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From: David Ashleydale
Date: Thu, May 31 2012 5:58PM
Subject: Is WCAG a "Living" Document?
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Hi,

I was just wondering if the W3C ever updates the "sufficient techniques"
portions of WCAG due to newly available technologies. If so, it would be
nice to be able to "subscribe" to the changes in order to be notified of
them.

David Ashleydale

From: John Foliot
Date: Thu, May 31 2012 8:39PM
Subject: Re: Is WCAG a "Living" Document?
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David Ashleydale wrote
>
> I was just wondering if the W3C ever updates the "sufficient
> techniques"
> portions of WCAG due to newly available technologies. If so, it would
> be
> nice to be able to "subscribe" to the changes in order to be notified
> of
> them.
>

Hi David,

There is currently an effort underway to collect some of these newer
techniques so that the sufficient techniques section of WCAG 2 can be
updated. My pal Joshue O'Connor is overseeing that effort at the W3C right
now, and I suspect that he could use a hand if you (or anyone else reading
this) is interested. I'm cc'ing Josh on this note, and you can ping him
directly if you are so inclined.

Remember, the work of the W3C is done by regular folks like you and me, and
all contributions are both welcome and appreciated. Don't be shy, get
involved!

Cheers!

JF

From: Shawn Henry
Date: Thu, May 31 2012 8:41PM
Subject: Re: Is WCAG a "Living" Document?
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Hi David,

Yes, we update the WCAG Techniques. Information on past updates is at:
- http://www.w3.org/QA/2012/01/wcag_techniques_learn_more.html
- http://www.w3.org/QA/2010/10/new_and_improved_wcag_20_techn.html

Notification of updates are provided through the WAI Interest Group (IG) mailing list. To subscribe to the WAI IG list (which is a good place to ask questions about W3C WAI work :), send e-mail to = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = with "subscribe" as the subject.

Other announcement venues are listed at: http://www.w3.org/WAI/about/announcements.php

Regards,
~Shawn

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W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
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On 5/31/2012 6:58 PM, David Ashleydale wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was just wondering if the W3C ever updates the "sufficient techniques"
> portions of WCAG due to newly available technologies. If so, it would be
> nice to be able to "subscribe" to the changes in order to be notified of
> them.
>
> David Ashleydale
> > > >