1. Web Standards, HTML 5, and Accessibility: Introduction Greg Kraus University IT Accessibility Coordinator NC State University

2. HTML and Accessibility Standards 1993 HTML Standards Accessibility Standards HTML 1HTML 2HTML 3 HTML 4 HTML 5 WCAG 2 WCAG 1 508 19951997 1999 2008

3. Growing Pains W3C Internet Explorer Netscape Firefox Safari Opera

4. The New Kid on the Block (HTML 5) W3CWHATWG W3CWHATWG

5. Why this doesn’t work My First Web Page Welcome to my page!

6. DOCTYPE

7. Once we agree on a language My First Web Page Welcome to my page!

8. HTML 1 (1993),... – src – align – alt, – deprecated –

9. HTML 2 (1995) – ismap

10. HTML 3 (1997) – only works with Java applets Java applet that plays a welcoming sound.

11. HTML 4 (1999) deprecated Accessibility of objects inserted into pages

12. HTML 5

13. Deprecated and Obsolete Deprecated = currently supported but don’t rely on it in the future – HTML 4 deprecated Obsolete = no guarantee of current support – HTML 5 made obsolete

14. HTML and Accessibility Standards 1993 HTML Standards Accessibility Standards HTML 1HTML 2HTML 3 HTML 4 HTML 5 WCAG 2 WCAG 1 508 19951997 1999 2008

15. Section 508 Purchasing and development requirement for Federal entities, or entities receiving Federal money Released in 1998 381 words long Section 508 Refresh http://www.access-board.gov/508.htm

16. WCAG 2.0 Released in 2008 14,000+ words in the standard 300,000+ words of support documentation

17. WCAG 2.0 Contents – POUR Perceivable Operable Understandable Robust

18. The English Translation Perceivable Operable Understandable Robust Can I “see” it? Can I “touch” it? Can I understand it? Can I break it?

20. Perceivable: Text Equivalents

21. Operable: Document Structure

22. Operable: Keyboard Navigation

23. Understandable: Error Messages

24. Robust: A Slide Through History

25. Slider: HTML 4 + hundreds of lines of JavaScript

26. How This Works on Desktop Applications

27. Slider: HTML 4 + ARIA … + hundreds of lines of JavaScript

28. Slider: HTML 5 0 lines of JavaScript

29. Questions?