Meeting minutes
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Agenda Review & Announcements
TPAC 2026
<matatk> Funding application: https://
<matatk> Deadline is 19th of May
matatk TPAC 2026 there is a program dove through an organization called Sovereign Tech Fund. Look at the page for all the info, the deadline is very soon, 19th May 2026
matatk if you have any questions let Matthew and Janina know
APA Members' Spec Review Guide - intro and RFC
matatk The first public version of the Spec Review Guide is now available. This is a link in APA GitHub
matatk There are a lot of info inside, what to do when, what sort of things you need to consider when you do a review, etc. A big document but with all in one place. Basically, we would like any sort of feedback in the form of pull requests or issues for changes
janina Is it organised well enough that you could use it as a document? The help documentation you need when you are at some point in the process, what am I supposed to do now? Will you be able to find your way just to that information easily? "Those are the most important questions in my opinin"
matatk It is a really great solid foundation, just read them, we are happy to take any suggestion
Spec review requests
<matatk> Continuing from last week: https://
HTML in canvas; tracking the threads
<matatk> Continuing from last week: https://
matatk We did talk about canvas last week. just a quick update:
there is a lot of work going on on the HTML canvas. we come up with a list of threads what we need to track
matatk We have a list of things to keep on top of review wise. This is a lot of different issues that have come up, if anybody got any development any additional things, we should follow
chiaceI am happy to help on this
Issue tracking
Requirement to conform to WCAG Level A?
<matatk> source: w3c/epub-specs#2963
<matatk> tracking: w3c/
matatk this is an issues originated in the epub repository and they are talking about conforance with wiki. There is a section in epub accessibility 1.2 documents. There is a requirement to workout 2.0 but recommanded that it meets the latest WCAG 2.
matatk the person who filed the issue says that requiring conformance to WCAG level A may create difficulties for adoption: like countries that use a11y standards that are similar to WCAG but not identical, like S Korea, Japan, China
<Fazio> important legal distinction by roy
Roy_Ruoxi I noticed this issue, but non clear, because "Should" and "Must" usually translate in same word in Chinese. He guess that it is not a problem for China standard at the moment
janinathis is an authorative issue like we should. we are not going to be changing laws. we can change our specs. so maybe we need to adjust either both WCAG or EPUB?
janina this is an authorative issue like we should. we are not going to be changing laws. we can change our specs. so maybe we need to adjust either both WCAG or EPUB?
janina and I think needs a use case that started the emerge out of our QTF in our conversations about AI where we say context really matter and sometimes it can be stricter
matatkthe law is not gonna change, he suspect the first thing to do is to figure out whether there is actually a problem, bacause if we find out that the laws that diverge are stricter than WCAG
matatk the law is not gonna change, he suspect the first thing to do is to figure out whether there is actually a problem, bacause if we find out that the laws that diverge are stricter than WCAG
janina very intresting situation
matatk the risk is though that if we loosent the requirement. we can take this and try to understand what the divergent is and then consider the impact
<JonCohn> I'd be willing to read it.
Fazio I remember that Makoto is always saying that Japan does not require standards because they've got their own standard
matatk we will look at the chinese one
[PROPOSAL] Exploring Generative UI
<matatk> source: w3c/webai#3
<matatk> tracking: w3c/
CSS Update (Paul)
mistake...
matatk how AI is impacting the web platform and bring relevant people at the table.
Roy_Ruoxi an issue raised by chinese local member because they tried to explore to use AI agent to generate the UI: discussion + meetup that created the community group
<Roy_Ruoxi> https://
Roy_Ruoxi gen ai community group and there are 2 that want to work on A11y things about gen UI , maybe invite to APA
<matatk> https://
matatk people talk about gen UI in academia from 20 years, Phone based or tablet UI framework do some
@matatk no need to worry about hallucinations. this kind of content helps. let 's going to try
janina the implication there is choose the right tool
<matatk> Adapt TF met with Adaptation and Personalization CG; https://
<matatk> https://
matatk the intresting thing is that ADAPT task force used to called the Personalization Task Force
<matatk> The presentation from the CG is attached here: https://
[PROPOSAL] Tracking and Exploring AI and Accessibility
<matatk> source: w3c/webai#5
<matatk> tracking: w3c/
matatk It ia more the content, have a look to the slides
matatk this thread is a good place if you have any general commet
matatk thank you very much to all