Editing Web Accessibility Initiative (section)

===Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA)===
{{further|WAI-ARIA}}
'''WAI-ARIA''' (Web Accessibility Initiative – Accessible Rich Internet Applications) is a technical specification which became a [[World Wide Web Consortium|W3C]] [[W3C recommendation|Recommended Web Standard]] on 20 March 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/ |title=Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) Version 1.0 |publisher=W3.org |access-date=22 April 2014}}</ref> It allows [[web page]]s (or portions of pages) to declare themselves as [[Application software|applications]] rather than as [[Static web page|static documents]], by adding role, property, and state information to dynamic web applications. ARIA is intended for use by developers of [[web application]]s, [[web browser]]s, [[Assistive technology|assistive technologies]], and accessibility evaluation tools.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/aria |title=WAI-ARIA Overview of WAI-ARIA |publisher=W3.org |date=2011-01-18 |access-date=28 July 2013}}</ref>