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<section id="background"><div class="header-wrapper"><h3 id="x1-1-background">Background</h3><a class="self-link" href="#background" aria-label="Permalink for Section Background"></a></div>
<p>This document is an update to a <abbr title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> <a href="https://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/tr#WGNote">Working Group Note</a> to incorporate new guidelines, success criteria, and definitions added in WCAG 2.1 and 2.2. </p>
<p><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/2013/NOTE-wcag2ict-20130905/">Guidance on Applying WCAG 2.0 to Non-Web Information and Communications Technologies (WCAG2ICT)</a>, approved in September 2013, described how WCAG 2.0 could be applied to non-web documents and software. WCAG2ICT was organized to mirror WCAG's sections: Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, and Robust. WCAG2ICT clarified when and how WCAG success criteria should be applied to non-web documents and software. Some were applicable without modification and some were applicable with edits and/or notes. Glossary terms were also reviewed. Level AAA success criteria were not addressed in the 2013 WCAG2ICT Working Group Note. </p>
<p>The 2013 WCAG2ICT has been relied upon in regulations and legislation. One example is EN 301 549[^1] (Europe) and other standards that reference or incorporate EN 301 549 (e.g., India, Kenya, Australia). Another example is Section 508 (U.S.) <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/01/18/2017-00395/information-and-communication-technology-ict-standards-and-guidelines#h-36">Application of WCAG 2.0 to Non-Web ICT</a>, which looked to WCAG2ICT for detailed direction with providing specific guidance and exceptions to particular criteria from being applied to non-web technology. Section 508 incorporated by reference WCAG as the <a href="https://www.access-board.gov/ict/#E205.4">Accessibility Standard applicable to non-web documents</a> and requires <a href="https://www.access-board.gov/ict/#E207.2">WCAG Conformance for non-web software</a>.</p>
<p>[^1]: EN 301 549 <a href="https://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_en/301500_301599/301549/03.02.01_60/en_301549v030201p.pdf">V3.2.1</a> 2.2 Informative references, p. 13 [i26]. </p>
<p>The 2013 WCAG2ICT has been relied upon in regulations and legislation. One example is [<cite><a class="bibref" data-link-type="biblio" href="#bib-etsi-en-301-549" title="ETSI EN 301 549 V2.1.2 (2018-08): Accessibility requirements for ICT products and services">etsi-en-301-549</a></cite>] (Europe) and other standards that reference or incorporate EN 301 549 (e.g., India, Kenya, Australia). Another example is Section 508 (U.S.) <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/01/18/2017-00395/information-and-communication-technology-ict-standards-and-guidelines#h-36">Application of WCAG 2.0 to Non-Web ICT</a>, which looked to WCAG2ICT for detailed direction with providing specific guidance and exceptions to particular criteria from being applied to non-web technology. Section 508 incorporated by reference WCAG as the <a href="https://www.access-board.gov/ict/#E205.4">Accessibility Standard applicable to non-web documents</a> and requires <a href="https://www.access-board.gov/ict/#E207.2">WCAG Conformance for non-web software</a>.</p>
</section><section id="guidance-in-this-document"><div class="header-wrapper"><h3 id="x1-2-guidance-in-this-document">Guidance in this Document</h3><a class="self-link" href="#guidance-in-this-document" aria-label="Permalink for Section Guidance in this Document"></a></div>
<p>This document provides informative guidance (guidance that is not <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#dfn-normative">normative</a> and that does not set requirements) with regard to the interpretation and application of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) to non-web information and communications technologies (ICT). This document is a <a href="https://www.w3.org/2021/Process-20211102/#WGNote">Working Group Note</a> (in contrast to WCAG 2.0, WCAG 2.1, and WCAG 2.2, which are <abbr title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> Recommendations). Specifically, this document provides informative guidance on applying WCAG 2.0, 2.1, and 2.2 Level A and AA success criteria to non-web ICT, specifically to non-web documents and software. </p>
<div class="note" role="note" id="issue-container-generatedID-0"><div role="heading" class="note-title marker" id="h-note" aria-level="4"><span>Note 1</span></div><div class="">Hereafter, the use of WCAG 2 means all WCAG 2.x versions - 2.0, 2.1, and 2.2.</div></div>
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<section id="references" class="appendix"><div class="header-wrapper"><h2 id="d-references">D. References</h2><a class="self-link" href="#references" aria-label="Permalink for Section D. References"></a></div><section id="informative-references"><div class="header-wrapper"><h3 id="d-1-informative-references">D.1 Informative references</h3><a class="self-link" href="#informative-references" aria-label="Permalink for Section D.1 Informative references"></a></div>

<dl class="bibliography"><dt id="bib-understanding-wcag22">[UNDERSTANDING-WCAG22]</dt><dd>
<dl class="bibliography"><dt id="bib-etsi-en-301-549">[etsi-en-301-549]</dt><dd>
<a href="http://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_en/301500_301599/301549/02.01.02_60/en_301549v020102p.pdf"><cite>ETSI EN 301 549 V2.1.2 (2018-08): Accessibility requirements for ICT products and services</cite></a>. ETSI. August 2018. Published. URL: <a href="http://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_en/301500_301599/301549/02.01.02_60/en_301549v020102p.pdf">http://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_en/301500_301599/301549/02.01.02_60/en_301549v020102p.pdf</a>
</dd><dt id="bib-understanding-wcag22">[UNDERSTANDING-WCAG22]</dt><dd>
<a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/"><cite>Understanding Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2</cite></a>. URL: <a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/">https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/</a>
</dd><dt id="bib-wcag20">[WCAG20]</dt><dd>
<a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/"><cite>Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0</cite></a>. Ben Caldwell; Michael Cooper; Loretta Guarino Reid; Gregg Vanderheiden et al. W3C. 11 December 2008. W3C Recommendation. URL: <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/">https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/</a>
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