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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.
W3C Invites Implementations of Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format 1.1
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Act Rules Format defines a format for writing accessibility test rules that can be used for developing automated testing tools and manual testing methodologies.
DPUB-ARIA and DPUB-AAM are now W3C Recommendations
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The Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) Working Group has published Digital Publishing WAI-ARIA Module 1.1 (DPUB-ARIA) and Digital Publishing Accessibility API Mappings 1.1 (DPUB-AAM) as W3C Recommendations.
