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Research and Development Working Group (RDWG)
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Announcements and Meetings
Current Work
Publications
About RDWG
Announcements and Meetings
Next meeting:
Wednesday 17 June 2015
Previous online symposia:
WAI Research and Development Symposia
Contribute:
RDWG Wiki
FAQ:
RDWG Frequently Asked Questions
Meeting Minutes
Latest minutes:
Wednesday 3 June 2015
Minutes from previous RDWG meetings
See also: directions for
scribing RDWG meetings
Teleconference Meetings
RDWG meets weekly via
WebEx
on Wednesdays at 14:30 to 15:30 UTC
. Please consult the
World Clock Meeting Planner
to find out the precise date for your own time zone.
IRC
Chat
We use IRC to accompany and support meetings where possible. Details are:
IRC server:
irc.w3.org
Port: 6665
Channel: #rd
For help with IRC or to find a client, refer to
the IRC Help Archive
Face-to-Face Meetings
RDWG is expected to have 1-2 face-to-face meeting per year.
Upcoming F2F Meeting
Potentially co-located with the upcoming
12th Web for All Conference (W4A) on 18-20th May 2015 in Florence, Italy
Current Work
The
RDWG Frequently Asked Questions
provides background on the work of this group. Individual deliverables are listed below.
Catalog of Research Topics
The
Catalog Topics Wiki
provides an initial list of annotated research topics. This resource is being actively expanded, reviewed, and refined by the group.
Online Research Symposia
The
Research Symposia
page lists current and previous online research symposia carried out by the group. The group intends to hold 3 symposia per year. Topics are nominated by the RDWG participants in good standing.
Symposium Research Reports
Published symposium reports are linked from the
Research Symposia
page. This page also links to the individual symposia pages that include all symposia resources, including symposia report drafts in development.
Tips for Accessibility-Aware Research
Start-up tips and basic guidance for researchers for incorporating accessibility considerations into their research designs, based on an initial
concept outline
. This resource is being reviewed and refined by the group.
Publications
Published symposium reports are linked from the
Research Symposia
page. This page also links to the individual symposia pages that include all symposia resources, including symposia report drafts in development.
Draft reports for review
Research Report on User Modeling for Accessibility, Latest Editors' Draft
Research Report on Mobile Accessibility, Latest Editors' Draft
Research Report on Easy to Read on the Web, Latest Editors' Draft
Research Report on Web Accessibility Metrics, Latest Editors' Draft
About RDWG
The mission of the Research and Development Working Group (RDWG) is to increase the incorporation of accessibility considerations into research on web technologies, and to identify projects researching web accessibility and suggest research questions that may contribute to new projects. The desired outcome of more research in web accessibility and awareness of accessibility in mainstream web-related research should decrease the number of potential barriers in future web-related technologies.
RDWG was previously an "Interest Group" and is now a full "Working Group", to allow a more solidly structured core group of participants. See the
current RDWG Charter
, information about
W3C Working Groups, Interest Groups, and Coordination Groups
, and contact
Shadi Abou-Zahra
(staff contact) for more information.
Chairs and Contacts
RDWG Co-Chairs:
Markku Hakkinen, Educational Testing Service
Vivienne Conway, Web Key IT
RDWG staff contact:
Shadi Abou-Zahra

Charter
Current RDWG Charter
Mailing List
Mailing list
public-wai-rd@w3.org
archives
Participation
How to join RDWG
Editor:
Shadi Abou-Zahra
Status:
last updated on $Date: 2015/06/16 13:15:31 $ by $Author: shadi $
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