W3C's new WCAG 3.0 Working Draft is out. 174 new outcomes, a revised conformance model, and a direct ask for YOUR feedback.
This is how standards get shaped. Don't sit this one out.
W3C's new WCAG 3.0 Working Draft is out. 174 new outcomes, a revised conformance model, and a direct ask for YOUR feedback.
This is how standards get shaped. Don't sit this one out.

W3C Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 3.0 Working Draft is updated. The starting place for background, timeline, and up-to-date information is the WCAG 3 Introduction. For a list of changes in the March 2026 draft, see Status: In-progress drafts.
Accessibility just changed🚨
WCAG 3.0 drops checklists for 174 outcome-based metrics + scoring
👉No more pass/fail
👉It’s now measurable performance
Accessibility = performance layer, not compliance🚀
🔗https://www.w3.org/WAI/news/2026-03-03/wcag3/
Are you ready to be scored?

W3C Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 3.0 Working Draft is updated. The starting place for background, timeline, and up-to-date information is the WCAG 3 Introduction. For a list of changes in the March 2026 draft, see Status: In-progress drafts.
LAST WEEK IN WAI #2
Updated 19th November with AGWG meeting minutes from the 18th November
#WCAG3 #Conformance #WCAG2 new version? #a11y
https://html5accessibility.com/stuff/2025/11/18/last-week-in-wai-2/#update
Thanks to Kevin White on #id24 for clearly describing how WCAG 3 is organized, and why.
I'm convinced -- this is a much better approach, and worth the overhead.
The next update for the WCAG 3 draft is here.
A few thoughts from the chairs are in this article. Check out the WCAG 3 Introduction for additional information (link in article)
Congratulations and thanks to all the members of the working group who have been working to move various guidelines forward. #accessibility #a11y #wcag3
https://whollyaccessible.org/2025/09/04/wcag-3-september-2025-update/
The Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AG) has updated the W3C Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 3 Working Draft. This update is a first step towards publishing a full draft at the Developing level. In this draft, the AGWG has moved many guidelines, requirements and assertions to Developing. Those that are still Exploratory have been kept in…
W3C WAI invites you to comment on the updated W3C Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 3.0 Working Draft. This in-progress draft has more guidelines, requirements, and assertions ready for review. There are some sections that are not yet updated.
For background, timeline, and up-to-date information, see WCAG 3 Introduction: https://www.w3.org/WAI/wcag3
For review questions and how to comment, see the section 'About this draft'.
WCAG 3 Working Draft: https://www.w3.org/TR/wcag-3.0/
🫡 Having had my head in an EAA assessment for the past month i missed this discussion until now
#WCAG #WCAG3 #a11y #WebStandards
Scheduling Approach Alternatives
I translated "WCAG 3 Introduction into Japanese and it is available on W3C WAI website now.
https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/wcag3-intro/ja
I hope it will help Japanese a11y advocates to understand the outline and the intent of the working draft published on the 12 December 2024.
https://www.w3.org/TR/2024/WD-wcag-3.0-20241212/
I'm participating in the working group. I think it is essential to get feedback from different countries/regions to make WCAG 3 international guidelines.
#a11y
#w3c
#wcag
#wcag3
👁️ @w3c AGWG (Accessibility Guidelines Working Group) Teleconference
15 Oct 2024 - draft minutes
"RESOLUTION: We will explore having a set of required provisions that is somewhat comparable to WCAG 2.2 A & AA and a set of provisions and assertions that can be used to build upon that through points, percentages, or predefined sets of provisions (modules)."