WAI

The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) is an effort to allow people with Disability to access resources on the World Wide Web. The W3C was founded in 1994 to advance the World Wide Web. It is responsible for the development of uniform Protocol (computing)s to assure the interoperability of the Web. The WAI (Web Accessibility Initiative), part of the W3C, has developed a number of guidelines that can help to make Web sites more Accessibility, especially from the view of physically disabled people. ==Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)== This Web Content Accessibility Guideline 1.0 (known as WCAG) was developed in 1999. The WCAG are a set of guidelines on making content accessible, primarily for disabled users, but also for all user agents, included highly limited devices, such as Cell phones. ==Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG)== Developed by the Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group; the ATAG 1.0 became a W3C Recommendation on the February 3 2000. The ATAG are a set of guidelines for Authoring Tool developers (HTML editors) in both creating a tool which is accessible to disabled end users, and a tool which creates accessible web pages. ==User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG)== Developed by the User Agent Accessibility Guidelines Working Group the UAAG 1.0 became a W3C Recommendation on 17 December 2002. The UAAG are a set of guidelines for User Agent developers (such as Web browsers and Multimedia Players) aimed at making the User Agent accessible to disabled users. ==XML Accessibility Guidelines (XAG)== The XAG explains how to include features in XML applications that promote accessibility. ==Internal links== * Accessibility * Computer accessibility * The US Government Web accessibility standards: Section 508 Amendment to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ==External links== *[http://www.w3.org/WAI/ Official website] ** [http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/ Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0] ** [http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-AUTOOLS Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 1.0] ** [http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-USERAGENT User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0] ** [http://www.w3.org/TR/xag XML Accessibility Guidelines Working Draft] ** [http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/ Education & Outreach Working Group] ** [http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/ Research and Development Interest Group] ** [http://www.w3.org/WAI/gettingstarted/ Getting Started] *[http://diveintoaccessibility.org/ Dive Into Accessibility] ===Validators=== * [http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/ Bobby World Wide] now redirects to http://webxact.watchfire.com/ * [http://www.cynthiasays.com/ Cynthia Says] W3C standards Accessibility

Wai

WAI may stand for: *Otaku *Web Accessibility Initiative *Wae (倭) is the Cantonese pronunciation of an ancient name of Yayoi, transcribed as Wei from Chinese languages (Mandarin), Wae from Korean language, and Wa from Japanese. See Wae. *Wai, Maharashtra is a town in the Satara District in Maharashtra states and territories of India of India. *Wai (water) is a word for ''water'' in Maori language, Hawaiian language, and other Malayo-Polynesian languages. *Wai is a common form of greeting practiced in Thailand -- consisting of a slight bow, with palms pressed together in a prayer-like fashion. *Wai (also ''Wai Tsuen'' or ''Wai Chuen'') means walled villages of Hong Kong in Hong Kong.

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