COGA Guidance Subgroup: Summary, action items, and minutes for February 12th, 2026

Hi, folks, thanks for the good conversation today. See below for summary,
action items, and minutes, thanks.

*Summary*

   - *V2 refresher*
      - *Background: *We've been "in the weeds" reformatting a few V2
      patterns. Today, we stepped back and had a group refresher (and
      introduction for new member Jen) to Rain's December 2024 restructure
      recommendations
      <https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aOyK6N5coRlT1ZA7SZNp4w4sP7ynxBNNT2HBUt4NCOQ/edit?slide=id.g31aadb93ea3_0_573#slide=id.g31aadb93ea3_0_573>
      for the next version (V2) of Making Content Usable.
      - *Today's goal:* To gather questions and help make sure we aren't
      missing any work that has already been done.
      - *User stories vs user needs:* Len and Jen shared research insights
      on why the V2 template calls for having a few user stories in
each pattern
      rather than a long list of user needs. (See minutes for more detail on
      this.)
      - *Julie's (outdated) annotated V2 design elements:* The outdated doc
      <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lHnpVPSzp1Fe2N5aZwJYm_Q3rObkwQ9BA6FInZM7tVw/edit?tab=t.0>
      needs to be redone, but includes some recent insights from Rain.
   - *V2 pattern about interactive controls*
      - The subgroup also discussed the problem of what guidance to provide
      in a V2 pattern about target size for users who need cognitive
      accessibility support.
      - Jen confirmed there is no published research on this topic.
      - The subgroup agreed to add a sentence that says, "When possible,
      use WCAG 2.2's enhanced target size
      <https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#target-size-enhanced>of at least 44 by
      44 CSS pixels."

*Action items*
Jen to ask Rain for clarification about several V2 questions:

   - Were the V2 December 2024 restructure recommendations
   <https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aOyK6N5coRlT1ZA7SZNp4w4sP7ynxBNNT2HBUt4NCOQ/edit?slide=id.g31aadb93ea3_0_573#slide=id.g31aadb93ea3_0_573>
   reviewed by:
      - W3C's Kevin, Shawn, and Tamsin?
      - COGA task force?
      - COGA community group?
      - Was feedback incorporated from any of the above?
      - Any blockers or other essential updates from these reviews?
   - Any progress made on next steps
   <https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aOyK6N5coRlT1ZA7SZNp4w4sP7ynxBNNT2HBUt4NCOQ/edit?slide=id.g31aadb93ea3_0_635#slide=id.g31aadb93ea3_0_635>
   and still-to-do items
   <https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aOyK6N5coRlT1ZA7SZNp4w4sP7ynxBNNT2HBUt4NCOQ/edit?slide=id.g31aadb93ea3_1_16#slide=id.g31aadb93ea3_1_16>
   in the December 2024 deck?

*Minutes*

   - https://www.w3.org/2026/02/12-coga-minutes.html


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