Introduction In a significant stride toward inclusive digital publishing, the Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) Working Group has officially elevated two vital accessibility standards to the level of W3C  Recommendations : Digital Publishing WAI-ARIA Module 1.1 (DPUB-ARIA) Digital Publishing Accessibility API Mappings 1.1 (DPUB-AAM) These specifications mark a major milestone for accessibility in long-form digital content , particularly eBooks , by standardizing how assistive technologies interpret and interact with digital publishing content. What Is DPUB-ARIA 1.1? The Digital Publishing WAI-ARIA Module 1.1 (DPUB-ARIA) is an extension of the broader WAI-ARIA (Web Accessibility Initiative – Accessible Rich Internet Applications) specification. It introduces a rich set of semantic roles designed specifically for digital publishing content. Purpose and Role: DPUB-ARIA defines roles that describe document structure elements —such as chapter , subchapter , ...

The  Accessible Rich Internet Applications Working Group  invites implementations of the following Candidate Recommendation Snapshots: Digital Publishing WAI-ARIA Module 1.1 : Enabling users of assistive technologies to find their way through web content requires embedding semantic metadata about web document structural divisions. This is particularly important for structural divisions of long-form documents and goes along with embedding semantic metadata about web-application widgets and behaviors for assistive technologies. This specification defines a set of WAI-ARIA roles specific to helping users of assistive technologies navigate through such long-form documents. Digital Publishing Accessibility API Mappings 1.1  defines how  user agents  map the Digital Publishing  WAI-ARIA  Module [ dpub-aria-1.1 ] markup to platform  accessibility  APIs . It is intended for user agent developers responsible for accessibility in their user agent so th...

  he   Accessible Rich Internet Applications Working Group   has published a First Public Working Draft of   Digital Publishing Accessibility API Mappings 1.1 . The Digital Publishing Accessibility API Mappings (DPub-AAM) defines how   user agents   map the Digital Publishing WAI-ARIA Module [ dpub-aria-1.1 ] markup to platform   accessibility  APIs . It is intended for user agent developers responsible for accessibility in their user agent so that they can support the accessibility content produced for digital publishing. The implementation of this specification in user agents enables authors to produce more accessible e-books, by conveying structural book constructs used by the digital publishing industry to assistive technologies. It does this by extending the  Core Accessibility API Mappings 1.1  and the  Accessible Name and Description: Computation and API Mappings 1.1  specifications for user agents. It provides Accessibi...

  The   Accessible Rich Internet Applications Working Group  invites implementations of a Candidate Recommendation of   Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) 1.2 . This specification provides an ontology of roles, states, and properties that define accessible user interface elements and can be used to improve the accessibility and interoperability of web content and applications. These semantics are designed to allow an author to properly convey user interface behaviors and structural information to assistive technologies in document-level markup. This version adds features new since   WAI-ARIA 1.1   to improve interoperability with assistive technologies to form a more consistent accessibility model for [ HTML ] and [ SVG2 ]. This specification complements both [HTML] and [SVG2]. Please share any implementations or comments by  5 April 2021 .

26 June 2018 The  Accessible Rich Internet Applications Working Group  has published two Proposed Recommendations: WAI-ARIA Graphics Module (Graphics-ARIA) : Assistive technologies need semantic information about the structures and expected behaviors of a document in order to convey appropriate information to persons with disabilities. This specification defines a WAI-ARIA 1.1 [WAI-ARIA-1.1] module of core roles specific to web graphics. These semantics allow an author to express the logical structure of the graphic to assistive technologies in order improve accessibility of graphics. Assistive technologies could then enable semantic navigation and adapt styling and interactive features, to provide an optimal experience for the audience. These features complement the graphics and document structure elements defined by HTML [HTML52] and SVG [SVG2]. Graphics Accessibility API Mappings (Graphics-AAM) : This specification defines how user agents map the WAI-ARIA Graphics...

19 June 2018 The  Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) Working Group  invites implementations of  Accessible Name and Description Computation 1.1  Candidate Recommendation. This document describes how user agents determine the names and descriptions of accessible objects from web content languages. This information is in turn exposed through accessibility APIs so that assistive technologies can identify these objects and present their names or descriptions to users. Documenting the algorithm through which names and descriptions are to be determined promotes interoperable exposure of these properties among different accessibility APIs and helps to ensure that this information appears in a manner consistent with author intent. This document updates and will eventually supersede the accessible name and description guidance in the  WAI-ARIA 1.0 User Agent Implementation Guide  W3C Recommendation. It is part of the WAI-ARIA suite described in th...

