Advanced Web Accessibility Tools Project Overview

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Grant Agreement 780057
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Progress on Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules
Updates to Portuguese and Norwegian national observatories
WCAG-EM Report Tool and Accessibility Statements Generator
Prototype large-scale accessibility test results data browser
 
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14:00 Start
14:00 
 14:30 WAI-Tools Project Overview (Shadi Abou-Zahra, W3C)
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 15:00 Portuguese Observatory (Jorge Fernandes, AMA)
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 15:30 Norwegian Observatory (Adil Hussein, Digdir)
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 15:45 Break
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 16:00 WCAG-EM Report Tool (Eric Velleman, ACC)
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 16:15 Accessibility Statements (Eric Velleman, ACC)
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 16:30 Test Data Browser Tool (Carlos Duarte, FCID)
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 17:00 Questions and Answers
17:00 Adjourn
 
ABOUT THE PROJECT
 
 
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Co-funded through the European Commission (EC):
Horizon 2020 Innovation Action
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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
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Build a common set
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Help increase the
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ACCESSIBILITY CONFORMANCE TESTING (ACT)
 
 
Test rules for automated and manual testing methodologies
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Published by W3C Accessibility Guidelines Working Group:
Consistent interpretation of WCAG 2
Demonstrated by implementations
Addresses real accessibility issues
Includes test cases to help validate your implementations
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/96208357@N00/108781220
 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/32239176@N00/384814496
 
ACT RULES DEVELOPMENT
 
 
Develop 70 rules through the W3C ACT Rules Community Group
Automated, semi-automated, and manual rules for WCAG 2.0/2.1
Implement automated rules in three open source testing engines:
Alfa by Siteimprove
aXe-core by Deque
QualWeb by University of Lisbon
Validate test rules on a selection of real (but archived) websites
Support formal adoption of these rules through the W3C Process
 
WCAG-EM REPORT TOOL
 
 
Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM)
 
Methodology and report tool developed in 2014 with EC funding
Updated in this project to support WCAG 2.1 as well as 2.0
New feature to import results, for example from automated tools
Updating entire codebase to better support internationalisation
 
ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENTS
 
 
Developing an Accessibility Statement (new WAI resource)
 
Guidance with best practice on providing accessibility statements
Accompanied by example statements and statements generator
Compatible with guidance for the EU Web Accessibility Directive
Exploring suggested improvements and feature requests for tool
 
TEST DATA BROWSER
 
 
Proof-of-concept of a tool for browsing evaluation results, comparing
data from different sources and benchmarking accessibility ranks.
 
Processes large amounts of results stored in open data format
Data analysis based on use cases developed in the community
Explores basic visualizations and analytics, including high-level
aggregations as well as drilling down to specific website results
 
PORTUGUESE AND NORWEGIAN OBSERVATORIES
 
 
Real-life demonstrators to show feasibility of project results:
 
ACT Rules to provide transparent documentation and consistency
Open source test engines to allow easier uptake and contribution
Supporting tools to allow implementation by the EU public bodies
Common format for open data to allow the exchange of test results
 
THANK YOU
 
w3.org/WAI/Tools
 
Horizon 2020 Project
Grant Agreement 780057
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The WAI-Tools Project under Horizon 2020 aims to enhance web accessibility assessments with advanced decision support tools. Key elements include introducing progress on Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules, updates to national observatories, WCAG-EM Report Tool, and large-scale accessibility test results data browser. The project involves partners such as ERCIM, W3C, SI, ACC, Digdir, AMA, FCID, and DQ and focuses on building common ACT Rules for WCAG interpretation and advancing automation in web accessibility evaluations.


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  1. WAI-TOOLS PROJECT ONLINE OPEN MEETING 22 SEPTEMBER 2020 Horizon 2020 Project Grant Agreement 780057

  2. GOALS FOR TODAY Introduce the WAI-Tools Project, including: Progress on Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Updates to Portuguese and Norwegian national observatories WCAG-EM Report Tool and Accessibility Statements Generator Prototype large-scale accessibility test results data browser NOT: general introduction to web accessibility, tools, and such

  3. AGENDA 14:00 Start 14:00 14:30 WAI-Tools Project Overview (Shadi Abou-Zahra, W3C) 14:30 15:00 Portuguese Observatory (Jorge Fernandes, AMA) 15:00 15:30 Norwegian Observatory (Adil Hussein, Digdir) 15:30 15:45 Break 15:45 16:00 WCAG-EM Report Tool (Eric Velleman, ACC) 16:00 16:15 Accessibility Statements (Eric Velleman, ACC) 16:15 16:30 Test Data Browser Tool (Carlos Duarte, FCID) 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) Co-funded through the European Commission (EC): Horizon 2020 Innovation Action 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. ACCESSIBILITY CONFORMANCE TESTING (ACT) Test rules for automated and manual testing methodologies Conform to the W3C ACT Rules Format 1.0 specification Published by W3C Accessibility Guidelines Working Group: Consistent interpretation of WCAG 2 Demonstrated by implementations Addresses real accessibility issues Includes test cases to help validate your implementations

  9. SNOWBALLING Need collaborative work from several members of the community to create a sufficiently large repository of rules https://www.flickr.com/photos/96208357@N00/108781220 https://www.flickr.com/photos/32239176@N00/384814496

  10. ACT RULES DEVELOPMENT Develop 70 rules through the W3C ACT Rules Community Group Automated, semi-automated, and manual rules for WCAG 2.0/2.1 Implement automated rules in three open source testing engines: Alfa by Siteimprove aXe-core by Deque QualWeb by University of Lisbon Validate test rules on a selection of real (but archived) websites Support formal adoption of these rules through the W3C Process

  11. WCAG-EM REPORT TOOL Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM) Methodology and report tool developed in 2014 with EC funding Updated in this project to support WCAG 2.1 as well as 2.0 New feature to import results, for example from automated tools Updating entire codebase to better support internationalisation

  12. ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENTS Developing an Accessibility Statement (new WAI resource) Guidance with best practice on providing accessibility statements Accompanied by example statements and statements generator Compatible with guidance for the EU Web Accessibility Directive Exploring suggested improvements and feature requests for tool

  13. TEST DATA BROWSER Proof-of-concept of a tool for browsing evaluation results, comparing data from different sources and benchmarking accessibility ranks. Processes large amounts of results stored in open data format Data analysis based on use cases developed in the community Explores basic visualizations and analytics, including high-level aggregations as well as drilling down to specific website results

  14. PORTUGUESE AND NORWEGIAN OBSERVATORIES Real-life demonstrators to show feasibility of project results: ACT Rules to provide transparent documentation and consistency Open source test engines to allow easier uptake and contribution Supporting tools to allow implementation by the EU public bodies Common format for open data to allow the exchange of test results

  15. THANK YOU w3.org/WAI/Tools Horizon 2020 Project Grant Agreement 780057

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