Re: WCAG 2.2 is ISO/IEC 40500:2025

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Respectfully,

Michael V. Webber


On Tue, Oct 21, 2025 at 3:56 AM Shawn Lawton Henry <shawn@w3.org> wrote:

> Dear WAI Interest Group Participants,
>
> We are pleased to announce that Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
> (WCAG) 2.2 is now an approved International Organization for
> Standardization (ISO) standard: ISO/IEC 40500:2025. It is available free
> from ISO/IEC 40500:2025 - Information technology — W3C Web Content
> Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2
> <https://www.iso.org/standard/91029.html>.
>
> Please see additional information in:
>
>    - Press release: W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2 approved
>    as ISO/IEC international standard
>    <https://www.w3.org/press-releases/2025/wcag22-iso-pas/>
>    - 'ISO/IEC 40500, EAA, EN 301 549' section of WCAG 2 Overview
>    <https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/#iso>
>
> Thank you to all involved in developing WCAG 2.2.
>
> Thank you to Norbert Bensalem, Lisa Rajche, and Phil Wennblom of JTC1 and
> to Daniel Montalvo of W3C's accessibility team for shepherding it through
> to ISO/IEC 40500:2025.
>
> Best regards,
> ~ Shawn
>
> Shawn Lawton Henry
> Director, W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
> www.w3.org/People/Shawn
>
>