The  Accessible Rich Internet Applications Working Group  invites implementations of two documents: WAI-ARIA Graphics Module (Graphics-ARIA) : Assistive technologies need semantic information about the structures and expected behaviors of a document in order to convey appropriate information to persons with disabilities. This specification defines a WAI-ARIA 1.1 [WAI-ARIA-1.1] module of core roles specific to web graphics. These semantics allow an author to express the logical structure of the graphic to assistive technologies in order improve accessibility of graphics. Assistive technologies could then enable semantic navigation and adapt styling and interactive features, to provide an optimal experience for the audience. These features complement the graphics and document structure elements defined by HTML [HTML52] and SVG [SVG2]. Graphics Accessibility API Mappings (Graphics-AAM) : The Graphics Accessibility API Mappings defines how user agents map the WAI-ARIA Graphic...

14 December 2017 The  Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA)Working Group  has published  Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) 1.1 ,  Core Accessibility API Mappings 1.1 ,  Digital Publishing WAI-ARIA Module 1.0 , and  Digital Publishing Accessibility API Mappings 1.0  as W3C Recommendations. WAI-ARIA provides an ontology of roles, states, and properties that define accessible user interface elements and can be used to improve the accessibility and interoperability of web content and applications. These semantics are designed to allow an author to properly convey user interface behaviors and structural information to assistive technologies in document-level markup. DPub-ARIA extends WAI-ARIA with roles specific to helping users of assistive technologies navigate through long-form documents used in digital publishing. DPub-AAM describes how these roles map to features of platform accessibility APIs. WAI-ARIA 1.1 is supported by...

6 February 2014 The Protocols and Formats Working Group (PFWG) today published Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) 1.0 and the WAI-ARIA 1.0 User Agent Implementation Guide as Proposed Recommendations. WAI-ARIA is a technical specification for making dynamic, interactive Web content accessible to people with disabilities. WAI-ARIA and supporting documents are described in the WAI-ARIA Overview . Comments are welcome by 7 March 2014 . More information is provided in the WAI-ARIA 1.0 is Proposed Recommendation e-mail . Read about the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) .

5 November 2013 The Protocols and Formats Working Group (PFWG) today published the updated Last Call Working Draft of WAI-ARIA 1.0 User Agent Implementation Guide , which describes how browsers and other user agents should support WAI-ARIA (the Accessible Rich Internet Applications specification); specifically, how to expose WAI-ARIA features to platform accessibility API s. Comments are welcome through 6 December. Learn more in the call for review e-mail and read about the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) .

3 October 2013 The HTML Working Group has published an updated Working Draft of Using WAI-ARIA in HTML . Using WAI-ARIA in HTML is a practical guide for developers on how to add accessibility information to HTML elements using the Accessible Rich Internet Applications ( WAI-ARIA ) specification, which defines a way to make Web content and Web applications more accessible to people with disabilities. It is developed by the HTML Accessibility Task Force in coordination with the HTML Working Group and the WAI Protocols and Formats Working Group ( PFWG ).Learn more about the HTML Activity and the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) .

26 September 2013 The Protocols and Formats Working Group today published a First Public Working Draft of Accessible Rich Internet Applications WAI-ARIA 1.1 . WAI-ARIA provides an ontology of roles, states, and properties that define accessible user interface elements and it can be used to improve the accessibility and interoperability of web content, particularly web applications. It is introduced in the WAI-ARIA Overview . WAI-ARIA 1.1 is expected to include only a few changes from 1.0. The primary change in this Draft is the addition of of aria-describedat . Learn about the current status of WAI-ARIA 1.0 and 1.1 , and the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) .

28 March 2013 The Protocols and Formats Working Group (PFWG) published Role Attribute as a W3C Recommendation. Role Attribute is an XML attribute that allows authors to add semantic information to documents. Role Attribute supports WAI-ARIA , the Accessible Rich Internet Applications technical specification for making dynamic, interactive web content accessible to people with disabilities. Learn about the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) .