0 ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁W AI - AR IA ▁ 1 . 0 ▁became ▁a ▁completed ▁W 3 C ▁Re comm end ation . ▁ ▁S cope ▁Web ▁developers ▁increasing ly ▁use ▁client - side ▁scripts ▁to ▁create ▁user ▁interface ▁controls ▁that ▁cannot ▁be ▁created ▁with ▁HTML ▁alone . ▁They ▁also ▁use ▁client - side ▁scripts ▁to ▁update ▁sections ▁of ▁a ▁page ▁without ▁request ing ▁a ▁completely ▁new ▁page ▁from ▁a ▁web ▁server . ▁Such ▁techniques ▁on ▁websites ▁are ▁called ▁rich ▁Internet ▁applications . ▁These ▁user ▁interface ▁controls ▁and ▁content ▁updates ▁are ▁often ▁not ▁accessible ▁to ▁users ▁with ▁dis abilities , ▁especially ▁screen ▁reader ▁users ▁and ▁users ▁who ▁cannot ▁use ▁a ▁mouse ▁or ▁other ▁pointing ▁device . ▁W AI - AR IA ▁allows ▁web ▁pages ▁( or ▁port ions ▁of ▁pages ) ▁to ▁declare ▁themselves ▁as ▁applications ▁rather ▁than ▁as ▁static ▁documents , ▁by ▁adding ▁role , ▁property , ▁and ▁state ▁information ▁to ▁dynamic ▁web ▁applications . ▁A RI A ▁is ▁intended ▁for ▁use ▁by ▁developers ▁of ▁web ▁applications , ▁web ▁browsers , ▁assist ive ▁techn ologies , ▁and ▁access ibility ▁evaluation ▁tools . ▁ ▁W AI - AR IA ▁describes ▁how ▁to ▁add ▁semantics ▁and ▁other ▁metadata ▁to ▁HTML ▁content ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁make ▁user ▁interface ▁controls ▁and ▁dynamic ▁content ▁more ▁accessible . ▁For ▁example , ▁with ▁W AI - AR IA ▁it ▁is ▁possible ▁to ▁identify ▁a ▁list ▁of ▁links ▁as ▁a ▁navigation ▁menu ▁and ▁to ▁state ▁whether ▁it ▁is ▁expanded ▁or ▁col lapsed . ▁Although ▁originally