{"id":1625,"date":"2024-05-26T19:44:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-26T18:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cerovac.com\/a11y\/?p=1625"},"modified":"2024-05-27T19:55:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T18:55:00","slug":"perfect-timing-for-new-wcag-3-guideline-considerations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cerovac.com\/a11y\/2024\/05\/perfect-timing-for-new-wcag-3-guideline-considerations\/","title":{"rendered":"Perfect timing for new WCAG 3 guideline considerations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

May the 16th was a big day on many levels. It was the thirteenth Global Accessibility Awareness Day on global level and second official Global Accessibility Awareness Day in Slovenia<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But that was only the beginning if we consider that W3C Accessibility Guidelines (yes, not Web, but W3C – as this is WCAG 3) got a giant update of 12 new guidelines with 174 suggested outcomes (opens in new window)<\/a>. Please note – these are not a standard yet and serve only to collect potential outcomes that the WCAG 3 working group will be exploring.<\/strong> So – don’t throw away WCAG 2 yet – it is still latest standard (in most legislation version 2.1 and I suggest you embrace version 2.2 as a default as it will eventually replace 2.1), but it’s nice to be able to get a sense about the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12 exploratory guidelines with 174 suggested outcomes of WCAG 3<\/h2>\n\n\n\nOnce again – please remember – these are exploratory and far from being accepted. But they are still a good indication about what will potentially be relevant. Well, most of them are relevant already today, if we think about making things accessible and usable (and not just conformance to WCAG 2.x). We must also keep in mind that WCAG 3 wants to cover also non-author parts of accessibility<\/strong> (opens in new window)<\/a>, like for example Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) and User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG), so some guidelines are perhaps not targeting you personally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The original document provides guidelines in lists with sublists, but I prefer table presentation for this situation, so that I know immediately the name of the guideline before the outcome. Please note that all links in the following table open in new window\/tab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n