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WCAG process for assigning levels
Sep 15, 2026 · original
This post is my own opinion and observations. I'm not writing this with my AGWG co-chair hat on, although I can't really get away from that being a major part of my perspective. How provisions are assigned to a level is an important topic. Provisions means "success criteria" in WCAG 2, and "requirements" in WCAG 3. It does depend on the conformance approach. For example, if there is one level then it is an in/out discussion. If there are multiple levels it would need more mechanisms to categorise them. In WCAG 2 the A, AA and AAA levels were used to signal importance, i.e. the things at level A were more important than level AA. In practice A and AA got smooshed together because they were both required by regulators, but that wasn't a forgone conclusion when WCAG 2.0 was released. In the conformance section of WCAG 2 it says that AAA is not recommended for compliance in regulations, and
WCAG 3 update - conformance
Sep 10, 2026 · original
Cross posted from Linkedin , and this refers to the Sept 10th 2026 WCAG 3 draft . Overview We are excited to share a new draft of WCAG 3 that includes an updated approach to conformance! The Requirements for WCAG 3 include both: facilitating adoption into law, regulation, or policy, and motivating organizations to go beyond minimal accessibility requirements. These two, slightly competing goals, have led the group to explore many (many, many) approaches to leveling and scoring within the conformance model. Only two of the many possibilities have been published for more consideration. Neither have provided both the flexibility and support for harmonization that the group desires. Harmonization refers to international regulation around accessibility adopting requirements based on the same core standard. The goal of harmonization is to make it easier for everyone to meet and adopt accessibi
New website for AlastairC
Sep 10, 2026 · original
Welcome! After a decade or so of wanting to, I've finally updated the underpinnings of the site. It's gone from Wordpress on a virtual server that I managed (not very well), to an 11ty built static site hosted on Netlify . The design is pretty similar, with just a change of background picture, but there are a few other things: Thanks to Zach Leatherman's " Base blog " it has automatic atom feed, a navigation widget, tags, and dark mode. I did cut-down the CSS and re-arrange things to my ancient coding skill's liking, but it was a great start. Thanks to Marc Jenkins' Wordpress to 11ty migration advice all the blog posts are migrated, and should be redirected to the right place. I removed a lot of old "pages" content which is of no use to anyone anymore. If you really want it, I linked to the web-archive version of it. I still need to work out where to put large video files and reference t
AI and Accessibility presentation
Nov 27, 2025 · original
I added a presentation on AI for good accessibility , but it's not a post, so I'm adding this post to make it more findable from my homepage!
WCAG 3 March 2026 Update
Sep 4, 2025 · original
The Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AGWG) has updated the WCAG 3 working draft . It now includes initial Developing content for most of the requirements. These will evolve a great deal over the next few years. The draft also includes a proposed conformance model. The content of the working draft is not ready for use but it is ready for your comments! The AGWG updates the WCAG 3 working draft every 6 months for public feedback. Public review and comment is an important part of creating the best possible standard. You can learn more about the draft by reading the WCAG 3 Introduction . The draft includes questions for public feedback but as co-chairs, we would particularly like feedback on the following: Are there user needs which are not covered? In other words, what requirements are missing? WCAG 3 is more granular and uses “applies when” and “except when” statements. Do you find
WCAG 3 September 2025 Update
Sep 4, 2025 · original
The Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AG) has updated the W3C Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 3 Working Draft . This update is a first step towards publishing a full draft at the Developing level . In this draft, the AGWG has moved many guidelines, requirements and assertions to Developing. Those that are still Exploratory have been kept in the Editor’s draft. When you review this draft, please keep in mind that this is a partial list of draft Guidelines, Requirements and Assertions. This content can and will change. As always, please start your review by reading the WCAG 3 Introduction . You will also find About this draft in WCAG 3 helpful. The question everyone is likely asking is “When will WCAG 3 be complete?” We are working towards a schedule that will be available at the end of this year or early next year along with the next publication. You can follow the WCAG 3 Timeline f
WCAG 3, increment or overhaul?
Jun 23, 2025 · original
It's charter time for the Accessibility Guidelines Working Group, well, in 6 months, but we have to start the planning well in advance! The charter (see the last charter ) defines what we work on, and to some degree how we work on it. A question the group is considering is what approach to take to the next 2 years of work. In the last charter we agreed to go full-steam ahead on WCAG3 , an overhaul of the guidelines. That's going reasonably well, and we're tracking the plan . A question has been raised though: Should we be incrementally updating WCAG 2 instead? The question of starting point came up before our last charter point, I have a strong opinion on it, but I didn't have these points written down from then. I have to take my "chair hat" off here, this is my personal opinion. The following points may influence other people (kinda the point of writing them down), but as chair I'll go
Follow Up Questions: WCAG 3 CSUN Talk
Apr 4, 2025 · original
The Accessibility Guidelines Working Group chairs and staff presented “ WCAG 3: The True Story! ” at CSUN 2025. Due to time constraints, we were not able to answer all of the audience’s questions. We’ve posted the questions and answers below. Q1 Research Accepted You cited needing not just academic research. Does this mean peer review is not as much a concern for that research? Yes, I am thinking about APCA. We are looking for research that: Provides transparent research methodology and results, Uses a methodology that makes sense for the research objectives, and Presents unbiased evidence. We recognize that well-done usability testing and other work can meet these criteria. While we value peer reviewed academic research, we will accept other research resources when they address the research questions. The research question depends on the requirement under discussion. For example, we oft
CSUN 2025 conference notes
Mar 28, 2025 · original
The CSUN ATC conference is one of the largest accessibility related conferences in the world. (It stands for "California State University in Northridge", the conference name is actually "Assistive Technology Conference".) I'm going to give my impressions of the conference and talks in roughly chronological order, so read on if you are curious or just want links to lots of new accessibility resources. I last went to the CSUN conference back in 2014 ( roundup ), so it's been a while. I have to admit that San Diego was a nicer location, but then we're here for the people, so a hotel in Anaheim isn't the end of the world. Accessibility Guidelines Working Group On the Monday we met to do a retro (how have we been working, can we improve etc.), and then discussed how to define "views". We need a unit of conformance for use in the guidelines and conformance statements, and web-page is getting i
WCAG 3 December 2024 Update & Thoughts from the Co-Chairs
Dec 11, 2024 · original
Introduction The Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AG) has updated the W3C Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 3 Working Draft . This post presents an overview of this update as well as AG co-chairs thoughts on the standard’s direction. The December 2024 update includes three guidelines that were used to explore how WCAG 3 might be structured: Image alternatives guideline Keyboard focus appearance guideline Clear meaning guideline These guidelines are still developing and need a lot more work before they are ready to use. The AG would like feedback from you on whether the content organization and the labels (guidelines, foundational requirements, supplemental requirements, and assertions) make sense. Key questions for you to consider when reading the 3 developing guidelines: Does this overall approach help you understand what needs to be done to make content accessible? How can it be i

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