For Wide Review: Guidance on Applying WCAG 2 to Non-Web Information and Communications Technologies (WCAG2ICT)

Dear WAI Interest Group,

W3C WAI encourages you to review the updated Draft W3C Group Note:
      Guidance on Applying WCAG 2 to Non-Web Information and Communications Technologies (WCAG2ICT)
https://www.w3.org/TR/wcag2ict-22/

We expect this document will impact future ICT standards worldwide.

This is the planned last draft before we publish it as a W3C Group Note.

Overview:
WCAG2ICT provides guidance on applying WCAG 2 to non-web documents and software. This draft includes guidance for WCAG 2.0, 2.1, and 2.2 success criteria and glossary terms. For an introduction to WCAG2ICT, see:
     WCAG2ICT Overview
https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/non-web-ict/

Updates since the 15 August 2023 draft include:

  * Added guidance for WCAG 2.2 success criteria
  * Addressed comments from the previous draft
  * Completed the Success Criteria Problematic for Closed Functionality section

In-progress updates to the document are available in the Editors' Draft at:
https://w3c.github.io/wcag2ict

For review:
We would particularly like your comments on:

  * Guidance for new and changed WCAG 2.2 success criteria and glossary definitions listed in the Comparison with the 2013 WCAG2ICT Note <https://www.w3.org/TR/wcag2ict-22/#comparison-with-the-2013-wcag2ict-note> section
  * Updates to the Comments on Closed Functionality <https://www.w3.org/TR/wcag2ict-22/#comments-on-closed-functionality> and Appendix A: Success Criteria Problematic for Closed Functionality <https://www.w3.org/TR/wcag2ict-22/#success-criteria-problematic-for-closed-functionality> sections
  * Sections with Editor’s notes that pose specific questions or request specific input


Comments:
To comment, please open a new issue in the WCAG2ICT GitHub repository:
https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/issues/new
Create separate GitHub issues for each topic, rather than commenting on multiple topics in a single issue.

If it's not feasible for you to use GitHub, send comments in e-mail to: public-wcag2ict-comments@w3.org
Please put your comments in the body of the message, not as an attachment. Start your e-mail subject line with: [Public Comment]

*Please send comments by 6 August 2024*. If you need more time, please request an extension by sending an e-mail to public-wcag2ict-comments@w3.org

Regards,
Shawn Lawton Henry for:
Mary Jo Mueller - WCAG2ICT Task Force Facilitator
Chuck Adams, Rachael Montgomery Bradley, Alastair Campbell - Accessibility Guidelines Working Group Co-Chairs
Daniel Montalvo - W3C Staff Contact for WCAG2ICT Task Force


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Shawn Lawton Henry
W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Program Lead
W3C Accessibility Education and Communications Lead
www.w3.org/People/Shawn