Reflections from TPAC 2026

TPAC is W3C's yearly work week. A large part of the Working Groups and all sorts of committees get together to collaborate in person (mostly hybrid). This post has some things I got out of it this year. Some of my week had been slightly overbooked, as is the faith of most TPAC attendees. There is so much going on! Like last year, FOMO was had. Accessibility I spent some time with the Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AGWG), which is primarily focused on developing WCAG 3. I missed the retrospective, but particularly liked the discussions on the impact of accessibility supported (it is not exact science, but has helped move on from “accessible in theory” to “accessible in actual people's browsers/devices/AT”), and how we can write and scope supplemental-to-WCAG guidance for policy makers and regulators. I also attended some of the ATAG Community Group, which is getting ready to charter as a Working Group. I am particularly excited about that, as I strongly believe we can and…

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