the November draft as its focal point, the recommendations are more widely applicable to other complex documents with diverse audiences. In the final part, we propose a new vision for the WCAG. Brys, Catherine M. and Wim Vanderbauwhede. Technical Communication Online (2006). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>Standards 2. #26131 Draft 2 of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines It's time to take a look at the working draft of WCAG 2.0. You'll see a fresh approach to a formidable challenge. McAlpine, Rachel. Quality Web Content (2005). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>Standards 3. #22938 Interview with DMXzone's Bruce Lawson Find out why self-confessed non-techie Bruce Lawson has been winning friends and influencing people with his support for web standards and web accessibility. Lawson, Bruce. Accessify (2003). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>Standards 4. #31626 WCAG 2.0 Preview: So What's New? This article reviews the new Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.0 and was published in SPIN Magazine. The article summaries the new guidelines and identifies key revisions and changes made to the original WCAG version 1.0. Palmer, Mark. User Vision (2007). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>Standards 5. #32264 Checkpoints for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 This document is an appendix to the W3C "Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0". It provides a list of all checkpoints from the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0, organized by concept, as a checklist for Web content developers. W3C (2005). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>Standards 6. #32441 Helping Others Understand Web Accessibility When I hold workshops for people who want to learn more about web standards and accessibility, I often notice that the attendants really have tried to improve their accessibility knowledge. But they get overwhelmed when they go to the official documentation from the W3C and try to understand it. Johansson, Roger. 456 Berea Street (2008). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>Standards 7. #32446 Accessibility is Part of Your Job Accessibility is one of the fundamentals of the Web, so how people who claim to be passionate about the Web and say that they deliver high quality can choose to ignore it is beyond me. Johansson, Roger. 456 Berea Street (2007). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>Standards 8. #32508 Good markup is accessible by default. As long as you’re using HTML elements in a semantically meaningful way—which you should be doing anyway, without even thinking about accessibility—then your documents will be accessible to begin with. Keith, Jeremy. Adactio (2006). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>Standards 9. #32520 Creating Accessible Data Tables This article demonstrates how to code accessible data tables in (X)HTML, enabling visually impaired users who employ assistive technologies to interpret the table data. Two views of a tabular data table are presented and discussed. Palinkas, Frank M. Opera (2008). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>Standards 10. #32871 WCAG and the Myth of Accessibility Kevin Leitch explains why he feels that the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines have failed in their mission to ensure that web content is accessible to all. Leitch, Kevin. Juicy Studio (2004). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>Standards 11. #32886 A customizable quick reference to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 requirements (success criteria) and techniques. W3C (2008). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>Standards
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