W3C

– DRAFT –
Maturity Model Task Force

12 August 2026

Attendees

Present
Dr_Keith, Fazio, janina, JeffAdams-UN, jkline, Sheri_B-H, SusiPallero
Regrets
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Chair
David Fazio
Scribe
JeffAdams-UN, Sheri_B-H

Meeting minutes

New Business

Fazio: TPAC breakout sessions were discussed in APA meeting. Thinking is to consolidate breakouts into categories. Has been talk that Mark and Jeff share work we're doing as part of a consolidated breakout.

Sheri_B-H: AI adjacent topic of expanding proof points, roughly a quarter, where AI could skew the results.

<jkline> present

Fazio: This needs to be in GitHub as well

janina: Could even be something that needs to be in introduction as well to call out how AI may be used there.

Sheri_B-H: Likley new proof points to add with this as well.

jkline: Why do we want to put something in for AI. When we refer to tools, wouldn't AI just be another tool? And AMM was thought to be tool agnostic.

Sheri_B-H: But when tools are used for review, such as reviewing a VPAT with AI, it has to be considered for bias.

jkline: But is this something we should weigh into since they are doing analysis.

Fazio: But since it's a proof point and not a dimension it makes it less perscriptive

janina: The unconsidered use should be called out

<Fazio> w3c/maturity-model#378

<gb> Issue 378 AI Considerations (by Helixopp)

Continue with Abstract and Introduction Review

<Fazio> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XGSht24yxRPswmhC-lEzdybst1aatAIGDcErfX7tawY/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.ddfu2tfltpm8

JeffAdams-UN picked up reading the proposed language from page 14 of the google doc

robust discussion on the difference between how to use and how to score

scoring should wait until after TPAC

<SusiPallero> maybe "Include people with disabilities, subject-matter experts, and individuals who bring both perspectives to the discovery process."

<Dr_Keith> Include people with disabilities as experts in lived experience, subject-matter experts, and individuals who bring both forms of expertise to the discovery process.

<SusiPallero> "Where possible, include subject-matter experts with and without disabilities, as well as people with disabilities who can contribute relevant lived experience, in the discovery process."

JeffAdams-UN: All sections are reviewed. Jeff will send clean doc to group. Jeff and David will get together to create the pull request.

Fazio: For Jeff, please look at the metrics that is in github and look further in that section to discuss next week.

<Fazio> w3c/maturity-model#375

<gb> Issue 375 Outdated wording in the “Status of This Document” section (by zwiastunsw)

<Fazio> w3c/maturity-model#375

Fazio: We'll update this section in our next section. Janina will be added to the github and will help support the update.

Minutes manually created (not a transcript), formatted by scribe.perl version 248 (Mon Oct 27 20:04:16 2025 UTC).

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All speakers: Fazio, janina, JeffAdams-UN, jkline, Sheri_B-H

Active on IRC: Dr_Keith, Fazio, janina, JeffAdams-UN, jkline, Sheri_B-H, SusiPallero