WCAG 2 available as JSON machine-readable files

Dear WAI Interest Group Participants,

We are pleased to announce that Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 and 2.2 are now available in machine-readable JSON format <https://github.com/w3c/wcag/tree/main/11ty/json#readme>. The files include:

principles, guidelines, and success criteria
glossary terms
associations between (normative) success criteria and (informative) techniques
These files are updated monthly.

Thanks to Ken Franqueiro who did extensive work on this.

For more information, including terms of use, see JSON Serialization of WCAG 2 <https://github.com/w3c/wcag/tree/main/11ty/json#readme>.

Regards,

Kevin

Accessibility Guidelines Working Group Staff Contact
Senior Principal Accessibility Specialist, W3C

Received on Thursday, 16 October 2025 10:20:26 UTC