APA Weekly Teleconference

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Agenda

So we have a big influx of new issues to track (section 6) this week (and have several we still need to close. We also have the 'extended image descriptions' proposal to review ahead of our TPAC meeting with the Publishing Accessibility folk.

Please check out any tracking issues (section 6) that you feel able to, and feel free to comment on the a11y-tracking threads for them. We'll try to set up some APA review time for people who're going to be at TPAC.

1. Agenda Review & Announcements
   • Week off after TPAC
2. TPAC 2026
   • Reviewing the APA schedule - we have many clashes, so need your help in attending and reporting back on meetings!
   • Adding an APA working session?
3. New charters - no new ones, but some in flight:
   • [wg/audio] [Audio] Group Charter
   • [wg/dp] Digital Policy Group Charter
4. New on TR
   • (none so far this week)
5. Spec review requests
   • Digital Credentials review update
   • Extended image descriptions document
     • Issues raised by APA feedback
     • PR to address the feedback: https://github.com/w3c/publ-a11y-extended-desc/pull/19
     • Minutes from our call with PM WG that explain some of the rationale (e.g. why it's actually a big ask to use details+summary, and modify the rendering to make it look more like a dialog: https://w3c.github.io/pm-wg/minutes/2026-10-08.html#c5d8
   • Tracking existing reviews:
     • 2026-10-12: Verifiable Credential Rendering Methods v1.0
     • 2026-10-12: VCALM v1.0
     • 2026-10-12: Verifiable Credential Barcodes v1.0
     • 2026-10-12: Recognized Entities v1.0
6. Issue tracking
   • New WebXR questions:
     • Dealing with atypical numbers of fingers
     • a11y short check list
     • a11y self review check list
     • Spec language precludes non-visual uses
     • Evaluate how/if WebXR should interact with audio-only devices.
     • Add Mode that Does Not Require WebGL
     • Use native keyboard / Augmented Reality
     • Content in immersive session should need not be search around
     • Produce an WebXR A11y overview doc
     • Accessible Platform Architectures (APA) question on WebXR Layers API spec
   • In flight:
     • [draft] Spell check custom dictionary
     • [css-overflow-5]: calling focus on the carousel / scroll container
     • [css-overflow-5]: mechanism to override and set semantic props on overflow markers and buttons
     • How should canvas EditContext be made accessible?
     • [css-fonts][mediaqueries-5] Add prefers-bold-text user preference media feature
   • Backlog:
     • [filter-effects-2] Support fast simple css blurs
     • Strings on the Web: Language and Direction Metadata - FAST checklist
     • [css-color-hdr] Add permission policy (or other mechanism) to irreversibly limit EDR in iframes
     • Open UI - interest invokers - Should ::interest-button be opt-in, opt-out, or enabled via media query?
       • For reference, the relevant part of the Interest Invokers explainer: https://open-ui.org/components/interest-invokers.explainer/#option-35---add-an-opt-in-info-button-pseudo-element
       • The source CSS WG issue links to ARIA and WHATWG discussions around this topic, too.
     • Open UI - custom select element - Keyboard behaviour of custom select options
   • Monitoring:
     • WebMCP accessibility review checklist
     • Define accessibility requirements for WebMCP user-agent UI
7. CSS Update (Paul)
8. Other business
9. Be done

Additional resources for APA at: https://www.w3.org/WAI/APA/wiki/Key_Resources_and_Links

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