Mission

The mission of the AG Working Group is to develop and maintain specifications for making web content accessible to people with disabilities, along with support materials for implementing the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).

Charter

To learn about the group’s focus, scope and deliverables, see theAG Working Group Charter.

Current work

For details of the current work, see theAG Working Group wiki.

WCAG 3

Work on developing WCAG 3 takes place in many task forces and subgroups of the AG Working Group. For information about the WCAG 3 timelines and publication plan, seeWCAG 3 Timeline.

WCAG 2.2

TheWCAG 2.x Backlog Task Force maintains WCAG 2.x (WCAG versions 2.0, 2.1, and 2.2) for the AG Working Group. This includes reviewing public comments on WCAG 2.x and improving the following supporting documents:

• Understanding WCAG 2.2
• Techniques for WCAG 2.2

For current outstanding WCAG 2.x issues, seeWCAG issues — GitHub.

Contribute to the work

W3C and the AG Working Group welcome input on WCAG work from the global accessibility community.

Contribute without joining the group

There are ways you can contribute without being a member of the working group:

• Comment on publications: During development, the group publishes working drafts for public comment — these are announced on theWAI News pages and on theWAI Interest Group mailing lists.
• Raise, comment on, or propose fixes to WCAG issues: If you’re aware of an issue with any of the published WCAG 2.x resources, W3C welcomes you toraise a new issue on GitHub — you can also comment on and, even better, propose solutions for existing issues.
• Contribute to WCAG 3 discussions: As WCAG 3 develops, many topics are being discussed — to contribute your views, see the list ofopen WCAG 3 discussions in GitHub andmailing list discussions.
• Participate in a community group: W3C hosts a small number of active community groups that focus on digital accessibility issues — for details, search for ‘accessibility’ onCurrent Groups — W3C Community and Business Groups.

Become a participant in the group

Joining the AG Working Group enables you to participate fully in the development of the work and influence the deliverables. You and your organization will also be listed as contributors, where appropriate.

Being a participant involves commitment to support the work of the group in the following ways:

• Engage actively with other participants in the working group using the group’s communication channels.
• Keep up with weekly tasks and the progress of the work — for example, via the minutes of past meetings, mailing list discussions, and GitHub issue comments.
• Give your input promptly, when it’s needed.

SeeInstructions for joining the Accessibility Guidelines Working Group.

Group members and task forces

• Chairs
• Current participants
• Task forces that support the AG Working Group

Communications and decisions

• Calendar of meetings
• Minutes from previous meetings
• Mailing list archive
• Record of decisions
• Decision policy

GitHub repositories

The AG Working Group maintains the following GitHub repositories:

• Accessibility Conformance Testing
• Cognitive and Learning Disabilities Accessibility
• Mobile Accessibility
• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
• WCAG2ICT

Publications and copyright

List of technical reports published by the AG Working Group.

W3C maintains a public list of any patent disclosures made in connection with the deliverables of the group — for details, seeIntellectual property rights — AG Working Group.

There are also instructions forHow to Make a Patent Disclosure.

Contact the chairs

If you have a question for the AG Working Group’s chairs or the W3C staff contact, emailgroup-ag-chairs@w3.org.