Announcing Web Platform Docs
08 October 2012
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W3C, in collaboration with Adobe, Facebook, Google, HP, Microsoft, Mozilla, Nokia, Opera, and others, announced today the alpha release of Web Platform Docs (docs.webplatform.org). This is a new community-driven site that aims to become a comprehensive and authoritative source for web developer documentation. With Web Platform Docs, web professionals will save time and resources by consulting with confidence a single site for current, cross-browser and cross-device coding best practices.
"People in the web community — including browser makers, authoring tool makers, and leading edge developers and designers — have tremendous experience and practical knowledge about the web," said Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director. "Web Platform Docs is an ambitious project where all of us who are passionate about the web can share knowledge and help one another."
Watch the welcome video, read the press release and W3C Member testimonials, blog post from Doug Schepers, and get started on Web Platform Docs.
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Approved as ISO/IEC International Standard
15 October 2012
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Today W3C and JTC 1, a joint technical committee of ISO and IEC, announced formal approval of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 as an ISO/IEC International Standard, ISO/IEC 40500. "This important accessibility standard, which is already widely deployed internationally, can now benefit from additional formal recognition from ISO/IEC national bodies," noted Jeff Jaffe, W3C CEO. "Such recognition is expected to increase internationally harmonized uptake of WCAG 2.0 by governments, business, and the broader Web community."
ISO/IEC 40500 is exactly the same as the original WCAG 2.0 Standard from the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). Supporting resources that provide practical advice for meeting ISO/IEC 40500 / WCAG 2.0 are freely available from the WCAG Overview. Read the full press release, learn more about W3C's PAS Submitter status in the W3C PAS FAQ, and comment on the blog post.