Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
W3C Recommendation 5-May-1999
- explain how to make web content accessible to people with disabilities
- intended for
- web content developers (page authors and site designers)
- developers of authoring tools
- primary goal: to promote accessibility
- make web content more available to all users,
- irrespective of user agent
(desktop browser, voice browser, mobile phone, automobile-based personal computer, etc.)
- irrespective of operating constraints
(noisy surroundings, under- or over-illuminated rooms, in a hands-free environment, etc.)
- do not discourage content developers from using images, video, etc.,
but rather explain how to make multimedia content more accessible to a wide audience