ISO/IEC JTC 1 Special Working Group on Accessibility (SWG-A)
JTC 1 SWG-A N 294
2007-09-05
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SWG-A Contribution to JTC 1 |
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SWG-A Contribution for Consideration at the October 2007 JTC 1 Plenary in Australia: SWG-A August 2007 Teleconference Resolution 1: Submission of Multi-Part Type 3 Technical Report, ISO/IEC PDTR nnnnnn, Information Technology - Accessibility Considerations for People with Disabilities |
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JTC 1 Special Working Group on Accessibility (SWG-A) |
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For consideration at the October
2007 JTC 1 Plenary meeting in Australia. |
JTC 1 SWG on Accessibility Secretariat
ITI/INCITS
1250 Eye Street, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20005
jgarner@itic.org
The following resolution was approved by the JTC 1 Special Working Group on Accessibility (SWG-A) for consideration at the October 2007 JTC 1 Plenary:
SWG-A August 2007 Teleconference Resolution 1: Submission of Multi-Part Type 3 Technical Report, ISO/IEC PDTR nnnnnn, Information Technology - Accessibility Considerations for People with Disabilities
The JTC 1 Special Working Group on Accessibility (SWG-A) resolves to request that JTC 1, at its October 2007 Plenary, accept the following SWG-A deliverables as consensus documents from the SWG-A and initiate the ballot process for approval of the following documents as a multi-part Technical Report Type 3:
The SWG-A requests that four-month TR ballots be conducted. Further, the JTC 1 SWG-A offers its services to JTC 1 for the ballot resolution meeting and proposes that the BRM be scheduled for 16-20 June 2008. The Japanese National Body has tentatively offered to host this meeting.
- ISO/IEC PDTR nnnnnn-1, Information Technology - Accessibility Considerations for People with Disabilities - Part 1: User Needs Summary (see SWG-A N 290)
- ISO/IEC PDTR nnnnnn-2, Information Technology - Accessibility Considerations for People with Disabilities - Part 2: Standards inventory (see SWG-A N 291)
- ISO/IEC PDTR nnnnnn-3, Information Technology - Accessibility Considerations for People with Disabilities - Part 3: Guidance on User Needs Mapping (see SWG-A N 292)
The SWG-A requests that the TR be made publicly available as the three parts catalog or reference standards that are either freely available from other sites or are available for sale, greatly enhance the awareness and influence of JTC 1, and describe basic visions and concepts related to Accessibility Considerations for People with Disabilities in the technical domain of Information Technology. The SWG-A also requests the publication of the TR in accessible HTML as the primary format as well as in accessible PDF.