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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Feb 2, 2023 2:15PM

On 02/02/2023 21:14, Patrick H. Lauke wrote:
> On 02/02/2023 19:30, Artem Sergeevich Akopyan wrote:
>> why are we still on WCAG 2.1?
>
> 1) because 2.2 is still not finalised
> 2) even when it is, it will be a few more years until actual legislation
> references it (for fun, Section 508 in the US still references WCAG 2.0)
> 3) just like 2.1, 2.2 extends the previous spec ... so (with the
> exception of 4.1.1 which will be deprectated in 2.2) any SC currently in
> 2.1 will still be part of 2.2

Oh, and for completeness: WCAG 3 is currently only an idea, and nothing
more...

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