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APA Weekly Teleconference

29 Jul 2026

Attendees

Present
chiace, Dr_Keith, Fazio, janina, marcelo, matatk, Neha, PaulG, Roy_Ruoxi
Regrets
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Chair
Matatk
Scribe
Neha

Meeting minutes

Agenda Review & Announcements

TPAC 2026

Breakout proposals

<matatk> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-apa/2026Jul/0022.html

matatk 2 break out topics are proposed

<matatk> 1. Accessibility and Privacy - <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zpB5MS5UWtUgzVQk7uHKxLpArz2AJs7-bU3Li57hLOk>

<matatk> 2. What does good AI training look like from an accessibility perspective? - <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YbS23GhGixryOD1mifRD0wv4ylmLS5jAYN9ddTkkN6w>

matatk: some comments are added from RQTF, please add your comments as well

Fazio: We can also propose for maturity model as TPAC is in Europe this time

matatk: let us see how many slots are available as we discussed this in RQTF group as well

matatk: Funding support to attend (deadline 31st)

New charters review

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/W3C-Apply

<Roy_Ruoxi> w3c/strategy#565

Roy_Ruoxi: This year we have mini workshop regarding AI and society

matatk: if you are interested in preparing a 5-minute presentation about the positive or negative impact of GenAI on society

<matatk> TPAC website: https://www.w3.org/news-events/tpac/2026/

<matatk> Participation info: https://www.w3.org/news-events/tpac/2026/participation/

<matatk> That last page links to the mini workshops

https://www.w3.org/news-events/tpac/2026/participation/#mini-workshops

Browser Testing and Tools Working Group Charter

<matatk> w3c/strategy#558

matatk: ARIA group is interested in taking it up

janina: I am just concerned about accessibility testing, we have to scope it accurately

<matatk> https://webengineshackfest.org/#wpt-accessibility

matatk: AT driver topic is being discussed in the URL added above

PaulG: I read about a lot of experiments of AT drivers and scripting for MacOS but they ahd to drop it

Roy_Ruoxi: They will progress with this work from editors side in the next year

matatk: are we okay with change happening at the charter?

janina: Do we have a language change mention somewhere?

matatk: AT driver is not there anymore

matatk: I dont see a reason why this has been dropped

matatk: we can ask for the reason

<Roy_Ruoxi> w3c/strategy#558 (comment)

janina: Is it mentioned explicitly that AT driver is moving from browser to aria?

matatk: only comment is mentioned ARIA is ready to take it up

matatk: We can not tell a group to work on something

janina: We have to document it explicitly that ARIA is taking up the development of AT drivers

matatk: Safari has done work to support it, they are waiting to go ahead

matatk: I will add a comment that given the ARIA is taking it up, we are okay with it

Spec review requests

<matatk> - 2026-07-14: Digital Credentials

<matatk> - 2026-07-29: Attribution Level 1

<matatk> - 2026-07-31: [CSS Image Animation Module Level 1]

<matatk> w3c/a11y-tracking#333

matatk: PaulG has added comment of related semantics

matatk: I will add a comment and then propose it

CSS Image Animation Module Level 1 and wider concerns

<matatk> Giving users control over motion - w3ctag/gaps#15

matatk: Web platforms gaps mentioned

matatk: It has a review all kinds of motion related elements

matatk: There are four different use cases and requirements - no motion, less motion, more time to process the motion, to pause the motion

<Neha> +1 PaulG

matatk: these CSS features on and off feature is adding a risk of finger printing and raising concern for privacy

matatk: so proposal is also about how much user can control

marcelo: dark mode is also situational setting depending on the darkness of the atmosphere

fazio: It is also sustainibility and consuming less battery

matatk: weather we can setup a meeting to discuss related to this

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All speakers: Fazio, janina, marcelo, matatk, PaulG, Roy_Ruoxi

Active on IRC: chiace, Dr_Keith, Fazio, janina, marcelo, matatk, Neha, PaulG, Roy_Ruoxi