COGA guidance subgroup: Summary + minutes for July 24th meeting

Hi, folks, in addition to scribing COGA meetings on IRC, we're trying out
using Zoom's AI note-taking tool to summarize our meetings. Is this level
of detail helpful? Is this summary too long? Eager for feedback, thanks! July
24th, 2025Meeting SummaryOverview of proposed structure for COGA subgroups

Julie described Lisa’s proposal to reorganize the COGA subgroups into two
main subgroups:

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   Research subgroup:
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      This group would handle issue papers, mental health topics, and other
      early-stage research.
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      Possible meeting time: Thursdays at 9am ET
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   Guidance subgroup:
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      This group would focus on Making Content Usable, WCAG 3 coordination,
      and internationalization.
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      Likely meeting time: Thursdays at 11am ET

Making Content Usable update

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   We’re working on converting 4-5 patterns into the new format, with "Page
   Purpose" being the first one that is nearly ready.
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   Getting the patterns ready is a multi-step process:
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      Editors finish working on a pattern
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      Share with the COGA task force for consensus
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         Will also ask for feedback from the Global Inclusion community
         group
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      Give to Rain for coding
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   Rain will do the HTML coding by late September/early October.
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   This fall, we’ll share with the public and get feedback before we
   convert more patterns into the new structure.

WCAG 3 coordination update

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   The Accessibility Guidelines (AG) Working Group chairs will publish a
   new working draft this summer. This draft will only include the short names
   for the requirements and one-sentence descriptions of the requirements. The
   user needs, testing, and techniques will *not* be published in this new
   draft.
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   The WCAG 3 subgroups have early drafts of user needs, testing, and
   techniques that COGA can review in google docs.
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   One challenge will be how to map out the COGA reviews so the workload
   feels manageable.

August scheduling update

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   Julie will be out the week of August 4th.
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   Rain will be unavailable August 21st, 28th, and likely September 4th due
   to a family matter.
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   Will determine the focus of each week’s guidance subgroup meeting after
   finding out when Jan is available to discuss internationalization.

Challenges discussed

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   Wanting a clearer understanding of how the research subgroup prioritizes
   research topics and what the task force can do as a whole to ensure no gaps
   in COGA’s research or guidance work
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   Balancing COGA workload across multiple work streams
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   How to approach the AG’s WCAG 3 publication trade-off discussio
   <https://github.com/w3c/wcag3/discussions/343>n (Rachael to explain more
   at the COGA task force meeting on Monday)

Minutes and attendees

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   https://www.w3.org/2025/07/24-coga-minutes.html
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   Julie, Rain, John Kirkwood


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