Task Forces
AB Liaisons to the Board of Directors
The people named by the Advisory Board to be liaisons to the W3C Board of Directors.
Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Task Force
The objective of the Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Task Force is to evolve and maintain a repository of ACT Rules for WCAG 2, to promote a unified interpretation among different web accessibility test tools and methodologies. ACT Rules conform to the ACT Rules Format 1.0 to document different testing practices. The ACT TF reviews ACT Rules, and present them to AGWG when they meet stringent quality criteria. AGWG may publish such ACT Rules as non-normative W3C resources, as part of the supplemental guidance for WCAG 2.
Advisory Board Elected Members
Elected members of the Advisory Board
African Layout Task Force
This task force explores gaps in African language support on the Web and in eBooks, and documents requirements.
Arabic Layout Task Force
This task force explores gaps in Arabic and Persian language support on the Web and in eBooks, and documents requirements.
ARIA Authoring Practices Task Force
The ARIA Authoring Practices task force to develop WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices, which describes considerations that might not be evident to most authors from the WAI-ARIA specification alone and recommends approaches to make widgets, navigation, and behaviors accessible using WAI-ARIA roles, states, and properties.
ARIA Editors
Coordination for editors of ARIA specifications
Board Audit Committee
The purpose of the Committee shall be to serve as an independent and objective party to enable, oversee, and monitor the Audit of the Organization’s finances, and report to the Board.
Learn more in the Audit Committee charter.
Board Development Committee
The Board Development Committee enables the Board of Directors to properly discharge its duties, by assuring that its composition is appropriate, that Directors are properly informed, trained, and engaged, and that there is a sufficient, diverse, skilled set of candidates for the Consortium Member Director positions.
Learn more in the Development Committee charter.
Board Directors
W3C Board Directors. This group only includes the Directors (i.e. without the Officers or support staff).
Board Emergency Committee
The primary purpose of the Committee is to act on behalf of the Board with respect to the affairs of W3C Inc. when time is of the essence, and it is impossible or impractical to convene a meeting of the full Board or conduct an e-vote.
Learn more in its Emergency Committee charter.
Board Finance Committee
The W3C Board Finance Committee assists the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities to hold the Consortium to account regarding:
- On-going financial viability;
- Financial budgets and the availability of all analysis relevant to Consortium finances;
- Internal controls and financial/accounting processes;
- Accuracy and timeliness of financial statements.
Learn more in the Finance Committee charter.
Board Governance Committee
The Governance Committee ensures that the governance structures and processes for the Consortium (including the Board) are appropriate and documented. It oversees the governance of the W3C as a global collaboration between Members, Partners, and other contributors.
Learn more in the Governance Committee charter.
Board Officers
W3C Board Officers. This group only includes the Officers, including the President, Treasurer, and Secretary of the Board.
Board Personnel Committee
The W3C Board Personnel Committee provides guidance, oversight, and support to W3C management as it develops and implements personnel employment, performance management, and compensation systems.
Learn more in the Personnel Committee charter.
Chinese Text Layout Task Force | 中文排版需求
This group allows a network of experts to share information about gaps and requirements for support of Simplified and Traditional Chinese on the Web and in eBooks.
本小组探讨在网页和电子书中使用简体、繁体中文时的各语言、文种支持的需求以及目前差距。
Cognitive and Learning Disabilities Accessibility Task Force
The Cognitive and Learning Disabilities Accessibility Task Force will develop draft proposed guidance and techniques to make web content, content authoring, and user agent implementation accessible and more useable by people with cognitive and learning disabilities.
DCAT Task Force
DCAT sub-meetings
Ethiopic Layout Task Force
This task force explores gaps in Ethiopic script support on the Web and in eBooks, and documents requirements.
European Layout Task Force
This task force explores gaps in European language support on the Web and in eBooks, and documents requirements.
FAST Task Force
FAST TF is to develop the FAST to collect user and functional needs, develop guidance to meet those needs in technologies and work with other groups to develop this guidance for content developers.
Hebrew Layout Task Force
This group exists to explore gaps and requirements for support of languages using the Hebrew script on the Web and in eBooks.
