W3C: Web Accessibility

W3C- Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)

W3C Standards
https://www.w3.org/standards

W3C Accessibility Standards
https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/
https://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/accessibility.php
https://www.w3.org/standards/webdesign/accessibility

• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
• https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/#wcag
• Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG)
• https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/#atag
• User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG)
• https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/#uaag
• Technical Specifications
• https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/#technical-specifications
• Mobile Accessibility at W3C 
• https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/mobile/

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Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/#wcag

WCAG is a set of guidelines for making content accessible for all users, including those with disabilities. The guidelines are based on four philosophies:

a. Perceivable

b. Operable
c. Understandable
d. Robust

WCAG 2.1 Standard (Updated)
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, W3C Recommendation 05 June 2018
WCAG 2.1 is an extension of WCAG 2.0. It includes 17 new standards that benefit individuals with cognitive or learning disabilities, users with low vision, and all mobile users.
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21

What's New in WCAG 2.1
https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/new-in-21

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, W3C Recommendation 11 December 2008
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20

How to Meet WCAG 2 (Quickref Reference)
https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/quickref/

Guidance on Applying WCAG 2.0 to Non-Web Information and Communications Technologies (WCAG2ICT)
https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/non-web-ict/

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0, W3C Recommendation 5-May-1999
https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/

W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2 Conformance Logos
https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/conformance-logos/

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ISO 40500 Standard 

WCAG 2.0 is an ISO standard: ISO/IEC 40500:2012. ISO/IEC 40500 is exactly the same content as the original WCAG 2.0.
https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/#iso
https://www.w3.org/blog/2012/10/wcag-20-is-now-also-isoiec-405/

ISO/IEC 40500:2012 - Information technology -- W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0
https://www.iso.org/standard/58625.html
https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:std:iso-iec:40500:ed-1:v1:en

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Government Accessibility Standards

The government should adopted Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 Levels A and AA as its accessibility standard for government websites.

United Kingdom (Equality Act 2010)
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/contents

EU (Directive 2016/2102, October 2016)

• Directive: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2016/2102/oj

• Policy
• http://ec.europa.eu/ipg/standards/accessibility/eu_policy/index_en.htm
• https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/web-accessibility

• WCAG
• http://ec.europa.eu/ipg/standards/accessibility/wcag-20/standard_wcag_en.htm

Australia (Disability Discrimination Act 1992)

• Content will be accessible to Level Triple A  (AAA)
• https://www.australia.gov.au/accessibility
• https://www.humanrights.gov.au/world-wide-web-access-disability-discrimination-act-advisory-notes-ver-41-2014

US: Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
In January 2017, adopts 17 WCAG 2.0 success criteria
https://www.section508.gov/

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Other Links

Government accessibility standards and WCAG 2
https://www.powermapper.com/blog/government-accessibility-standards/

Countries that Have Adopted WCAG Standards [MAP]
https://www.3playmedia.com/2017/08/22/countries-that-have-adopted-wcag-standards-map/

Accessibility Laws & Closed Captioning Requirements
https://www.3playmedia.com/resources/accessibility-laws/

International Website Accessibility
https://enveritasgroup.com/campfire/website-accessibility-an-international-perspective/

What is Directive (EU) 2016/2102? – Marcus Herrmann – Medium
https://medium.com/@marcusherrmann/what-is-directive-eu-2016-2102-a2ce364c77dd

https://www.3playmedia.com/2017/04/07/eu-directive-20162102eu/

What You Need to Know for 2018 Web Accessibility: Upcoming Compliance Deadlines and Milestones
https://www.essentialaccessibility.com/blog/upcoming-compliance-deadlines/

What is accessibility? 

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Accessibility/What_is_accessibility#Accessibility_guidelines_and_the_law