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<h1id="title"><iclass="todo">PROPOSED</i> Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Interest Group Charter</h1>
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<pclass="mission">The <strong>mission</strong> of the <ahref="https://www.w3.org/groups/ig/wai/">WAI Interest Group (IG)</a> is to promote awareness of and engagement in W3C accessibility work. This includes augmenting wide review of accessibility aspects of W3C specifications, Group Notes, research topics, implementation support, and educational resources.</p>
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<pclass="mission">The <strong>mission</strong> of the <ahref="https://www.w3.org/groups/ig/wai/">Web Accessibility Initiative Interest Group (WAI IG)</a> is to promote awareness of and engagement in W3C accessibility work. This includes augmenting wide review of accessibility aspects of W3C specifications, Group Notes, research topics, implementation support, and educational resources.</p>
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<pclass="join"><ahref="https://www.w3.org/wai/IG#mailinglist">Join the WAI Interest Group mailing list.</a></p>
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<h2>Motivation and Background</h2>
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<p>WAI IG is a well-established Interest Group with over 2,500 participants in the email lists. WAI IG contributes to a comprehensive accessibility approach at W3C.</p>
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<p><abbrtitle="Web Accessibility Initiative Interest Group">WAI IG</abbr> is a well-established Interest Group with over 2,500 participants in the email lists. WAI IG contributes to a comprehensive accessibility approach at W3C.</p>
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<p><spanclass="mission">WAI IG provides a forum for sharing information on accessibility activities at W3C and around the world, and exploring accessibility issues and solutions. The WAI IG actively encourages contributions to W3C deliverables from industry, government, research, academia, people with disabilities, and others interested in accessibility.</span><br>
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<p> WAI IG connects those who want to be informed of W3C accessibility work and share input on accessibility issues. Some subscribed to the mailing lists participate in one W3C working group and want to be informed of work in other groups; most do not participate in other W3C groups.</p>
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<p>Out of scope:</p>
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<li>Development of technical specifications</li>
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<li> Consistent with W3C's Antitrust and competition policy, the group will not discuss specific products or implementations</li>
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<li> Consistent with <ahref='https://www.w3.org/policies/antitrust/'>W3C's Antitrust and competition policy</a>, the group will not discuss specific products or implementations</li>
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<h3id="w3c-coordination">W3C Groups</h3>
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<li>Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (<ahref="https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/">AG WG</a>)</li>
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<li>Accessible Platform Architectures Working Group (<ahref="https://www.w3.org/WAI/APA/">APA WG</a>)</li>
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<li>ARIA Working Group (<ahref="https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/">ARIA WG</a>)<br>
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<li>Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (<ahref="https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/ag/">AG WG</a>)</li>
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<li>Accessible Platform Architectures Working Group (<ahref="https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/apa/">APA WG</a>)</li>
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<li>ARIA Working Group (<ahref="https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/aria/">ARIA WG</a>)<br>
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<li><ahref="https://www.w3.org/International/core/Overview">Internationalization Working Group</a> to explore intersections between accessibility and internationalization</li>
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<li><ahref="https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/i18n-core/">Internationalization Working Group</a> to explore intersections between accessibility and internationalization</li>
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<p>The WAI Interest Group will also coordinate with relevant W3C Community Groups (CG), such as the <ahref="https://www.w3.org/community/arrm/">Accessibility Roles and Responsibilities Mapping (ARRM) CG</a>, <ahref="https://www.w3.org/community/adva11yresources/">Advancing Accessibility Resources CG</a>, and <ahref="https://www.w3.org/community/global-inclusion/">Accessibility Internationalization CG</a>. This includes reviewing documents developed by a CG that are published on the WAI subsite.</p>
<p> The WAI Interest Group is open to the public; W3C Membership is not a prerequisite. To participate anyone can:</p>
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<li>subscribe to the Announcements List</li>
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<li>subscribe to the Announcements List</li>
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<li>subscribe to and send message to the Discussion List</li>
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<p> Participants in the group are required to follow the
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W3C <ahref="https://www.w3.org/policies/code-of-conduct/">Code of Conduct</a>.</p>
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<h2> Communication </h2>
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<pid="public"> Discussions of this Interest Group are conducted in <ahref="https://www.w3.org/policies/process/#confidentiality-levels">public</a>. This group primarily conducts its work via the public mailing list <ahref="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> (<ahref="https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig">archive</a>). The public is invited to review, discuss, and contribute to this Interest Group.</p>
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Discussions of this Interest Group are conducted in <ahref="https://www.w3.org/policies/process/#confidentiality-levels">public</a>. This group primarily conducts its work via the public mailing list <ahref="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> (<ahref="https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig">archive</a>). The public is invited to review, discuss, and contribute to this Interest Group.</p>
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<p>Announcements from W3C staff are communicated through the public mailing list <ahref="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> (<ahref="https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-wai-announce/">archive</a>).</p>
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<p> Information about the group is available from the <ahref="https://www.w3.org/WAI/about/groups/waiig/">WAI Interest Group home page</a>. </p>
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<h2> Decision Policy </h2>
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<p> Consistent with its mission, this group is not a decision-making body; rather, it provides a forum for discussion and advice on web accessibility topics.</p>
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produce Recommendation-track documents, when Interest Group
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participants review Recommendation-track specifications from Working
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Groups, the patent disclosure obligations do apply. For more information about disclosure obligations for this group,
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please see the <ahref="https://www.w3.org/groups/ig/[shortname]/ipr/">licensing information</a>.</p>
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please see the <ahref="https://www.w3.org/groups/ig/wai/ipr/">licensing information</a>.</p>
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<p> This charter has been created according to <ahref="https://www.w3.org/policies/process/#GAGeneral">section 3.4</a> of the <ahref="https://www.w3.org/policies/process/">Process Document</a>. In the event of a conflict between this document or the provisions of any charter and the W3C Process, the W3C Process shall take precedence. </p>
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<h3> Charter History </h3>
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<p>A <ahref="https://www.w3.org/groups/ig/wai/charters/">list of previous charters</a> is available.</p>
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<p>The following table lists details of all changes from the initial charter, per the <ahref="https://www.w3.org/policies/process/#CharterReview">W3C Process Document (section 4.3, Advisory Committee Review of a Charter)</a>.</p>
<abbrtitle="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr><sup>®</sup><ahref="https://www.w3.org/policies/#disclaimers">liability</a>, <ahref="https://www.w3.org/policies/#trademarks">trademark</a> and <arel="license" href="https://www.w3.org/copyright/software-license/" title="W3C Software and Document Notice and License">permissive document license</a> rules apply.</p>
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<p><spanclass='todo'><ahref="https://github.com/w3c/charter-drafts">Yes, it's on GitHub!</a>.</span></p>
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