Re: Call for Consensus (CfC) closes 7 January 2026: Publish FPWD of COGA Research Modules Note

Thank you! 

To double check, isn't the “should’ issue one that we might want to postpone publication for? The non-normative character of Notes is defined by the Process and an important part of how W3C documents are differentiated*.

(*which also means the publication would be of Note Draft type not First Public Working Draft, that's a phrase from the Rec Track <https://www.w3.org/policies/process/#first-wd>)

Best,
Hidde

> On 8 Jan 2026, at 19:37, Bradley Montgomery, Rachael L <rmontgomery@loc.gov> wrote:
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> Hidde,
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> Thank you for the thorough review and comments. I have cc’d the Taskforce leads. 
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> We will make sure they are addressed or entered as issues to be fixed after publication.
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> Kind regards,
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> Rachael
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> From: Hidde de Vries <hidde@hiddedevries.nl>
> Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 10:49 AM
> To: Bradley Montgomery, Rachael L <rmontgomery@loc.gov>
> Cc: WCAG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
> Subject: Re: Call for Consensus (CfC) closes 7 January 2026: Publish FPWD of COGA Research Modules Note
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> Without expressing an explicit -1 or +1, I wanted to add a few comments: 
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> In the Modules doc:
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> - Under 'Modules', there is one heading, for older modules. Could we add one for current modules as well, so that there are two headings for each of the parts?
> - The source is missing for percentage of people who may have dementia
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> In the “Voice Systems and Conversational Interfaces”, “Technology Assisted Indoor Navigation / Wayfinding”, “ Online Safety and Wellbeing (Algorithms and Data)” and “Supported Decision-Making Online”: 
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> - we're using the word “should” a number of times, which I think we need to avoid, given we're publishing as Notes and they are not normative and (see RFC 2119 <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2119__;!!EDx7F7x-0XSOB8YS_BQ!Z4fnRM-bsPA7_M9OWtgCYcxmEmWHHk5vZUgk3kpMTxks-k_pd0ofUBB3gaaTqMrsF5p5XlLRhuCGmYmqSnr5jKQ$>). 
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> Best,
> Hidde
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> On 18 Dec 2025, at 22:23, Bradley Montgomery, Rachael L <rmontgomery@loc.gov> wrote:
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> Hello,
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> This is a Call for Consensus (CfC) to the Accessible Guidelines (AG) and the Accessible Platform Architectures (APA) Working Groups. It proposes a First Public Working Draft (FPWD) publication of "Cognitive Accessibility Research Modules" developed by our Cognitive and Learning Disabilities (COGA) Task Force. This publication is intended to become a W3C Working Group Note.  As COGA is a joint Task Force of both AG and APA, approval of both Working Groups is required for publication.
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> * The publications to review for this CfC are gathered here:
>   https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://raw.githack.com/w3c/coga/FPWD-research-modules/research-modules/index.html__;!!EDx7F7x-0XSOB8YS_BQ!drbACMjUrSvVcjOUJVoXDLdolgtQN5FwoPiY0cIPNnyrQNSM8Wh2eXPIrBRoCNbNw1G5Z8E_xfCcNnnDD3eJ$
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> * The W3C Note track process is described at
>   https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.w3.org/policies/process/20231103/*note-track__;Iw!!EDx7F7x-0XSOB8YS_BQ!drbACMjUrSvVcjOUJVoXDLdolgtQN5FwoPiY0cIPNnyrQNSM8Wh2eXPIrBRoCNbNw1G5Z8E_xfCcNkGEuBHT$ 
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> Please note this publication 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 FPWD status.  With this joint CfC, editorial corrections, such as spelling or grammar,  will be made as needed without further notice.  Please draw our attention to any editorial issues you find in this draft.
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> CfC Considerations
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> As an index of COGA research, the introductory document hyperlinks both historic COGA research not included in this CfC, but also four new research modules from COGA. Specifically, this CfC includes the following new COGA Research Modules:
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> 1. Voice Systems and Conversational Interfaces:
>    https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://raw.githack.com/w3c/coga/FPWD-research-modules/research-modules/Conversational-Voice-Systems.html__;!!EDx7F7x-0XSOB8YS_BQ!drbACMjUrSvVcjOUJVoXDLdolgtQN5FwoPiY0cIPNnyrQNSM8Wh2eXPIrBRoCNbNw1G5Z8E_xfCcNpJY6fHm$
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> 2. Technology-Assisted Indoor Navigation and Wayfinding:
>    https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://raw.githack.com/w3c/coga/FPWD-research-modules/research-modules/Technology-Assisted-Indoor-Navigation-and-Wayfindings.html__;!!EDx7F7x-0XSOB8YS_BQ!drbACMjUrSvVcjOUJVoXDLdolgtQN5FwoPiY0cIPNnyrQNSM8Wh2eXPIrBRoCNbNw1G5Z8E_xfCcNjI4D8Jk$
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> 3. Online Safety and Wellbeing (Algorithms and Data):
>    https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://raw.githack.com/w3c/coga/FPWD-research-modules/research-modules/Online-Safety-and-Wellbeing.html__;!!EDx7F7x-0XSOB8YS_BQ!drbACMjUrSvVcjOUJVoXDLdolgtQN5FwoPiY0cIPNnyrQNSM8Wh2eXPIrBRoCNbNw1G5Z8E_xfCcNiqHxe9W$
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> 4. Supported Decision-Making Online:
>    https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://raw.githack.com/w3c/coga/FPWD-research-modules/research-modules/Supported-Decision-Making.html__;!!EDx7F7x-0XSOB8YS_BQ!drbACMjUrSvVcjOUJVoXDLdolgtQN5FwoPiY0cIPNnyrQNSM8Wh2eXPIrBRoCNbNw1G5Z8E_xfCcNrTDlA8s$
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> Please review these four modules as well as the introductory index of COGA research:
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://raw.githack.com/w3c/coga/FPWD-research-modules/research-modules/index.html__;!!EDx7F7x-0XSOB8YS_BQ!drbACMjUrSvVcjOUJVoXDLdolgtQN5FwoPiY0cIPNnyrQNSM8Wh2eXPIrBRoCNbNw1G5Z8E_xfCcNnnDD3eJ$
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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 7 January 2026.
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> If you are a member of both AG and APA, please respond to both CFCs.
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> NOTE: This Call for Consensus is being conducted in accordance with the APA Decision Policy (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.w3.org/WAI/about/groups/apawg/decision-policy/__;!!EDx7F7x-0XSOB8YS_BQ!drbACMjUrSvVcjOUJVoXDLdolgtQN5FwoPiY0cIPNnyrQNSM8Wh2eXPIrBRoCNbNw1G5Z8E_xfCcNrljgJWk$ ) and the AG Decision Policy (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.w3.org/WAI/about/groups/agwg/decision-policy/__;!!EDx7F7x-0XSOB8YS_BQ!drbACMjUrSvVcjOUJVoXDLdolgtQN5FwoPiY0cIPNnyrQNSM8Wh2eXPIrBRoCNbNw1G5Z8E_xfCcNi4aqs_M$ ).
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> Alastair and Rachael
> AG Co-Chairs
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> Janina and Matthew
> APA Co-Chairs
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