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title<\/code> attribute (2005)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n- 2006-2023 worked at The Paciello Group (TPG) (TPGi<\/a>) in various roles; accessibility consultant, senior consultant, principal consultant, CAO, W3C Rep. and Director of the Knowledge Center.\n
\n- 2007 I got involved in the HTML working group<\/a> at the W3C<\/a>, was on various taskforces related to HTML and Accessibility.<\/li>\n
- 2007 became active in W3C WAI<\/a> working groups<\/li>\n
- 2010 Wrote HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives<\/a> which was merged into HTML5 recommendation<\/a> (by me)<\/li>\n
- 2010 I developed HTML5Accessibility.com<\/a> to test and report the implementation support for new features in HTML.<\/li>\n
- 2011 Started work on what became the HTML Accessibility API Mappings 1.0<\/a>. I co-edited the spec with various people up until 2023<\/li>\n
- 2011 Became a co-editor of HTML5<\/a> and helped to include accessibility considerations<\/li>\n
- 2013 Started collecting practical ARIA usage notes<\/a>, including the Rules of ARIA<\/a><\/li>\n
- Developed the specification for the
main<\/code> element<\/a>, which was merged into the W3C HTML spec<\/a><\/li>\n- The specification of the
main<\/code> element in HTML5 and the WHATWG HTML remained divergent until after much debate<\/a> the 2 specs were aligned.<\/li>\n- As part of my editor work on HTML5 I removed the
hgroup<\/code> element to bring the outline algorithm in line with implementation reality. Worked further on this to improve the specification of the outline algorithm<\/a> in the the WHATWG HTML<\/a> specification. The HTML spec was updated (in 2022) after much debate… and my writing of a pull request<\/a><\/li>\n- 2014 – I tested the browser implementation support for ARIA roles<\/a> in HTML5 as part of the recommendation exit criteria.<\/li>\n
- 2015\u00a0 I moved the ARIA conformance requirements out of the HTML5 spec<\/a> into their own spec: ARIA in HTML<\/a> which I was editor of until 2023.<\/li>\n
- 2014 HTML5<\/a>\u00a0became a W3C Recommendation<\/li>\n
- 2017 HTML5.2<\/a> became a W3C Recommendation<\/li>\n
- 2017 Created the JAWS public issue tracker<\/a><\/li>\n
- 2017 started work on JAWS support for HTML<\/a><\/li>\n
- 2006-2023 – published articles on the TPGi blog<\/a><\/li>\n
- 2013-2016 – published articles on HTML5Doctor.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- 2020-2026 – published articles on HTML Accessibility blog<\/a><\/li>\n
- 2021 – Started desgining and selling Web Standards Leisurewear on HTMLZ Etsy store<\/a><\/li>\n
- 2023 – left TPGi, joined TetraLogical<\/a> as 4th Director\/owner<\/li>\n
- 2023 – 2025 published articles on the TetraLogical blog<\/a><\/li>\n
- 2023 – 2025 became active again in W3C WAI<\/a> working groups<\/li>\n
- 2023 – 2025 – continued work on Screen Reader HTML support tables<\/a>, developed SR HTML support Lookup web app<\/a><\/li>\n
- 2025 – Became co-editor of the W3C Accessibility Guidelines Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM) 2.0<\/a><\/li>\n
- 2025-2026 – Fireside Chat pocasts<\/a> with various people involved in web standards and accessibility<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
TISM – let’s form a company<\/h2>\n