Upcoming agendas
Upcoming Agendas
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July 15th (Chuck)
- Terminology https://github.com/w3c/wcag3/discussions/286#discussioncomment-13630186
- Assertions discussion https://github.com/w3c/wcag3/discussions/106#discussioncomment-13357126
- Sub-group work (intro on what's going into the publication)
July 22nd (Alastair)
July 29th (Alastair)
Aug 5th (Chuck)
Aug 12th (Chuck)
Aug 19th (Alastair)
Aug 26th (Chuck)
Items to Comment On (Ongoing Agenda Items)
Please subscribe to issues you will be reviewing.
- Terminology
- Accessibility Supported
- Assertions
- Sufficient coverage and Accessibility Supported
- Deceptive Patterns
Items to Review (Not Yet Agenda Items)
Subgroups
See the WCAG3 wiki for the pathway based sub-groups.
Previous Agendas (Most recent agenda at top)
July 8th (Alastair) (No Rachael)
- WCAG 2 issues https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-gl/2025AprJun/0091.html
- Subgroup (please attend and work with your subgroup if possible)
July 1st (Chuck)
- Finalizing terminology https://github.com/w3c/wcag3/discussions/286#discussioncomment-13583192
- Subgroup Work (please attend and work with your subgroup if possible)
June 24th (Alastair)
- ACT rules for review
- Scheduling Approach Alternatives https://github.com/w3c/wcag3/discussions/322
- Finalizing terminology https://github.com/w3c/wcag3/discussions/286#discussioncomment-13531745
- Subgroup work
June 17th (Chuck)
- WCAG 2 issues https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-gl/2025AprJun/0050.html
- Scheduling Approach Alternatives https://github.com/w3c/wcag3/discussions/322
- Subgroup work
June 10th (Alastair)
Announce: TPAC survey
- Preparing for Q2 Draft
- Subgroup work
June 3rd (Alastair)
- WCAG EM Update
- Introduce Assertions Discussion
- Subgroup Reviews - Inputs (Only the tab linked to, and the "X" is only because we don't know about numbering yet.)
- Subgroup work
May 27th (Chuck)
- WCAG 2 issues review https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-wcag2-issues/2025May/0008.html
- Subgroup Reviews - Text appearance https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EGEgRebgj8XfvwU-Fx2kAtd-3Ifl-UkEgyOxT1Xc5UY/edit?tab=t.0
- Decision trees
- Assertions Requirement Discussion
- Subgroup work
May 20th (Alastair)
Announce: Intersectional needs pres volunteers
- WCAG 3 details requirements https://github.com/w3c/wcag3/discussions/306
- Subgroup Reviews - Text Appearance
- Sub-group work
May 13th (Chuck)
- WCAG 2 issues review https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-wcag2-issues/2025May/0001.html
- Potential errata https://github.com/w3c/wcag/pull/4370
- Charter kick-off
- WCAG 3 details requirements https://github.com/w3c/wcag3/discussions/306
- Sub-group work
May 6th (Alastair)
- ACT rules review
- WCAG 3 detailed requirements
- Wrap up terminology conversation (items, views, etc)
- Sub-group work
April 29th (Chuck)
- WCAG 2 issues review https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-gl/2025AprJun/0019.html
- Schedule check in https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/wiki/WCAG_3_Timeline#2025
- Conditional requirements https://github.com/w3c/wcag3/discussions/305
- Opening survey on definition https://www.w3.org/wbs/35422/definitions-itterations/
- Sub-group work
April 22nd (Alastair)
- Sub-group check-in (what's the status), and questions/answers
- Unit and Process definitions
- Sub-group work
April 15th (Chuck)
(Rachael away)
- UI-context (ex-views) definition
- WCAG 2.2 issues https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-gl/2025AprJun/0000.html
- Review template https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MHJwOWJhGZS4zZYiF9ufNfxTmqFf6bf07vNHAAgfylE/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.jwan2ys80z90
- Sub-group work
April 8th (Chuck)
- Items https://github.com/w3c/wcag3/discussions/301 and definitions scratchpad
- Task Flows / Processes https://github.com/w3c/wcag3/discussions/294
- Sub-group work
(Alastair away)
April 1st (Alastair)
- Items https://github.com/w3c/wcag3/discussions/301
- Task Flows / Processes https://github.com/w3c/wcag3/discussions/294
- Sub-group work
March 25th (Chuck)
- Subgroup check in
- WCAG 2.2 issues https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-gl/2025JanMar/0092.html
- UI-context (ex-views) definition
- Task Flows / Processes https://github.com/w3c/wcag3/discussions/294
- Sub-group work
March 18th (Chuck)
- UI-context (ex-views) definition
- Task Flows / Processes https://github.com/w3c/wcag3/discussions/294
- Sub-group work
March 4th (Alastair)
CSUN 2025, March 10th
AGWG will have a hybrid meeting from 9am PT – 4pm PT the day before CSUN.
