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

JTC 1 SWG-A N 244

2007-03-27

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Reference:  SWG-A N 244

4.1    Appointment of Drafting Committee

5.1    ISO/TC 159 Liaison Officer                (Ms. Harker)


5.2    CEN/ISSS Workshop on Document Processing for Accessibility (CEN/ISSS WS DPA) Liaison Officer                (Mr. Crombie)
   

5.3    ITU-T SG 16 Liaison Officer                (TBD)   

Reference:  SWG-A N 228 cover document attachment 1 and attachment 2

5.4    TEITAC                (Mr. Li)  

Reference:  SWG-A N 231 (JTC 1 Resolution 9), SWG-A N 239 (report)

6.1    Presentation on New Item of Work Proposed by Standards Norway the CEN TC 224 WG 6 Convenor to Ensure That Public Procurement of Self Service Systems  Facilitates Access By All People                (Mr. Balfour)


6.2    Japanese National Body Presentation on JISX8341-5 "Guidelines for older persons and persons with disabilities - Information and communications equipment, software and services - Part 5:  Office equipment                (Mr. Yoshida)


6.3   Status Update on W3C/WAI WCAG 2.0 and Other WAI Guidelines                (Ms. Brewer)


6.4    Presentation on Relevant Work in JTC 1/SC 36                (Mr. Øverby)

Resolution 19 – Trial of Enhanced Use of Teleconferencing

JTC 1 encourages the utilization of the provisions of clause 7.11 of the JTC 1 Directives with
respect to teleconferencing. To facilitate the use of this tool, JTC 1 extends the provisions of clause
7.11 as follows until the 2007 JTC 1 Plenary meeting:

• The use of teleconferencing is permitted for any subgroup of JTC 1 and its SCs.
• The restriction that an agreement on the use of teleconferencing must be unanimous is removed. Agreement on the use of teleconferencing shall be made by consensus of the group.
• The meeting organizer and host, in conjunction with the Chairman/Convener, are permitted to decide (with the consent condition described above) if a teleconference is appropriate for a meeting.
• All meeting materials must be accessible to all participants, and all meeting resolutions must be electronically distributed (via email or on a common website) before the meeting concludes.
• When considering the use of teleconferencing to support a meeting, meeting organisers should consider in advance the potential advantage to all participants. Additional consideration should be given to the impact of the timing of teleconference sessions for participants in different time zones, to those National Bodies which would not otherwise be able to attend the meeting and to the flow of the agenda in order to bring together local attendees and remote participants.

JTC 1 SCs are asked to inform JTC 1 of their experiences with the use of teleconferencing no later
than the 2007 JTC 1 Plenary meeting.

8.1    US National Body Contribution Recommending the Conclusion of the Work of the JTC 1 Special Working Group on Accessibility                (Dr. Deutsch)

Reference:  SWG-A N 235

8.2    US National Body Contribution Regarding Changes, Modifications of Follow-on Work to Documents of the JTC 1 Special Working Group on Accessibility                (Dr. Deutsch)

Reference:  SWG-A N 238

Task Group 1 Base Documents:  SWG-A N 210 (Fostering User Participation and Involvement), SWG-A N 212 cover and document (User Needs Summary Version 1.0), SWG-A N 213 Power Point or HTML (SDO Outreach Presentation), SWG-A N 214 Power Point or RTF or TXT (Disability Organization Outreach Presentation)

9.1    Ad Hoc 8 - Outreach                (Dr. Grant)   
Scope:  Reconstituted with a new scope:

• to continually review and maintain the SDO Outreach (currently SWG-A N 213) and Disability Organization Outreach (currently SWG-A N 214) presentations and materials
• to further develop informational materials as appropriate
• to maintain  a matrix of committees where SWG-A members are involved and to whom they can take the presentation (and when)
• to issue a call to SWG-A members to find “missionary” volunteers to give presentations to groups where no SWG-A members are involved and to coordinate dissemination of the Fostering User Participation and Involvement document (SWG-A N 210)
• to assist ad hocs in generating feedback or question forms for their areas

Ad Hoc Leader:  Dr. Kate Grant (JTC 1/SC 29).  Participants:  Mr. Tom Albin (US), Ms. Helle Bjarnø (Visual Impairment Knowledge Centre), Ms. Judy Brewer (W3C/WAI), Ms. Jessica Brodey (US), Mr. Andy Heath (UK), Ms. Mary Frances Laughton (Canada) and Mr. Yoshihiko Nakano (Japan). 

