WCAG 2.0 Part One

1. What is in WCAG 2.0?
There are 12 guidelines that are categorized under 4 principles.
> Perceivable,
> Operable,
> Understandable
> Robust

The guidelines are each testable and can be ranged from a success criteria rating of either "A", "AA" or "AAA".

2. Who produces WCAG 2.0?
The WCAG 2.0 documents were developed by the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (WCAG WG), which is part of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).

3. Who are the guidelines designed to assist?
The guidelines were designd to assist web developers in making their website disability friendly whilst adhering to a convention.

4. What are the essential components of Web Accessibility?
> content - Information on the webpage.
> Web browsers, media players and any other user agents of the web.
> Assistive technology such as screen reading software, brail keyboards (alternate keyboards), switches and scaning software.
> The end users knowledge and experience using the web.
> The developers who design and code websites, which includes developers with disabilities who contribute to the web.
> Authoring Tools such as Notepad, Dream Weaver, ASP.NET that create the websites.
> Evaluation Tools such as Accessibility color wheel which makes sure the contrast and colour scheme of your site is disability friendly.