New Resource: Developing an Accessibility Statement

30 November 2018

The WAI Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG) has published Developing an Accessibility Statement.

The resource helps you create an accessibility statement for your website, mobile app, or other digital content. It includes guidance, examples, and a free generator tool. The tool helps you collect and enter relevant information to create an accessibility statement for your particular content and situation. See more information in How to Create Accessibility Statements blog post.

Learn more about the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).

First Public Working Draft: Extensions to the Semantic Sensor Network Ontology

22 November 2018

The Spatial Data on the Web Interest Group has published a First Public Working Draft of Extensions to the Semantic Sensor Network Ontology. This specification describes some extensions to the Semantic Sensor Network Ontology, published as a W3C Recommendation in 2017, to enable linking to the ultimate feature-of-interest for an observation, act of sampling, or actuation, and homogeneous collections of observations, in which one or more of the properties may be shared by all members of the collection.

First Public Working Draft: CSS Shadow Parts

15 November 2018

The CSS Working Group has published a First Public Working Draft of CSS Shadow Parts. This specification defines the ‘::part()’ pseudo-element on shadow hosts, allowing shadow hosts to selectively expose chosen elements from their shadow tree to the outside page for styling purposes.

CSS is a language for describing the rendering of structured documents (such as HTML and XML) on screen, on paper, in speech, etc.

New Resource: The Business Case for Digital Accessibility

9 November 2018

The WAI Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG) has published The Business Case for Digital Accessibility.

It describes how accessibility can drive innovation, enhance your brand, extend market reach, and minimize legal risk. It includes direct and indirect benefits of accessibility and the risks of not addressing accessibility adequately. It provides case studies and examples that demonstrate how investment in accessibility is good for your organization.

Learn more about the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).