- Retro (2 hours)
- View definition
- How to incorporate Tasks/Processes in conformance
(Introduction for new members, before the meeting)
- CSUN Preparation
- Sub-group stand-up (quick update, particularly on anything which might overlap with other groups).
- Optionally (if time) review template structure and decision tree.
- Sub group work
February 25th (Chuck)
Announce: Moving to the pathway folders, Glossary document, WCAG 2.1 republish
- WCAG 2.x update - Reflow
- Introduce exploratory work on writing a note to support policy makers with uptake of WCAG 3?
- Sub-group stand-up (quick update 1. anything which might overlap with other groups, 2. Where are you in the sub-group lifecycle, please update the pathways sheet for your requirements).
- Sub group work
February 18th (Alastair)
- Handling Research
- Views definition - update from the sub-group
- Sub-group stand-up (quick update, particularly on anything which might overlap with other groups).
- Sub group work
February 11th (Chuck)
- WCAG 2 scoping discussion discussion update
- Define a default Accessibility Support Set
- Sub-group stand-up (quick update, particularly on anything which might overlap with other groups).
- Sub group work
February 4th (Rachael)
(Alastair away)
- Silver Issues Ready To Close https://github.com/w3c/silver/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3A%22survey%20%3A%20ready%20for%22
- WCAG 2.2 issues review https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-gl/2025JanMar/0033.html
- Path update https://github.com/w3c/wcag3/wiki
- Sub-group work
January 28th (Chuck)
- Assertions and Best Practices https://github.com/w3c/wcag3/discussions/120#discussioncomment-11854616
- Follow Up on Paths
- Sub-group work
January 21st (Alastair)
- Reminder about coming to this meeting (in agenda email) for sub-group planing.
- WCAG 2 scoping discussion update
- WCAG 2 issues batch
- Review handbook updates
- NEW pathway based sub-group work
January 14th (Chuck)
- Introduce updated WCAG2ICT work statement
- CSUN Planning update
- Onboarding discussion
- Review Handbook updates with exercise
- Sub-group work
January 7th (Alastair)
- WCAG2 scoping discussion https://github.com/w3c/wcag/discussions/4188
- Current sub-group check-in (when can they wrap-up current work)
- Future Sub-group breakdown & prep
- Current Sub-group work (2nd hour)
December 10th (Chuck)
- WCAG2ICT scope [tentative]
- Publishing First Public Working Draft (FPWD) of Mobile Accessibility: How WCAG 2.0 and Other W3C/WAI Guidelines Apply to Mobile https://w3c.github.io/matf/ [tentative]
- Year end wrap and timeline for 2025
- Sub-group working session
December 3rd (Alastair)
- WCAG 3 publication discussion (if needed) https://w3c.github.io/wcag3/guidelines/
- Content Related Definitions (text, image, content, interactive component, etc.) https://github.com/w3c/wcag3/discussions/140
- WCAG 2.2 review of updates https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-wcag2-issues/2024Nov/0012.html
- Sub-group working
November 26th (Chuck)
- Introduction to FPWD Guidance on Applying WCAG 2.2 to Mobile (WCAG2Mobile)(JJ) [15 minutes]
- Discussions of issues with publication (if needed)
- Communications
- Subgroup Work (2nd hour assuming publication discussions are done)
November 19th (Alastair)
- Keyboard wrap up briefings (tentative)
- Issue 2296 https://github.com/w3c/wcag/pull/2296/files
- EN 301 549 Tool (Gregg) [10 min]
- Discussion of WCAG 3 https://github.com/w3c/wcag3/pull/129 and WCAG 3 Guidelines Update Preview (As needed)
- Check acknowledgements
- Subgroup Work (2nd hour)
November 12th (Chuck)
- Subgroup wrap up briefings
- Discussion of WCAG 3 https://github.com/w3c/wcag3/pull/129 (As needed)
- Check acknowledgements
- Discussion of Explainer https://github.com/w3c/wcag3/pull/116#issuecomment-2444491152 (As needed)
