25 April 2007

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), a body which aims to further accessibility standards in the industry, has opened a new base in South Africa.

In doing so, the body has issued a challenge to local experts to assist it in its goal of furthering standards, with an opening ceremony to be held on May 14th featuring industry speakers and Lyndall Shope-Mafole, Director General of the South African Government Department of Communications.

The W3C's new home is hosted by the Meraka Institute, managed by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), which is behind projects such as The National Accessibility Portal, Wireless Africa and Digital Doorway.

"This focus, along with CSIR's established regional partnerships in industry and research, makes the Meraka Institute a natural choice for hosting the W3C office," the organisation explained.

Earlier this week the W3C announced that the Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Working Group had published a working draft of the Implementation Techniques for Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 2.0, aiming to help web developers abide by accessibility standards.

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