- From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2026 19:20:19 +0100
- To: Kevin White <kevin@w3.org>, "G. Spivak" <gspivak@gmail.com>
- Cc: "Liaisons," <team-liaisons@w3.org>, public-agwg-comments@w3.org, Bruce Bailey <bruce@bailey4.us>, "Kenneth G. Franqueiro" <kfranqueiro@w3.org>
Sorry for the late reply, but I'd be happy and interested to discuss in more detail what we could do in WCAG 2.x here. Thanks, Patrick On 31/03/2026 11:18, Kevin White wrote: > Hi Gael, > > Thank you for bringing up this point. I have CC’d this to the archived > mailing list for comments regarding WCAG and other AGWG maintained > resources. > > You may also wish to raise specific issues related to this topic within > the WCAG2 repo <https://github.com/w3c/wcag/issues>. > > The main group that deals with the maintenance of WCAG 2 is the WCAG 2 > Backlog Task Force <https://www.w3.org/groups/tf/wcag2x-backlog/>. I > have CC’d the group facilitators and staff contact. > > As one of the liaisons with ISO, I would be happy to explore the scope > of any meeting in the first instance. > > Thanks > > Kevin > > Accessibility Guidelines Team Contact > Senior Principal Accessibility Specialist > W3C > >> On 27 Mar 2026, at 13:42, G. Spivak <gspivak@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi there. >> >> I'm not sure if this is the right email address to ask about working >> this out with WCAG. If not, can you please point me in the >> right direction? >> >> I'm wondering if there is a possibility of the WCAG drafting team >> discussing its guidance on reading levels <https://www.w3.org/TR/ >> WCAG22/#reading-level> with the people who wrote the ISO plain >> language standard <https://www.iso.org/standard/78907.html>. So that >> we can align the clear writing part of WCAG with the plain language >> standard. >> >> Starting points: >> - a blog post <https://nos-langues.canada.ca/en/blogue-blog/ >> readability-formulas-eng> I wrote on the issues with readability formulas >> - an analysis of the ISO plain language standard <https:// >> www.iplfederation.org/word-choice/> that shows only 7% of it is even >> about words >> >> If this is of interest, but we should do it through ISO, I can put you >> in touch with the convener of the ISO working group that drafts the >> plain language standards (we've done 4 parts to it and are working on >> Part 5). >> >> Gael >> >> -- >> Gael Spivak (she/elle) >> >> * Editors Canada <https://www.editors.ca/> member and former president >> * Member of ISO Technical Committee 37 <https://www.iso.org/ >> committee/48104.html> (working group 11: plain language) >> * Chair of the Localization and Implementation Committee (for the >> ISO plain language standard), International Plain Language >> Federation <http://iplfederation.org/> >> <http://iplfederation.org/> >> * PLAIN <http://plainlanguagenetwork.org/>member >> * Indigenous Editors Association <https:// >> www.indigenouseditorsassociation.com/> non-Indigenous member >> * Language Portal of Canada <https://www.noslangues- >> ourlanguages.gc.ca/en/> ambassador >> >> Name pronunciation: Gale (like the wind) SPEE-vak >> / >> / >> /I //would like to acknowledge that I live and work in the territory >> of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation, who have lived here for millennia./ >> >> > -- Patrick H. Lauke * https://www.splintered.co.uk/ * https://github.com/patrickhlauke * https://flickr.com/photos/redux/ * https://mastodon.social/@patrick_h_lauke
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