- (New) Subgroup Work (2nd hour)
November 5th (Alastair)
- Announcements
- Reminder about the group mentor/buddy request
- WCAG 2.x errata CFC
- Subgroup wrap up briefings
- Discuss Explainer https://github.com/w3c/wcag3/pull/116#issuecomment-2444491152
- Discussion of WCAG 3 Guidelines and Requirements https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Hc5fwRKZVdWPoEp-HzrCu4TTsXF36sozE45OfcYUnKU/edit?tab=t.0
- (Existing) subgroup Work (2nd hour)
Oct 29th (Chuck)
- Brief subgroup status updates
- Review WCAG 3 and Explainer Publication Kickoff (Tentative)
- Current subgroup working sessions
Oct 22nd (Alastair)
- Announcements: Onboarding & buddy programme, Sub-group participation
- Requirements Publication https://github.com/w3c/wcag3/pull/117
- WCAG 2.x issues https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-wcag2-issues/2024Oct/0002.html
- Work Time (Continue breakout on refining technical statements)
Oct 15th (Chuck)
- Discuss what to include for conformance in upcoming publications
- Please review and respond to the Conformance Next Steps GitHub Conversation before the meeting
- Work Time (Current subgroups and continue breakout on refining technical statements)
Oct 8th (Alastair)
- Requirements Publication Review Kickoff, differences, comments in the github thread 117
- Review Pros and Cons document
- Break-outs for:
- Refine statements as consistent outcome based language
- Refine grouping of outcomes into guidelines
Oct 1st (Chuck)
- Review Conformance Model Options
- Deciding on outcome formatting
- Break-outs for:
- Rewrite outcomes statements as consistent outcome based language
- Refine grouping of outcomes into guidelines
- Categorize outcomes as prerequisite, required and enhanced
Sept 23rd / 24th TPAC
- Retrospective (Monday morning)
- Conformance model (Monday afternoon & Tuesday morning)
- Sub-group work (Tuesday afternoon, tentative)
September 17 (Alastair)
- Subgroup check-in
- Section Labels
- Non-text Contrast
- Haptic Stimulation
- Keyboard Only
- Implied Meaning
- Focus appearance and Text alternatives, PR, Preview - End of Review Period
- Accessibility Supported PR Introduction
- WCAG 3 Explainer Introduction
- TPAC Retrospective Introduction
- WCAG 2.2 updates [30 minutes]
September 10 (Chuck)
- WCAG2ICT Review intro [5 minutes]
- Subgroup check-in
- Section Labels
- Non-text Contrast
- Haptic Stimulation
- Keyboard Only
- Implied Meaning
- Subgroup PR https://github.com/w3c/wcag3/pull/112 and https://deploy-preview-112--wcag3.netlify.app/
- Focus appearance
- Text alternatives
- Terminology conversation https://github.com/w3c/wcag3/discussions/113#discussion-7138461
September 3 (Alastair)
- Publication sub-group report (Wendy/Juanita) - possible slip to following week
- Subgroup check-in and assertions exercise. For each sub-group, review methods/decision tree and review or suggest assertions that could be included.
- Section Labels
- Non-text Contrast
- Haptic Stimulation
- Keyboard Only
- Implied Meaning
- Should assertions be available to meet a conformance level?
- Do assertions need to be made in a place that is viewable by people who have access to the system or only in a conformance statement that is provided by the author?
August 27 (Rachael)
- Subgroup check-in [10 minute]
- Publications
- Focus Appearance
- Voice Interaction (Not started)
- Section Labels
- Non-text Contrast
- Haptic Stimulation
- Keyboard Only
- Implied Meaning
- WCAG 3 Requirements updates (if needed)
- Focus Appearance draft outcome
- Assertions template
- How to document “sufficient” coverage? (tentative)
(Chuck out)
August 20 (Alastair)
- Subgroup check-in [10 minute]
- WCAG 3 Requirements updates
- Combined Diff of all previous changes, these are all the things from the 'Done' column of the requirements project.
