SWG-A N 038, Resolutions from the 21-22 July 2005 Meeting of the JTC 1 SWG on Accessibility Task Group 2 on Accessibility Standards Inventory and Gap Analysis

ISO/IEC JTC 1 Special Working Group on Accessibility (SWG-A)

JTC 1 SWG-A N 038

2005-07-22

To:	JTC 1 SWG on Accessibility Task Group 2 on Accessibility Standards Inventory and Gap Analysis
Document Type:	Resolutions
Title:	Resolutions from the 21-22 July 2005 Meeting of the JTC 1 SWG on Accessibility Task Group 2 on Accessibility Standards Inventory and Gap Analysis - Toronto, Canada
Source:	JTC 1/SWG-A Secretariat
Action ID:	ACT
Due Date:
Requested Action:	For information and action as appropriate.

JTC 1 SWG on Accessibility Secretariat
ITI/INCITS
1250 Eye Street NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20005
jgarner@itic.org

Resolutions from the 21-22 July 2005 Meeting of the JTC 1 SWG-A Task Group on Accessibility Standards Inventory and Gap Analysis (Task Group 2)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

SWG-A TG 2 Toronto Resolution 1: Modification to the Task Group 2 Terms of Reference

Task Group 2 requests modification of its Terms of Reference (SWG-A N 008) by revision of the first bullet item to the following:

The task group will seek input directly from user organizations (product users and standards users) as well as end users, government agencies, standards development organizations, industry, academic institutions, consortia/fora, and others to develop the inventory of accessibility standards efforts.

SWG-A TG 2 Toronto Resolution 2: Seek Input - Target Organizations

Task Group 2 supports Task Group 1 Toronto Resolution 2, and requests that Task Group 1 develop strategies to engage both standards users and product users in both input and decision, making with input from National Bodies. The following Task Group 2 participants volunteered to expand the list of “other” target organizations mentioned in the first bullet item of the ToR (SWG-A N 008) and to determine the organizations' preferred method of contact/information exchange for consideration at the September 2005 Task Group 2 meeting in Tokyo: Dr. Kate Grant (team lead), Mr. Andy Heath and Mr. Jim Tobias.

SWG-A TG 2 Toronto Resolution 3: Maintenance of the Accessibility Standards Inventory

Task Group 2 acknowledges that ongoing maintenance of the Accessibility Standards Inventory will be necessary for an indeterminate period and requests that JTC 1 take note of this.

SWG-A TG 2 Toronto Resolution 4: Request for Modification to JTC 1 NP Ballots

Task Group 2 agrees to develop at the September 2005 Tokyo meeting, pro forma text to recommend revision of the JTC 1 NP ballot form to include a statement of accessibility requirements and dependencies. Contributions are requested for consideration at the meeting.

SWG-A TG 2 Toronto Resolution 5: Domain of Technologies for Gathering User Needs

Examples of technology domains in which Task Group 2 will be gathering an inventory of all known accessibility standards efforts:

JTC 1, Information technology

Coded character sets
Telecommunications and information exchange between systems
Software and system engineering
Cards and personal identification
Programming languages, their environments and system software interfaces
Digital storage media for information interchange
Computer graphics, image processing and environmental data representation
Interconnection of information technology equipment
Information technology security techniques
Office equipment
Coding of audio, picture, multimedia and hypermedia information
Automatic identification and data capture techniques
Data management and interchange
Document description and processing languages
User interfaces
Information technology for learning, education and training
Biometrics

Web
Communication technology (wired and wireless)
Consumer electronics
Public access terminals including voting machines
Broadcasting
Electronic medical equipment
Industrial equipment
Transport information technology
Educational technology
Electronic document formats
Embedded software
Ergonomics
Assistive technology

SWG-A TG 2 Toronto Resolution 6: Request that Task Group 1 Provide User Needs by Domain

Task Group 1 is requested to provide the user needs by domain as identified in Task Group 2 Toronto Resolution 5.

SWG-A TG 2 Toronto Resolution 7: Accessibility Standards Inventory and Gap Analysis

For the Accessibility Standards Inventory and Gap Analysis, Task Group 2 accepts document SWG-A N 037 and the new document introduced at the Toronto meeting (SWG-A N 036).