References:  SWG-A N 220 (reconstitution/call for additional participants), SWG-A N 133 cover and document (target organizations for external contacts), SWG-A N 210 (Fostering User Participation and Involvement), SWG-A N 213 Power Point or HTML (SDO Outreach), SWG-A N 214 Power Point or RTF or TXT (Disability Organization Outreach), SWG-A N 234 (ISO/TC 159/SC 4 resolution)

9.2    Ad Hoc 10 - User Needs Document Maintenance                (Ms. Snow-Weaver)
Scope:  Established to compile additional comments, additions or proposed changes to the User Needs Summary for future consideration.  Questions or requests for clarification on the User Needs Summary will be addressed by this ad hoc.  Ad Hoc Leader:  Ms. Andi Snow-Weaver (US).  Participants:  Mr. Tom Albin (US), Mr. Alex Li (US), Mr. Shigetoyo Nomura (Japan), Mr. Michael Takemura (US), Dr. Gregg Vanderheiden (JTC 1/SC 35), Seongil Lee (Republic of Korea) and Ms. Jessica Brodey (US).

References:  SWG-A N 222 (establishment/call for additional participants), SWG-A N 212 cover and document (User Needs Summary Version 1.0), SWG-A N 237 (JTC 1/SC 35 contribution), SWG-A N 240 (Canadian contribution)

9.3    Ad Hoc 11 - Reference Materials for the User Needs Summary                (Ms. Laughton)  
Scope:  Established to develop and use a template/format to gather reference materials for the User Needs Summary.  Ad Hoc Leader:  Ms. Mary Frances Laughton (Canada).  Participants:  Mr. Toshihiro Suzuki (Japan), Mr. Michael Takemura (US) and Seongil Lee (Republic of Korea).

Reference:  SWG-A N 223 (establishment/call for additional participants)

Task Group 2 Base Documents:  SWG-A N 141 (Updated Accessibility Standards Inventory Survey), SWG-A N 211 cover and document (Accessibility Standards Inventory Version 2.0)

10.1    Ad Hoc 9 - User Needs Mapping and Gap Analysis               (Dr. Carter and Dr. Yamada)       
Scope:  Established to do the User Needs Mapping and Gap Analysis on sample standards. The following sample standards and initial participants were identified:

• Confirm ISO Guide 71 - Ms. Andi Snow-Weaver (US)
• Confirm ISO 9241-20 - Dr. Hajime Yamada (Japan) and Ms. Andi Snow-Weaver (US)
• JIS X 8341-5 - Mr. Shigetoyo Nomura (Japan)
• ISO 9241-171 - Dr. Jim Carter (Canada) and Dr. Gregg Vanderheiden (JTC 1/SC 35)
• WCAG 2.0, UAAG 1.0 and ATAG 2.0 - Ms. Judy Brewer (W3C/WAI)
• Section 508 - Mr. Alex Li (US)
• Individualized Adaptability and Accessibility for Learning, Education and Training - ISO/IEC 24751 Parts 1, 2 and 3 - Mr. Andy Heath (UK)
• FSG Keyboard I/O and FSG AT SPI specification - Ms. Janina Sajka (Free Standards Group)
• Section 255 - Dr. Gregg Vanderheiden (JTC 1/SC 35)
• ITU-T F.700 and E.135 - Ms. Josée Auber (France)
• EN 1332-4 - Dr. John Gill (UK) 

Additionally, the ad hoc will develop instructions (including examples of user needs mapping on a sample set of standards and draft standards) for use by SDOs.  The following overall method is recommended in the development of instructions:

1st pass user needs mapping (direct mapping):  Step through user needs. Identify provision(s) in the standard that directly address specific user needs and record the specific clause of the standard addressing the user need as "directly addressing". Optionally include the text of provisions.

2nd pass user needs mapping (related mapping):  Look at user needs not yet addressed. Identify other provision(s) in the standard that are related in any way to these user needs and record them as "related". Optionally record the text of provisions or the references and relationship type (type of matching).

These instructions will also include information on how mapping is recorded and reported.
Ad Hoc Leaders: Dr. Jim Carter (Canada) and Dr. Hajime Yamada (Japan).  Participants:  Ms. Josée Auber (France), Ms. Judy Brewer (W3C/WAI), Ms. Jessica Brodey (US), Dr. John Gill (UK), Mr. Andy Heath (UK), Seongil Lee (Republic of Korea), Mr. Alex Li (US), Mr. Shigetoyo Nomura (Japan), Ms. Janina Sajka (Free Standards Group), Ms. Andi Snow-Weaver (US) and Dr. Gregg Vanderheiden (JTC 1/SC 35).

References:  SWG-A N 221 (establishment/call for additional participants), SWG-A N 227 (mapping report for ISO DIS 9241-20), SWG-A N 236 (JTC 1/SC 35 contribution), SWG-A N 241 (Canadian contribution), SWG-A N 242 cover guidance and mapping (version 0.2 of the Guidance for User Needs Mapping), SWG-A N 243 (Ad Hoc 9 report)

Reference:  SWG-A N 224 (establishment/call for additional participants), SWG-A N 231 (JTC 1 Resolution 18)