[Athen] User Experience Guide for accessibility metadata 2.0 Second public draft available for review

[via athen-list]

Dear Higher Ed folks,
 
I thought this community would want to be aware of this specification, and
we welcome your feedback. This information will be essential in the
selection of Born Accessible materials. VitalSource and RedShelf are already
displaying accessibility metadata, and they are swiftly moving to embrace
these revised guidelines. I suggest that you read the first linked document,
the guidelines. I am always happy to answer questions.
 
The W3C Publishing Community Group Accessibility Task Force is pleased to
announce the second draft of the "Accessibility metadata display guide for
digital publications 2.0." Indeed, the name has been changed to provide a
clearer understanding of the scope of the document.
This is an incremental revision and incorporates the valuable feedback
provided by you.
We are looking forward to your feedback on the second draft. Please provide
your valuable feedback on or before November 21, 2024.
 
The revised drafts are available at the following new URLs (please be sure
to update your bookmarks):
*	Guidelines:
https://w3c.github.io/publ-a11y/a11y-meta-display-guide/2.0/guidelines/
*	EPUB Techniques:
<https://w3c.github.io/publ-a11y/a11y-meta-display-guide/2.0/techniques/epub
-metadata/>
https://w3c.github.io/publ-a11y/a11y-meta-display-guide/2.0/techniques/epub-
metadata/
*	ONIX Techniques:
<https://w3c.github.io/publ-a11y/a11y-meta-display-guide/2.0/techniques/onix
-metadata/>
https://w3c.github.io/publ-a11y/a11y-meta-display-guide/2.0/techniques/onix-
metadata/
 
The following significant changes were made since the last release:
*	Added a Terminology section
*	Updated the Metadata processing overview section
*	Added an example to the Legal considerations section
*	Made hundreds of wording changes
*	Improved the logic in the techniques
*	Added unique IDs for string identification
*	Harmonized the strings in the techniques and the guidelines
 
For a complete list of changes, refer to the list of closed pull requests
<https://github.com/w3c/publ-a11y/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed> .
 
Please file a GitHub issue <https://github.com/w3c/publ-a11y/issues>  with
your feedback. If you are uncomfortable filing a GitHub issue, feel free to
send me the comment and I will file the issue on your behalf.
 
Best
George
On behalf of the Accessibility Task Force, W3C Publishing CG
 

 
George Kerscher Ph.D.
-In our Information Age, access to information is a fundamental human right.
Chief Innovations Officer, DAISY Consortium
 <http://www.daisy.org/> http://www.daisy.org
Senior Advisor, Global Literacy, Benetech
 <http://www.benetech.org/> http://www.benetech.org
President, International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) 
 <http://www.idpf.org/> http://www.idpf.org
Chair Steering Council Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), at W3C
 <http://www.w3.org/WAI> http://www.w3.org/WAI
Cell:+1 406/544-2466 
Email:  <mailto:kerscher at montana.com> kerscher at montana.com
 
 
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