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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.
Upcoming: W3C Workshop on Smart Voice Agents
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The goals of this workshop are to identify stakeholders of Voice Agents standardization to drive the development of Web standards aligned with the real needs of Voice Agents, and to clarify reasonable applications for Voice Agents technologies we agree to build.
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 Approved as ISO/IEC International Standard
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Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 is now an approved International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard: ISO/IEC 40500:2025.
Web Sustainability Guidelines (WSG) becomes a first public Draft Note
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This specification defines guidelines that use planetary, people, and prosperity principles (the PPP approach) throughout the decision-making process, allowing users to minimize their environmental impact in various ways.
