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Join us for World Information Architecture Day 2026 – New York City. The global theme is Designing for Meaning: Purpose, Experience, and Everything in Between. Hear from keynote speaker Duane Forrester, author of The Machine Layer: How to Stay Visible and Trusted in the Age of AI Search, plus focused lightning talks — and walk away with free giveaways. Don’t miss it!
Register for Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/wA0fFkgfTzOPmICdy7bl2w
On November 9, the W3C Accessibility at the Edge Community Group announced publication of its Final Report addressing the trade-offs and benefits of applying dynamic accessibility remediations to web content. The Information Architecture CG members Shari Thurow, Chris Novell, Bev Corwin and Kate Wilhelm contributed perspectives from the IA realm, which has often stressed that IA and accessibility go hand in hand.
An excerpt from the Accessibility at the Edge CG announcement is below:
“Today’s typical web page is a complex blend of multiple original sources, yielding experiences that work well for some users but fail for others, leaving many websites and online applications inaccessible to people with disabilities. In development since Fall 2022, the report titled: Accessibility Capabilities: Post-Source Code and Content features cross-references to WCAG throughout, because WCAG remains the valid yardstick whether applied in-source or post-source.
“Comments are welcome in the github, a11yedge/capabilities or by sending an email to the list, public-a11yedge@w3.org.”
We are announcing a revised date for the IACG annual meeting shortly.
Noreen
The Information Architecture Community Group will meet on September 12 at 9am EST to discuss our program for TPAC which will take place in Kobe, Japan and online in November. See Zoom details below.
The Information Architecture CG programming for TPAC 2025 will take place online in November. However, if anyone in our group is planning to attend TPAC 2025 in person in Kobe, Japan, we can also plan a hybrid BoF.
TPAC Information: https://www.w3.org/2025/11/TPAC/
To see last year’s “After TPAC” & IACG Annual meeting and recordings, which took place on September 28, 2024, visit:
https://www.w3.org/community/informationarchitecture/2024/09/28/iacg-24-annual-meeting/
TPAC 2024 Videos at: https://www.youtube.com/@WC3-IA-CG
If you are interested in helping to plan Information Architecture Community Group (IACG) activities for TPAC 2025, please join our call.
Noreen
IACG 24 Annual Meeting:
28 September 2024
Information Architecture Community Group (IACG) Annual Meeting & After TPAC 24 Recap
Recordings are now available at https://www.youtube.com/@WC3-IA-CG
TPAC 2024 23-27 September 2024 in Anaheim, CA, USA & online About W3C TPAC | News and events | W3C IACG @ TPAC 2024 Information Architecture | Community Groups | Discover W3C groups | W3C
IACG is back, and we’ll schedule new meetings soon to plan for W3C TPAC 24. In the meantime, share your thoughts here about what you would like to see at TPAC, and you are welcome to join us at WIAD 24 https://worldiaday.org/events/new-york-city/2024
Information Architecture Community Group Meeting at TPAC 2023 on Tuesday September 12 2023: https://www.w3.org/events/meetings/09b897b6-3630-4a05-ae9e-8fe98784c8cb/
TPAC 22 Save the Dates: IACG is scheduled to meet again virtually at TPAC ( https://www.w3.org/2022/09/TPAC/ ) on Tuesday September 13 ( https://www.w3.org/events/meetings/0b64eeff-ef69-4a6d-8a4f-5efce706691d ) Details TBA
TPAC Information Architecture Community Group ( IACG ) meeting Wednesday October 27 2021 1pm to 2pm UTC: https://www.w3.org/2021/10/TPAC/format.html#oct25-29
Information Architecture Community Group IACG meeting at W3C TPAC group meetings: https://www.w3.org/wiki/TPAC/2021/GroupMeetings TPAC: https://www.w3.org/2021/10/TPAC/
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