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Group Note Draft: EPUB Accessibility 1.2 Explainer
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The EPUB Accessibility 1.2 Explainer provides information on how to understand and evaluate the accessible publications conformance requirements of EPUB Accessibility 1.2 against reflowable EPUB publications.
Group Note: WCAG Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM) 2.0
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This document describes a methodology with a step-by-step process to evaluate how well digital products conform to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.
W3C Invites Implementations of EPUB 3.4, EPUB Reading Systems 3.4 and EPUB Accessibility 1.2
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EPUB® 3 defines a distribution and interchange format for digital publications and documents. The EPUB format provides a means of representing, packaging, and encoding structured and semantically enhanced web content — including HTML, CSS, SVG, and other resources — for distribution in a single-file container.
First Public Working Draft: Verifiable Credentials Data Model v2.1
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This specification describes the extensible data model for verifiable credentials, how they can be secured from tampering, and a three-party ecosystem for the exchange of these credentials that is composed of issuers, holders, and verifiers.
W3C Workshop Report: Smart Voice Agents
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W3C is pleased to announce the report from the W3C Workshop on Smart Voice Agents, held online in February 2026.
Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format 1.1 is now a W3C Recommendation
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ACT Rules Format defines a format for writing accessibility test rules.
Group Note Drafts: Cognitive Accessibility Research Modules
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This set of modules looks at different Web technologies and provides a detailed analysis of accessibility issues for people with disabilities that may require cognitive accessibility supports, user needs, areas for further research and directions for solutions.
Group Note Draft: W3C Accessibility Guidelines Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM) 2.0
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This document describes a methodology with a step-by-step process to evaluate how well digital products conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.
Agenda available for W3C Workshop on Smart Voice Agents
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The W3C Workshop on Smart Voice Agents will take place on 25-27 February 2026, virtually on Zoom. The workshop agenda is now available.
Proposed Advancement of Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format 1.1 to W3C Recommendation
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Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format 1.1 defines a format for writing accessibility test rules.
