Re: Decision on CfC: Publish Maturity Model Note

The unsung hero of this effort may very well be our friend, John Foliot, whose repeated concerns to me, back in 2019, about WCAG 3 not addressing continuous improvement inspired this idea that we should develop a maturity model, in the first place.

We’ve grown from a 2020 grassroots effort with a few of us in the AGWG Silver Task Force exploring this as a subcommittee to a full-blown Task Force of our own with wide reaching implications. I’d like to see this publication evolve into an official W3C Statement and then explore normative applications for our work.

Early, early, contributors Jennie Delisi, John Rochford, Wilco Fiers, Sarah Horton, should be acknowledged also

From: Janina Sajka <janina@a11y.nyc>
Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2025 at 6:57 AM
To: Charles LaPierre <charlesl@benetech.org>
Cc: Roy Ruoxi Ran <ran@w3.org>, public-apa-admin@w3.org <public-apa-admin@w3.org>, W3C WAI Accessible Platform Architectures <public-apa@w3.org>, maturity tf <public-maturity@w3.org>, APA Chairs <group-apa-chairs@w3.org>
Subject: Re: Decision on CfC: Publish Maturity Model Note

And deepest thanks to you, Charles, for being such a wonderful document
(and spreadsheet) Editor--and to you and Benetech for giving us the
benefit of two implementation rounds!

Onward and upward!
Janina

Charles LaPierre writes:
> Congratulations all!
> This is wonderful news and great to see this officially released, and our facilitators David and Sheri for getting this over the finish line. Not to mention our APA chair Janina and W3C contact Roy who has helps us countless times getting us to this point.
> Thank you all.
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> Charles
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> EOM
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> From: Roy Ruoxi Ran <ran@w3.org>
> Sent: Monday, November 3, 2025 7:40 PM
> To: Janina Sajka <janina@a11y.nyc>
> Cc: public-apa-admin@w3.org <public-apa-admin@w3.org>; W3C WAI Accessible Platform Architectures <public-apa@w3.org>; maturity tf <public-maturity@w3.org>; APA Chairs <group-apa-chairs@w3.org>
> Subject: Re: Decision on CfC: Publish Maturity Model Note
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> Hi all,
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> According to the decision, Maturity Model has been published into W3C Note at: https://www.w3.org/TR/maturity-model/

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> Thank you and Best Regards,
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> Roy Ruoxi Ran, ?$BQG<c[', W3C
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> 2025?$BG/10?$B7n31?$BF| 00:07?$B!$Janina Sajka <janina@a11y.nyc> ?$B<LF;!'
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> Colleagues:
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> The below Call for Consensus (CfC) received a significant response from our Working Group favoring publication. Some strongly argued for a version 1.0 milestone publication because they are already using the document in service offerings. [2]
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> However, we also recieved two responses opposing publication, namely:
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> 1.  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-apa-admin/2025Oct/0021.html

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> 2.  https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-apa-admin/2025Oct/0020.html

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> Because there is substantial empirical evidence of successful use of the framework in the publication[2], including from several organizations around the world, and because the Task Force has agreed to revisit issues raised by the two objections (among others) using a stricter resolution process for a forthcoming maintanance release,
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> ***Chairs Decision***
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> Therefore this CfC is agreed to as a Consensus Decision of APA[1] (with objections) and publication of this document as a Working Group Note may now proceed.
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> The head of thread for this CfC can be found here:
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> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-apa-admin/2025Oct/0000.html

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> Janina and Matthew,
> APA Co-Chairs
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> [1] http://www.w3.org/WAI/APA/decision-policy

> [2] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-apa-admin/2025Oct/0023.html

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> Janina Sajka writes:
> Colleagues:
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> This is a Call for Consensus (CfC) to the Accessible Platform Architectures (APA) Working Group proposing  publication of the Accessibility Maturity Model (AMM) as a Note.
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> * The snapshot to review for this CfC is here:
> https://raw.githack.com/w3c/maturity-model/finial-note/index.html

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> * The W3C Accessibility Maturity Model was developed by our Maturity Model Task Force over several years. It's FPWD was published in September 2022, and we published a second wide review draft in August 2025. MMTF's resolution requesting publication of the above snapshot version as an APA Note is recorded here:
> https://www.w3.org/2025/10/15-maturity-minutes.html#a128

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> * The W3C Note track process is described here:
> https://www.w3.org/2023/Process-20231103/#note-track

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> Please note the above snapshot will look slightly different when published. The Status of this Document section will be updated, and the document will display with different colorization to reflect the document's published Note status.
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> As always with APA CfCs, editorial corrections, such as spelling or grammar,  will be made as needed without further notice.  Please do draw our attention to any editorial issues you find in this draft.
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> ***Action to Take***
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> This CfC is now open for objection, comment, as well as statements of support via email. Silence will be interpreted as support, though messages of support are certainly welcome.
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> If you object to this proposed action, or have comments concerning this proposal, please respond by replying on list to this message no later than 23:59 (Midnight) Boston Time, Wednesday 22 October.
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> NOTE: This Call for Consensus is being conducted in accordance with the APA Decision Policy published at:
> http://www.w3.org/WAI/APA/decision-policy

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> Janina and Matthew
> APA Co-Chairs
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> Janina Sajka (she/her/hers)
> Accessibility Consultant https://linkedin.com/in/jsajka

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> The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
> Co-Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa

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> Linux Foundation Fellow
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> Janina Sajka (she/her/hers)
> Accessibility Consultant https://linkedin.com/in/jsajka

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> The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
> Co-Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa

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> Linux Foundation Fellow
> https://www.linuxfoundation.org/board-of-directors-2/

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Janina Sajka (she/her/hers)
Accessibility Consultant https://linkedin.com/in/jsajka


The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Co-Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures     http://www.w3.org/wai/apa


Linux Foundation Fellow
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/board-of-directors-2/