India International Program
This task force explores gaps in Indian language support on the Web and in eBooks, and documents requirements.
Japanese Layout Task Force | 日本語組版タスクフォース
This group allows a network of experts to share information about gaps and requirements for support of Japanese on the Web and in eBooks.
JLReq タスクフォースは、Web や eBook で日本語をサポートするための要件と現実のギャップ (gap) や要件 (requirements) 自体について、エキスパートの人たちが知識を交換・共有するために作りました。
Low Vision Accessibility Task Force
The Low Vision Accessibility Task Force addresses barriers and solutions to digital accessibility issues specific to users with low vision. It provides input into WCAG 2 techniques and understanding documents, and into WCAG 3. It may also develop additional low vision guidance resources.
Maturity Model Task Force
The Maturity Model Task Force is to craft an Accessibility Maturity Model (AMM) narrative and assessment tool in support of W3C standards and other related guidance, such as Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and Accessibility Rich Internet Applications (ARIA), in consultation with the APA Working Group. Specifically, the MMTF Accessibility Maturity Model will assist organizations in building capacity to develop, and maintain, accessible products or services.
Mobile Accessibility Task Force
The Mobile Accessibility Task Force (MATF) produces resources for applying WCAG to Android and iOS apps. In addition, the task force ensures that mobile is considered in new accessibility guidelines.
Mongolian Layout Task Force
This group explores gaps and requirements for support of languages using the traditional Mongolian script on the Web and in Digital Publications.
Portable Document Format (PDF) Accessibility APIs Mapping (AAM)
Provide reliable and robust accessibility mappings for semantic elements defined within the PDF specification.
Privacy Principles Task Force
The purpose of the Privacy Model Task Force is to bring together a small group of people to draft a set of privacy principles for the web.
Publishing Steering Committee task force
Task force set up for the Publishing Steering Committee
RDF-star Editors
A task force to coordinate among editors of the deliberables of the RDF-star WG
RDF-star Semantics
A task force to discuss the semantics of RDF-star.
RDF-star Use Cases
A task force for collecting Use Cases for RDF-star / RDF 1.2
Research Questions Task Force
The Research Questions Task Force (RQTF) works to identify accessibility knowledge gaps and barriers in emerging and future web technologies, and to identify research findings, researchers, and research opportunities to inform and fill those gaps where possible.
Silver Task Force
The Silver Task Force will perform preliminary development of a new version of Accessibility Guidelines following a research-focused, user-centered design methodology to produce the most effective and flexible outcome. These guidelines will address the process of making content and functionality accessible to people with disabilities, including the roles of content authoring, user agent support, and authoring tool support. These guidelines will address current technological and cultural web accessibility requirements and provide a base for continued evolution of the guidelines. Also see the related Silver Community Group.
Southeast Asian Layout Task Force
This task force explores gaps in Southeast Asian language support on the Web and in eBooks, and documents requirements.
Spoken Presentation Task Force
The Spoken Presentation Task Force will develop normative specifications and best practices guidance collaborating with other W3C groups as appropriate, to provide for proper pronunciation in HTML content when using text to speech (TTS) synthesis.
Tibetan Layout Task Force
This group is planned, but not yet active. It will exist to explore gaps and requirements for support of languages using the Tibetan script on the Web and in eBooks.
Vision Task Force
Our vision is for a World Wide Web that is more inclusive, and more respectful of its users: a Web that supports truth over falsehood, people over profits, humanity over hate.
WAI Adapt Task Force
The Personalization Task Force changed its name to WAI Adapt.
WCAG 2.x Backlog Task Force
The objective of the WCAG 2 Task Force is to maintain up-to-date versions of the normative and informative materials associated with versions 2.0, 2.1, and 2.2 of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, and to document considerations for WCAG 3.0 which cannot be readily addressed within the existing normative language of the 2.x specification.
WCAG2ICT Task Force
Develops documentation describing how WCAG 2.x and its principles, guidelines, and success criteria could apply to non-Web Information and Communications Technologies (ICT).