The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has announced a draft Group Note on Collaboration Tools Accessibility User Requirements (CTAUR) and is inviting comments from the public. This document outlines accessibility user needs, requirements, and scenarios for collaborative content creation and development tools. There is a focus on features and capabilities unique to interactive, real-time, or asynchronous collaborative applications.
The CTAUR document aims to influence the evolution of future accessibility guidelines, technical specifications, or features of collaboration tools and assistive technologies. It is particularly relevant to software developers contributing to the development of collaborative experiences.
The W3C invites broad review from a cross-disability perspective and requests comments on specific issues, including:
– Managing complexity in collaborative editing environments
– Delineation between content creation elements and collaboration management
– Social considerations in collaborative efforts
– Glossary definitions
Comments can be submitted via GitHub or email by September 30, 2024.
Dr. Scott Hollier from Centre for Accessibility Australia (CFA Australia) has made contributions to the development of this document, alongside:
– Jason White, Research Questions Task Force (RQTF) Facilitator
– Janina Sajka, Accessible Platform Architectures (APA) Working Group Co-Chair
– Matthew Atkinson, Accessible Platform Architectures (APA) Working Group Co-Chair
– Roy Ran, W3C Staff Contact for APA Working Group
For more information and to comment, please open a new issue in the document’s GitHub repository: or send comments in e-mail to: public-rqtf@w3.org
Please:
* put your comments in the body of the message, not as an attachment
* start your e-mail subject line with: [CTAUR]