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WCAG 3 Migration: Do You Need It Yet? Moving On from WCAG 2.2

Introduction This is the seventh post in the WCAG 3.0 series. The expanded scope post looked at how far WCAG 3.0 reaches “beyond the web.” This time, I want to answer a question a lot of people keep asking me. “Should we migrate to WCAG 3.0?” Short answer up front: not yet. But there’s an important nuance to that answer. “Conformance” and “improvement” are two different conversations. Source document: This post is based on the W3C Working Draft of March 3, 2026. Drafts are generally updated on a roughly six-month cycle, so details may have shifted by the time you’re reading this. ...

Published date: 2026-08-03 · Reading time: 9 min · Word count: 1785 words · Author: Isaac

WCAG 3.0 Expanded Scope: Beyond the Web

WCAG 3.0 Draft extends scope beyond web content to wearables, Web of Things, VR/AR, and the tooling ecosystem, and covers how South Korea's kiosk accessibility connects to that expansion.

Published date: 2026-02-23 · Updated 2026-07-30 · Reading time: 5 min · Word count: 2370 words · Author: Isaac

Assertions: A New Unit for Accessibility Evaluation

WCAG 3.0 Assertions document accessibility procedures automated tests cannot verify. This post covers the 28 assertions in the March 2026 Draft and how they differ from WCAG 2.2's Conformance Claim.

Published date: 2026-02-01 · Updated 2026-07-30 · Reading time: 3 min · Word count: 1100 words · Author: Isaac

Atomic Tests vs. Holistic Tests: A New Testing Approach

Compare WCAG 3.0’s quantitative/qualitative testing flow with WCAG 2.2’s success-criteria model. We cover Atomic/Holistic concepts, view/process scope, and how tests connect to scoring from a practical perspective.

Published date: 2026-01-26 · Updated 2026-07-30 · Reading time: 5 min · Word count: 1034 words · Author: Isaac

WCAG 3.0 Conformance Model: Moving Beyond A/AA/AAA

Explore how WCAG 3(3.0)'s conformance model moves beyond A/AA/AAA. Covers the Core/Supplemental/Assertions structure, the returning Bronze/Silver/Gold levels, and views/processes-based scope, based on the March 2026 draft.

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