WCAG 2.2 Update, August 2023 [was: WCAG 2.2 final web standard...]

Dear WAI Interest Group,

We expect to publish Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 as a “W3C Recommendation” web standard in 2023.

We are addressing new comments that we received in August 2023. Depending how that goes, the final publication could be in September or later in 2023.

For the latest information on WCAG 2.2, please see:
 What's New in WCAG 2.2 - Status, Timeline, Changes
 https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/new-in-22/#status-timeline-changes

We will update information on that page as soon as we reach consensus and have more specific information on the expected final publication date.

Regards,
Alastair Campbell, Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AG WG) Co-Chair
Rachael Montgomery, Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AG WG) Co-Chair
Chuck Adams, Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AG WG) Co-Chair
Kevin White, W3C Accessibility Technical Lead and AG WG Staff Contact
Shawn Lawton Henry, W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Program Lead


On 20-Jul-23 1:48 AM, Shawn Henry wrote:
> Dear WAI Interest Group,
> 
> We expect to publish Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 as a 'W3C Recommendation' web standard in August 2023. For up-to-date information, see:
>      What's New in WCAG 2.2
>      https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/new-in-22/
> 
> Today we entered the W3C 'Proposed Recommendation' stage with the WCAG 2.2 publication at:
>      https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/
> 
> Proposed Recommendation means that W3C accepted it and W3C Members vote on publishing the document as a 'W3C Recommendation' web standard. The voting ends on 19 August. WCAG 2.2 might be ready to publish soon after that, or additional W3C Member input could require more work. More about the process for completing WCAG 2.2 is in:
>      How WAI Develops Accessibility Standards through the W3C Process
>      https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/w3c-process/
> 
> To get updates on WCAG development, see:
>      Get WAI News
>      https://www.w3.org/WAI/news/subscribe/
> 
> Regards,
> Rachael Montgomery, Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AG WG) Co-Chair
> Alastair Campbell, Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AG WG) Co-Chair
> Chuck Adams, Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AG WG) Co-Chair
> Michael Cooper, AG WG Staff Contact
> Shawn Lawton Henry, W3C Accessibility Education and Communications Lead

Received on Wednesday, 30 August 2023 15:42:20 UTC