This guide is relevant for people working with ONIX, digital publications, or who are part of the digital book supply chain. It will help with preparations for the European Accessibility Act which comes into force on June 28th of this year (2025).
This is the final draft with minor suggestions anticipated ahead of the deadline on or before April, 11, 2025. Feedback can be provided by filing a GitHub issue.
The drafts are available at the following URLs:
– Guidelines: https://w3c.github.io/publ-a11y/a11y-meta-display-guide/2.0/guidelines/
– EPUB Techniques: https://w3c.github.io/publ-a11y/a11y-meta-display-guide/2.0/techniques/epub-metadata/
– ONIX Techniques: https://w3c.github.io/publ-a11y/a11y-meta-display-guide/2.0/techniques/onix-metadata/
The final draft includes all the strings displayed by the guide. The strings in US English are contained in the canonical JSON file found on GitHub. Localized versions of this file will be provided in future and expressions of interest in helping with the localizations/translations are welcome.