ATAG & Drupal 8Making it easier to produce a11y content!

About me!

Mike GiffordPresident OpenConcept Consulting Inc.Ottawa, Canadahttp://openconcept.ca

Drupal 8 Core Accessibility Maintainer

Spearheading accessibility improvements since 2008.

Authoring Tool A11y Guidelines

ATAG is well defined, but still getting baked.

W3C Working Draft 7 November 2013

Drupal 8

Drupal 8’s also still a work in progress.

Expected to release in 2015.

https://www.drupal.org/project/issues/search?issue_tags=atag

Why ATAG Matters

As much as designers, themers & developers might want …. less technical people are usually going to be producing most of the content of a website.

If a site is going to be accessible...

The Legal

The UN Convention on the Rights of Disabilities …

AODA

GoC

What is Content Anyways?

Articles, Stories, Blogs, Articles, FAQ’s…

Anything that convey’s meaning between the website & the user.

Images, videos, charts, tables...

Creating Something Great!

❖Compelling❖Meaningful❖ Semantic❖ Personalized❖ Localized❖ Interactive

How Can a CMS Help?

❖Consistency❖ Structure❖Workflow❖Data analysis❖ Simple Checks❖Updates

CKEditor

Most user edited content will be coming through CKEditor, so putting pressure on their bugs is important!

IBM is leading the accessibility improvements for CKEditor for both WCAG & ATAG.

Images

Required textWhen is alt=”” appropriateHTML5 support for longdescKnowing how to use it properly for ATfigure/figcaption

Spelling

It’s really hard for a machine to correctly read (a screen reader) a mis-spelled word, or

click on a misspelled link using voice commands (Dragon Naturally Speaking)

Also usually bad for SEO.

Readability & Broken HTML

There are open source programs to assess readability.

Several filters address broken HTML, sadly, none seem to be keeping up with HTML5.

ATAG Parts A & B

A) Make the editing interface accessible (WCAG)

B) Essentially WCAG P.O.U.R. - Support the Production of Accessible Content

A3 Editing-views are operable

❖ Provide keyboard access to authoring features ❖ Provide authors with enough time❖ Help authors avoid flashing content that could cause seizures

➢ Slow animations and motion sickness - https://www.drupal.org/node/2316205

❖ Enhance navigation and editing via content structure❖ Provide text search of the content❖ Allow users to manage preference settings❖ Ensure that previews are at least as accessible as user agents

- (Coming in D8)

A4 Editing-views are understandable

Help authors avoid and correct mistakes ➢ Fixing broken HTML➢ Highly structured semantic content➢ Required images

Document the user interface, including all accessibility features - (Not yet)

B1 Auto-Processes & A11y Content

❖ Ensure that automatically-specified content is accessible (CKEditor)➢ Drupal 8 is doing pretty well.

❖ Ensure that accessibility information is preserved (CKEditor)➢ Cut/Paste from Word

B2 Support Content Authors

❖ Ensure that accessible content production is possible ❖ Guide authors to produce accessible content❖ Assist authors with managing alternative content for

non-text content❖ Assist with accessible templates❖ Assist with accessible pre-authored content

B3 Support A11y of Existing Content

❖ Assist authors in checking for accessibility problems

❖ Assist authors in repairing accessibility problems

B4 Promote Accessibility Features

❖ Ensure the availability of features that support the production of accessible content

❖ Ensure that documentation promotes the production of accessible content

Conclusion...

Accessibility is complicated… Making it easier to create accessible content is more complicated… But by working together we can make it easier for everyone to work together.

Thanks!!!

This presentation will be at http://openconcept.ca/blog

OpenConcept Consulting Inc http://openconcept.ca

@mgifford@openconcept_ca

http://openconcept.ca