SWG-A TG 2 Toronto Resolution 8: Sequence of September 2005 SWG- A Tokyo Meetings

Task Group 2 proposes that the sequence of the Tokyo meetings be reversed so that Task Group 2 meets before Task Group 1.

SWG-A TG 2 Toronto Resolution 9: Additional User Requirements

Task Group 2 submits the following additional user requirements to Task Group 1:

Easy to return to default settings
More time to understand information

SWG-A TG 2 Toronto Resolution 10: Ad Hoc to Begin Populating the Accessibility Standards Inventory

Task Group 2 establishes an ad hoc to begin populating the Accessibility Standards Inventory.   The following participants volunteer to serve on this ad hoc: Mr. Richard Hodgkinson (team lead), Mr. Bill Shackleton and Mr. Michael Takemura. Further volunteers are invited. Schedule: The ad hoc will start work within two weeks and will provide a progress report and current draft by 26th August to the SWG-A Secretariat.

SWG-A TG 2 Toronto Resolution 11: Ad Hoc to Conduct Trials with the User Needs Survey

Task Group 2 establishes an ad hoc to conduct trials with the user needs survey spreadsheet (SWG-A N 036).   The following participants volunteer to serve on this ad hoc: Dr. Hajime Yamada (team lead), Ms. Deb Finn and Mr. Alex Li. Further volunteers are invited. Schedule: The ad hoc will start work within two weeks and will provide a progress report and current draft by 26th August to the SWG-A Secretariat.

SWG-A TG 2 Toronto Resolution 12: Ad Hoc to Restructure the User Needs to Simplify the Assessment Process

Task Group 2 establishes an ad hoc to work with Task Group 1 to restructure the User Needs Summary (SWG-A N 033) to simplify the assessment process.   The following participants volunteer to serve on this ad hoc: Mr. Alex Li (team lead) and Mr. Andy Heath. Further volunteers are invited, especially from Task Group 1. Schedule: The ad hoc will start work within two weeks and will provide a progress report and current draft by 26th August to the SWG-A Secretariat.

SWG-A TG 2 Toronto Resolution 13: Iterative Nature of the Data Collection Process

Task Group 2 agrees that the data collection process will be iterative and cycle several times to refine data collection and review, before the external data collection commences.

SWG-A TG 2 Toronto Resolution 14: Ad Hoc on Metadata Approaches to Collection of Standards Data

Task Group 2 establishes an ad hoc to research metadata approaches to enable the most appropriate collection of standards data for subsequent gap analysis. The following participants volunteer to serve on this ad hoc: Ms. Liddy Nevile (team lead), Andy Head and Bill Shackleton. Further volunteers are invited. The ad hoc will provide a progress report by 26th August to the SWG-A Secretariat.

SWG-A TG 2 Toronto Resolution 15: Ad Hoc to Research Vocabulary-Based Approaches

Task Group 2 establishes an ad hoc to research vocabulary-based approaches to best identify the mapping of provisions against user needs and to make recommendations to Task Group 2 on how to proceed. The following participants volunteer to serve on this ad hoc: Ms. Liddy Nevile (team lead), Mr. Andy Heath and Mr. Bill Shackleton. Further volunteers are invited. The ad hoc will provide a progress report by 26th August to the SWG-A Secretariat.

Appreciation Resolutions

Task Group 2 expresses its appreciation to the National Body of Canada for arranging and hosting this meeting in the excellent University of Toronto facilities. In particular, Task Group 2 expresses its special thanks to Professor Jutta Treviranus, Mr. Bert Shire and Jutta's team for their excellent preparation and hard work before the meeting and their outstanding and flexible support during the meeting.
Task Group 2 expresses its appreciation to the drafting committee members: Mr. Richard Hodgkinson, Mr. Andy Heath, Mr. Yoshihiko Nakano, Professor Liddy Nevile, Mr. Erlend Øverby, Mr. Michael Takemura, Professor Jutta Treviranus and Ms. Jennifer Garner.
Task Group 2 expresses its appreciation to its Convener (Mr. Dave Sawdon) and the Project Editor of the Inventory of Accessibility Standards Efforts (Mr. Richard Hodgkinson) for their leadership of this activity.