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From: Jennifer Sutton
Date: Oct 11, 2012 11:22AM

>Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:01:16 -0500
>From: Shawn Henry < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>To: WAI Interest Group < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>Subject: Implementing ATAG 2.0 Updated
>
>Dear WAI Interest Group Participants,
>
>The W3C WAI Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group
>(AUWG) has published an updated Working Draft of Implementing ATAG
>2.0: A guide to understanding and implementing Authoring Tool
>Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 at:
> http://www.w3.org/TR/IMPLEMENTING-ATAG20/
>
>Implementing ATAG 2.0 is a planned Note to support ATAG 2.0.
>
>For a list of changes since the last Draft, see the Status section
>at: <http://www.w3.org//TR/IMPLEMENTING-ATAG20/#status>;
>Please send any comments to the publicly-archived list
>< <EMAIL REMOVED> > by 9 November 2012.
>
>ATAG 2.0 Status:
>The Working Group is preparing for ATAG 2.0 Candidate Recommendation
>(CR). CR and the other development stages are described in: How WAI
>Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process at:
><http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/w3c-process>;
>
>Test Drive Today:
>WAI encourages developers of web authoring tools (content management
>systems, HTML editors, social networking, and more[1]), to try using
>the ATAG 2.0 Working Draft now. (While we think it is stable, it
>might change some based on public feedback and implementation
>experience.) We are looking forward to learning about your
>experience implementing ATAG 2.0 in your tools. In the coming
>months, we'll be asking for tools that meet ATAG 2.0. *Will your
>tool be an example*?
>
>About ATAG:
>ATAG defines how authoring tools should help web developers produce
>web content that is accessible and conforms to Web Content
>Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, which is introduced at:
><http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/wcag.php>;. ATAG also defines how to
>make authoring tools accessible so that people with disabilities can
>use the tools. ATAG is introduced in the ATAG Overview at:
><http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/atag.php>;
>ATAG is part of a series of accessibility guidelines/standards
>developed by WAI, which are listed in WAI Guidelines and Techniques
>at: <http://www.w3.org/WAI/guid-tech.html>;
>ATAG is developed by the Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines
>Working Group (AUWG), <http://www.w3.org/WAI/AU/>;
>
>URI:
>The first URI above goes to the latest version of the document. The
>"dated" version of the Draft is:
><http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-IMPLEMENTING-ATAG20-20121011/>;
>The difference between these URIs are explained in Referencing and
>Linking to WAI Guidelines and Technical Documents at:
><http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/linking.html>;
>
>Please let us know if you have any questions. Thank you in advance
>for your comments.
>Feel free to circulate this message to other lists; please avoid
>cross-postings where possible.
>
>[1] Examples of authoring tools: <http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/atag.php#for>;
>
>Regards,
>~Shawn Henry, WAI Outreach
>Jutta Treviranus, AUWG Chair
>Jeanne Spellman, AUWG W3C Staff Contact
>
>
>
>
>-----
>Shawn Lawton Henry
>W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
>e-mail: <EMAIL REMOVED>
>phone: +1.617.395.7664
>about: http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/