Editing Web Accessibility Initiative (section)

===Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AGWG)===
The Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (formerly the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Initiative (WAI) |first=W3C Web Accessibility |date=2024-05-13 |title=WAI Working Groups and Interest Groups |url=https://www.w3.org/WAI/about/groups/ |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) |language=en}}</ref> produces guidelines, techniques and other supporting documents relating to the accessibility of Web content. Web content refers to any information you may find on a Web site: text, images, forms, sound, video, etcetera, regardless whether these were produced on the server side or on the client side (with a [[Client-side scripting| client-side scripting language]] such as [[JavaScript]]). Thus, the guidelines also apply to [[Rich Internet application|rich internet applications]].

The working group consists of representatives from industry, accessibility consultancies, universities, organizations that represent end users, and other accessibility experts.

The working group published the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (WCAG 1.0) as W3C Recommendation in 1999, followed by techniques documents in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lastcallmedia.com/blog/brief-history-wcag|title=A brief history of WCAG|author-first=Abby|author-last=Kingman|date=21 May 2018|website=Last Call Media|access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref>
In 2001, the working group started work on WCAG 2.0, which became a W3C Recommendation on 11 December 2008.<ref>[http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-WCAG20-20081211/ Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 – W3C Recommendation 11 December 2008]</ref><ref>W3C: [http://www.w3.org/2008/12/wcag20-pressrelease.html W3C Web Standard Defines Accessibility for Next Generation Web] (press release, 11 December 2008).</ref>