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Re: What is Aria?

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From: Randi
Date: Mar 4, 2009 11:20AM


Excellent, thank you Jared. This great because I just ask for
clarification of stuff I'm interested in.

Tahnk you!
Randi

On 3/4/09, Jared Smith < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Randi < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>> If you don't mind, can you explain what it is, or maybe provide a good
>> link?
>
> No worries. We sometimes dive right into technical topics here without
> explaining what they are.
>
> ARIA (stands for Accessible Rich Internet Applications) is a protocol
> being developed by the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) of the World
> Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to improve web accessibility for advanced
> and interactive web elements.
>
> Here are some good sites to get you up-to-speed:
> -
> http://wiki.codetalks.org/wiki/index.php/Web_2.0_Accessibility_with_WAI-ARIA_FAQ
> - http://www.w3.org/WAI/aria/faq
> - and the protocol itself - http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/
>
> Jared Smith
> WebAIM.org
>