- PR of latest changes
- WCAG 2.2 review for this week
- Documenting "Good Enough" for defaults
August 13 (Chuck)
- Assertions Exercise (60 minutes)
- Accessibility supported / Prerequisite level
August 6 (Alastair)
- Priority of supporting user control vs. authoring provided support in exploratory prerequisite levels https://github.com/w3c/wcag3/discussions/104 [30 minutes]
- Assertions continued
July 30 (Chuck)
(Alastair out)
- Subgroup meeting [60 minutes]
- Assertions Discussion
July 23 (Rachael)
(Alastair out)
- Assertions Introduction
- Subgroup meeting [90 minutes]
July 16th (Alastair)
- Subgroup meeting 60 minutes
- WCAG 2 https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-wcag2-issues/2024Jul/0003.html
July 9th (Chuck)
- Subgroup meeting Kickoff
- Introduction
- Subgroup meeting
- Questions and Discussion
July 2nd (Alastair)
(Rachael out)
- TPAC reminder
- WCAG 2.x issues (up to 30 minutes)
- Review consolidation - including moving the adjustment requirements.
- Review Template for the subgroups
- Assigning prerequisite/baseline/enhanced
June 25th (Chuck)
- Announcements
- Subgroups (Questions / support) https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/35422/subgroups-june-24/
- WCAG2ICT to wide review draft (15 minutes)
- Starting discussion on consolidating outcomes (15 minutes)
- Conformance
- WCAG 2.x issues (30 minutes)
June 18th (Alastair)
- Introduce next steps in subgroups https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/35422/subgroups-june-24/
- Continuing the conformance conversation by exploring a baseline structure
June 11th (Chuck)
- WCAG2ICT update (TBD)
- Conformance - What would a baseline include?
June 4th (Alastair)
- Conformance and structure continuation (Slides, will be updated)
- WCAG 2.2 issues https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-wcag2-issues/2024May/0014.html
May 28th (Chuck)
- Use of AI for minuting
- Announcement - W3C Health and Safety for TPAC
- Announcement - Old branches https://github.com/w3c/wcag/issues/3602
- Introduction to Conformance conversation
- WCAG2ICT Review Discussion (tentative)
- Refining WCAG 3 structure continued https://github.com/w3c/wcag3/discussions/87
May 21st (Alastair)
- WCAG2ICT Review Discussion https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/labels/Please%20Review
- Text alternatives update https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wkQ8ZKiRnNnax9ENaDXfQhl6kh-iYlXx7gMEhKMTQBU/edit
- WCAG 2 issues https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-wcag2-issues/2024May/0008.html
May 14th (Chuck)
- WCAG2ICT Coming
- ACT Rules format 1.1 https://github.com/w3c/wcag/issues/3616
- Publication Approach Subgroup Mid-Brief
- Focus visible subgroup initial brief
- Accessibility supported proposal 2nd draft
May 7th (Alastair)
- CFC Discussion (if needed)
- Accessibility supported
- WCAG 2 issue resolutions
April 30th (Chuck)
- CEPC Reminder
- Discuss Publishing Pull Request https://github.com/w3c/wcag3/pull/62
- Text Alternatives [Needs link]
April 23rd (Alastair)
First 90 minutes
- Introduce Outcomes Pull Request https://github.com/w3c/wcag3/pull/62
- Text Alternatives Conversation Continued https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wkQ8ZKiRnNnax9ENaDXfQhl6kh-iYlXx7gMEhKMTQBU/edit#heading=h.cu8l0ohk9n2q
Last 30 minutes
- WCAG 2 Issues
April 16th (Chuck)
- Subgroup updates
- Exploratory Guidelines and Outcomes https://github.com/w3c/wcag3/discussions/60#discussioncomment-9072721 [timebox 30 minutes]
- Text Alternatives Conversation Continued https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wkQ8ZKiRnNnax9ENaDXfQhl6kh-iYlXx7gMEhKMTQBU/edit#heading=h.cu8l0ohk9n2q
April 9th (Rachael)
(No Alastair) First 90 minutes
- Subgroup updates
- Exploratory Guidelines and Outcomes https://github.com/w3c/wcag3/discussions/60
- Text Alternatives Conversation Continued https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wkQ8ZKiRnNnax9ENaDXfQhl6kh-iYlXx7gMEhKMTQBU/edit#heading=h.cu8l0ohk9n2q
Last 30 minutes
- WCAG 2 Issues
March 26th (Alastair)
(No Rachael)
First 90 minutes
- Subgroup Updates
- Accessibility supported
- Introducing List of Outcomes
- WCAG 3 Requirements
Last 30 minutes
- WCAG 2 Issues
March 19th (Rachael)
(No Chuck & CSUN)
April 2nd (Chuck)
- New IRC client
- Subgroup updates
- Continue text alternatives work https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wkQ8ZKiRnNnax9ENaDXfQhl6kh-iYlXx7gMEhKMTQBU/edit#heading=h.cu8l0ohk9n2q
March 12th (Alastair)
- Next Publication - Updated Placeholder Guidelines and Outcomes https://github.com/w3c/wcag3/discussions/54
- Universal Essential Exception https://github.com/w3c/wcag3/discussions/55
- Begin Working Session - Text Alternatives Outcome https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wkQ8ZKiRnNnax9ENaDXfQhl6kh-iYlXx7gMEhKMTQBU/edit
March 5th (Chuck)
First 90 minutes
- Introduce Accessibility supported
- Card sort results
- WCAG 3 Requirement updates [45 minutes]
- Backwards compatibility addition from issue 559 resulting in PR 730.
