W3C ARIA Working Group finalize digital publishing specifications

The Accessible Rich Internet Applications Working Group has finalized several documents:

• Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) 1.1 is a W3C Recommendation – https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/
• Core Accessibility API Mappings 1.1 is a W3C Recommendation – https://www.w3.org/TR/core-aam/
• Digital Publishing WAI-ARIA Module 1.0 is a W3C Recommendation – https://www.w3.org/TR/dpub-aria/
• Digital Publishing Accessibility API Mappings 1.0 is a W3C Recommendation – https://www.w3.org/TR/dpub-aam/
• WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices 1.1 is a Working Group Note – https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices/

Further information about this is available in the blog post:
https://www.w3.org/blog/2017/12/wai-aria-authoring-practices-note

Following the completion of WAI-ARIA 1.1, the Working Group will begin work on WAI-ARIA 1.2, which will focus on defining features that correspond to existing HTML 5 features. This reflects convergence of an accessibility taxonomy for the web across various technologies and will support future scripting and automation of accessibility features. More information about the Accessible Rich Internet Applications Working Group is available from its home page:
https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/