Advanced Web Accessibility Tools Project Overview

Explore the WAI-Tools Project, a Horizon 2020 initiative co-funded by the European Commission. Discover how it aims to enhance web accessibility assessments through ACT rules, automated testing, and collaboration with key partners. Get insights into the project's objectives, including creating a common set of ACT rules and advancing automation in web accessibility evaluation.

• Web Accessibility
• WAI-Tools Project
• ACT Rules
• Automation
• Horizon 2020

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1. WAI-Tools Project Final Open Meeting 26 January 2021 Horizon 2020 Project Grant Agreement 780057

2. Goals for Today Introduce results of the WAI-Tools Project, including: Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Updates to the Portuguese national observatory WCAG-EM Report Tool and Statements Generator Prototype large-scale accessibility data browser NOT: general introduction to web accessibility, tools, and such

3. Todays Agenda 14:00 Start 14:00 14:15 WAI-Tools Project Overview 14:15 15:00 Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules 15:00 15:30 Portuguese National Observatory 15:30 15:45 Break 15:45 16:00 WCAG-EM Report Tool 16:00 16:15 Accessibility Statements Generator Tool 16:15 16:30 Accessibility Data Browser 16:30 17:00 Questions and Answers 17:00 Adjourn

4. About the Project Web Accessibility Initiative Advanced Decision Support Tools for Scalable Web Accessibility Assessments (WAI-Tools) Project of the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), co-funded through the European Commission (EC) Horizon 2020 Program: Innovation Action (IA) Project Started on 1stNovember 2017 Ending on 31stJanuary 2021

5. Project Partners European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics (ERCIM), European host for World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Siteimprove (SI), Denmark Accessibility Foundation (ACC), Netherlands Norwegian Digitalisation Agency (Digdir), Norway Administrative Mondernization Agency (AMA), Portugal University of Lisbon (FCID), Portugal Deque Research (DQ), Netherlands

6. Objective 1 Build a common set of Web Accessibility Conformance Test (ACT) Rules from W3C, to provide an interpretation for evaluation tools and methodologies based on the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)

7. Objective 2 Help increase the level of automation in web accessibility evaluation through defining test rules, and bleeding edge technologies which are increasingly available today

8. Project Deliverables Develop Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Create initial set of test rules Establish an active community Implement in a variety of tools Validate in real-life situations Apply rules in Portuguese and Norwegian observatories Improve WCAG-EM Report Tool to import test results Provide an Accessibility Statements Generator Tool Demonstrate potential of open linked accessibility data

9. Project Results and Further Information w3.org/WAI/Tools Horizon 2020 Project Grant Agreement 780057