WAI-CooP
Project Results
- List of Courses on Digital Accessibility
- Includes developing a user interface with filtering functionality, a taxonomy to describe courses and certification on digital accessibility with mapping to the WAI Curricula, and promoting and gathering list entries. In addition to the List of Courses, a Course submission form is available.
- List of Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools
- Includes updating the user interface with filtering functionality, reviewing tools features to capture, and promoting and gathering list entries. In addition to the List of Evaluation Tools, a Tool submission form is available.
- List of Policies and Practices Internationally
- Extensive updates to existing policies and the addition of new information for 22 additional countries.
- Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules
- Includes promoting, tracking, and validating implementations of “Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules” in automated testing tools and manual testing methodologies. This includes completed redesign of the user interface to better integrate implementation reports submitted by different vendors.
- Analysis of Support and Gaps in Technologies
- Carried out an extensive review of literature to identify relevant accessibility related gaps in digital technologies which helped identify topics that were explored further as part of the Research Symposia.
- Research Symposia on Digital Accessibility
- Organised and ran three online research symposia based on topics identified in previous analysis:
- Regular Open Meetings
- Organised and ran six open meetings to exchange best practices and discuss specific topics around implementing and monitoring accessibility.
- WAI-CooP introductory meeting
- Implementation of the EU Web Accessibility Directive
- Monitoring of the EU Web Accessibility Directive
- What can be done to improve supply of and access to digital accessibility expertise
- Exploring the feedback mechanism and complaints procedure of the Web Accessibility Directive
- Review of WAI CooP activities and the future of accessibility
- Web Accessibility Directive: Frequently Asked Questions
- Provides responses to frequently asked questions (FAQ) on implementing the EU Web Accessibility Directive (WAD). Stakeholders can ask new questions from the “Contact our help desk” link.
- EM Report Tool
- Updated functionality, improved user interface, improved translation options and updates to include new WCAG 2.1 and 2.2 success criteria. EM Report Tool
- Easy Checks - A First Review of Web Accessibility
- Updates to the resource to simplify the presentation of each check, reduce the reliance on third-party tools and improve the readability of the content. This aims to make it easier to be used as a learning resource for people new to accessibility and a set of tools to perform some basic accessibility checks.
Participation
Most of the project work listed above was developed through or in coordination with:
- Accessibility Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG)
- Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Task Force
- Research Questions Task Force (RQTF)
See also Participating in WAI. If you have any questions, contact Kevin White.
About the Project
WAI-CooP, Communities of Practice, is a Coordination and Support Action project, co-funded by the European Commission (EC) under the Horizon 2020 program (Grant Agreement 101004794). The project is schedule to start on 1 January 2021 for a duration of three years. WAI-CooP support implementation of the international standards for digital accessibility through:
- Establishing vendor-neutral overview on available training, tools, and resources internationally
- Analyzing technological advancements and coordinating with relevant research and development
- Providing opportunities for key stakeholders to share resources and to exchange best practices
WAI-CooP achieves this by building on the existing wealth of authoritative guidance available from the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), to provide a one-stop shop for the broad spectrum of key stakeholders involved in the implementation of digital accessibility. This includes public bodies and private entities; organisations representing people with disabilities; product, service, and training providers; researchers; and policy makers.
Project Partners
WAI-CooP project partners include:
- Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) – as part of W3C, France
- European Disability Forum (EDF) , Belgium
- HAN University of Applied Sciences , Netherlands
- University of Lisbon, Faculty of Sciences Association for Research and Development , Portugal
- Deque Systems Europe , Netherlands