Re: WCAG 2.1 is a Web Standard "W3C Recommendation"

Dear AGWG,

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On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 8:53 AM, Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org> wrote:

> Dear WAI Interest Group,
>
> The Accessibility Guidelines Working Group has published Web Content
> Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 as a W3C Recommendation at:
>
> https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/
>
> The document received broad support from the W3C Advisory Committee and
> the W3C Director approved the transition to Recommendation. That means it
> is a stable standard ready for general implementation.W3C encourages
> organizations and individuals to review and update their policies to
> reflect the updated guidance provided by WCAG 2.1, in order to address more
> user needs in their websites.
>
> All requirements (“success criteria”) from 2.0 are included in 2.1. There
> are additional success criteria in 2.1. They are introduced in "What's New
> in WCAG 2.1" at:
> https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/new-in-21/
>
> More information about this publication and next steps is in the blog post:
> https://www.w3.org/blog/2018/06/wcag21-rec/
>
> More information about the Accessibility Guidelines Working Group is
> available from:
> https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/
>
> Tweet: https://twitter.com/w3c_wai/status/1003998126842302470
>
> Regards,
> Andrew Kirkpatrick, Accessibility Guidelines WG Chair,
> Alastair Campbell, Accessibility Guidelines WG Chair,
> Joshue O Connor, Accessibility Guidelines WG Chair,
> Michael Cooper, Accessibility Guidelines WG W3C Staff Contact
>
>