- Scope requirement updates from issues issue 729 and issue 224, resulting in PR 734.
- Update the "Multiple ways to display" requirement from issue 726 with PR 733
- Will it be possible to tell whether a site fully or partially conforms? Response to issue 425
- Will WCAG 3 provide guidelines for non-web technologies? Response to issue 611
- Do research across all the proposed guidelines. Response to issue 587
Last 30 minutes
February 27th (Alastair)
Full 2 hours
- Check in on project plan
- WCAG 3 Requirements updates [45 minutes]
- Minor editorial updates in PR 619
- Use well defined normative language
- Update requirement 4.7 motivation
- Issues with responses (scroll down for the "proposed response"):
- Pick first set of outcomes https://github.com/w3c/wcag3/discussions/51
- Continue conversation on Structure with Examples
February 20th (Chuck)
First 90 minutes
- Structure [45 minutes]
- Introduce Normative/Informative Conversation [45 minutes]
Last 30 minutes
- WCAG 2.x errata
- WCAG 2.x updates https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-gl/2024JanMar/0025.html
February 13th (Alastair)
First 90 minutes
- Review How To Template (Kevin)
- Card Sort Next Steps (Alastair)
- Outcome Language and Normative Conversation (Rachael)
February 6th (Chuck)
First 90 minutes
Last 30 minutes
- WCAG 2.x updates
January 30th (Alastair)
(Chuck Out) Full Meeting
January 23rd (Chuck)
First 90 minutes
Last 30 minutes
January 16th (Alastair)
(Chuck Out)
- Announce CSUN (lack of) activity
First 90 minutes
- Introduce Card Sort of Outcomes and User Needs [tentative]
- Evaluation Criteria for Conformance Models (added to agenda before the Nov 21st meeting)
- Continue Publication Approach to WCAG 3
Last 30 minutes
January 9th (Rachael)
Hour 1:
Hour 2:
- WCAG2ICT Parsing Issue (15 minutes)
- WCAG 2.x issue resolutions (30 minutes)
- Proposed substantive changes (changes that meaningfully add or alter existing non-normative guidance)
- Proposed editorial changes (small improvements to language intended to clarify existing guidance)
January 2nd
No meeting - Leadership work day
December 26th
No Meeting
December 19th
No meeting - Leadership work day
December 12th (Chuck)
(No Alastair)
- New ACT rules
- WCAG2ICT issues
- WCAG 3 sub-groups
- Keyboard Support (Chuck / Wendy)
- User Control (TBD)
- Color and Contrast (Rachael)
December 5th (Alastair)
- Taskforce Process Overview [15-20 minutes]
- TPAC Subgroup Work
- Keyboard Support (Wendy/Chuck)
- Pointer Support (Alastair)
- Provide Help (Rachael)
November 28th (Chuck)
- Input conversation (Alastair) [15 minutes]
- TPAC Subgroup Work
November 21st (Alastair)
- Control Semantics Brief [10 minutes]
- TPAC Subgroup Work
- Pointer Support (Alastair)
- Prevent Harm (Rachael)
- Keyboard Support (Wendy)
- Clear Purpose (Chuck)
November 14th (Chuck)
- Announcing: WCAG 2 approvals and mailing list, reminder to re-join (accept emails / as AC reps)
- TPAC Subgroup Work
- Pointer Support (Alastair)
- Prevent Harm (Rachael)
- Keyboard Support (Wendy)
November 7th (Alastair)
- Press release survey https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/35422/WCAG22PressRelease/
- Review Project Plan (30 Minutes)
- TPAC Subgroup Work
- Pointer Support (Alastair)
- Prevent Harm (Rachael)
- Keyboard Support (Wendy)