World Wide Web Consortium
Main international standards organization for the World Wide Web
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| December 2024 | The WCAG 3.0 working draft was last updated, continuing its development as a draft recommendation for web content accessibility. |
| April 24 2024 | Department of Justice published a final rule in the Federal Register updating ADA Title II regulations, establishing WCAG Version 2.1, Level AA as the technical standard for state and local governments' web content and mobile apps. |
| October 2023 | Seth Dobbs became the CEO of W3C, taking leadership of the organization. |
| October 5 2023 | WCAG 2.2 was officially released as a W3C Recommendation. |
| January 1 2023 | W3C reformed as a public-interest 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. |
| 2022 | The W3C WebFonts Working Group won an Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for standardizing font technology for web and TV devices. |
| March 2 2022 | 11th Circuit Court refused to rehear the previously vacated WCAG-related case. |
| 2021 | The Accessibility Guidelines Working Group presented the first public working draft (FPWD) of the future WCAG 3.0, aiming to provide recommendations for making web content more accessible. |
| December 2021 | 11th Circuit Court vacated a 2017 case that had referenced WCAG guidelines as an 'industry standard', rendering the previous case moot. |
| January 2020 | The W3C Community Group 'Linked Data for Language Technology' launched an initiative to harmonize web annotation vocabularies and develop a consolidated RDF vocabulary for linguistic annotations. |
| 2019 | The Government of Canada implemented the Accessible Canada Act, further advancing web accessibility standards. |
| 2018 | WCAG 2.1 was published, expanding on WCAG 2.0 with additional recommendations focusing on mobile device accessibility and support for low vision users. |
| December 2018 | European Commission updated the WCAG reference from version 2.0 to 2.1. |
| September 2018 | The United Kingdom enacted the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) Accessibility Regulations, mandating WCAG 2.1 AA level compliance for government websites and apps operated by public sector organizations. |
| February 23 2017 | Web Annotation was officially standardized by the W3C Web Annotation Working Group, with the release of three key Recommendations: Web Annotation Data Model, Web Annotation Vocabulary, and Web Annotation Protocol. |
| January 2017 | US Access Board approved a final rule updating Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, adopting seventeen WCAG 2.0 success criteria and requiring adherence to new standards within twelve months of publication. |
| October 2016 | European Parliament approved Directive 2016/2102 requiring public sector websites and mobile applications to conform to WCAG 2.1 Level AA accessibility standards. |
| 2014 | WCAG 2.0's Level A and Level AA success criteria were incorporated into the European standard EN 301 549. |
| 2013 | Norway's Ministry of Public Administration and Church Affairs announced Regulations on universal design of information and communication technology (ICT) solutions, mandating WCAG 2.0 standard compliance for both private and public bodies. |
| 2013 | US Department of Transportation amended regulations for the Air Carrier Access Act, requiring airlines to make their websites accessible and conform to WCAG 2.0 Level AA Success Criteria. |
| January 2013 | Beihang University became the Chinese host of W3C. |
| 2012 | The Supreme Court issued the Jodhan decision, compelling the Canadian federal government to require all online web pages, documents, and videos to meet WCAG 2.0 accessibility requirements, both externally and internally. |
| October 2012 | W3C convened a community of major web players and publishers to establish the WebPlatform and WebPlatform Docs wiki for documenting open web standards. |
| October 2012 | WCAG 2.0 became an official ISO standard, specifically ISO/IEC 40500:2012. |
| 2010 | Donna Jodhan brought a legal case to the Supreme Court of Canada against the Government of Canada regarding web accessibility. |
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