The community and business groups will be designed to be open forums for developing specifications, holding discussions, developing test suites and building communities around innovation.
The aim is to improve participation opportunities which in the past have been limited to people who are part of a W3C member organisation or an invited expert.
Individuals and organisations alike are invited to make nominations for the awards, which are run by BT and AbilityNet and acknowledge excellence within the UK in the area of each award.
The awards are as follows:
According to the advertisement, “The main function of the role will be to address web accessibility issues by assessing, converting and publishing downloadable content, with a primary focus on Portable Document Formats (PDFs).”
In line with the 21st Century Video and Communications Accessibility Act of 2010, the pilot program will help ensure that individuals who are deaf-blind have access to the Internet, and advanced communications, including interexchange services and advanced telecommunications and information services.
