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ISO/IEC JTC 1 Special Working Group on
Accessibility (SWG-A) JTC 1 SWG-A N
329 2008-06-16 Document Type
National Body Activity Report Title Japans
Activities for the Accessibility Standards Status
Report Source Morhiro Taba, Japanese
Industrial Standards Committee (JISC)
Secretariat Standardization Office for
Information Technology and Electrotechnology
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
(METI) Requested For consideration at the June
2008 SWG-A meeting. Action JTC 1 SWG on
Accessibility SecretariatITI/INCITS1250 Eye
Street NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC
20005jgarner_at_itic.org
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Japans Activities for the Accessibility
StandardsStatus Report
June 16, 2008 Morihiro Taba
Assistant Director Japanese Industrial Standards
Committee (JISC) Secretariat Standardization
Office for Information Technology and
Electrotechnology Ministry of Economy, Trade and
Industry (METI)
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Contents

1. IT Accessibility Standards in Japan
2. Japans Contributions to International
   Standardization of IT Accessibility
3. Future Direction

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History
Since 1998 Strategic promotion of globally
harmonized IT Accessibility
Standardization utilizing de jure
Standard

• JISC proposed the Resolution for Development of
  International
• Guidelines Addressing the Needs of the
  Elderly and Persons with Disabilities
• at the 20th ISO/COPOLCO Plenary Meeting
  (Tunis)
• - the Guideline was issued in 2001 as
  ISO/IEC Guide 71
• 1998 JISC Issued the Standardization Policy
  Addressing the Needs of the Elderly
• and Persons with Disabilities
• 2001 JISC issued the Standardization Strategy for
  Welfare Equipment
• 2003 JISC Issued the Standardization Policy
  Addressing the Needs of the Elderly
• and Persons with Disabilities
• IT Accessibility JIS for Common Guidelines,
  Information Processing
• Equipment, and Web Content were
  established
• 2005 IT Accessibility JIS for Telecommunications
  Equipment was established
• 2006 IT Accessibility JIS for Office Equipment
  was established

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IT Accessibility JIS
ISO/IEC Guide71 ? JIS Z 8071 Guidelines for
standard developers to
address the needs of older persons and
persons with disabilities
(established in 2003)
(1) Basic standard (Guide 71)
? JIS X 8341-1 Guidelines for older persons and
persons with
disabilities
information and communications
equipment, software and services -
Part1 Common
Guidelines
(established in 2004)
(2)Group standard (IT Sector Guide)
? JIS X 8341-2 Information Processing Equipment
(established in
2004) ? JIS X 8341-3 Web Content
(established in 2004) ? JIS X
8341-4 Telecommunications Equipment
(established in 2005) ? JIS X
8341-5 Office Equipment
(established in 2006)1
(3) Specific standards
X 8341-5
X 8341-4
X 8341-2
X 8341-3
JIS Japanese Industrial Standard
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Effects of JIS

• The Industrial Standardization Law encourages,
  but does not force, Japanese companies to observe
  accessibility standards in their procurement
  activities.
• Since the establishment of JIS, normalization
  has progressed rapidly.

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Japans Contributions to IT Accessibility
Standardization(1)
Japan contributes to global standardization
Japan provides baseline documents

• Japan proposed Common IT accessibility
  guidelines based on JIS X8341-1 to ISO/TC159
• ? ISO 9421-20 was published in 2008.
• Japan proposed Telecommunications devices
  accessibility guideline based on JIS X8341-4 to
  ITU-T/SG16
• ? ITU-T F.790 Recommendation was published in
• 2007.

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Japans Contributions to IT Accessibility
Standardization(2)

• Japan proposed Accessible user interface for
  accessibility settings to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC35
• ? Currently CDV(24786) is under
  discussion.
• Japan proposed PC accessibility Standard
  based on JIS X8341-2 to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC35
• ? Currently WD(29136) is under discussion.
• Japan proposed Office equipment accessibility
  guideline based on JIS X8341-5 to ISO/IEC
  JTC1/SC28
• ? FDIS(10779) ballot was approved in Jan.
  2008.
• Japan proposed to incorporate JIS X8341-3s
  items into W3C/WCAG (Web Content Accessibility
  Guidelines) 2.0
• ? Currently WCAG2.0 Last Call draft is under
  discussion

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Future Direction of IT Accessibility
Standardization
Further publicity and promotion of utilizing
IT Accessibility JIS Promotion of globally
harmonized Standardization based on
established JIS Expansion of IT Accessibility
JIS Standardization Items Revision of IT
Accessibility JIS to harmonize
international standards JIS X8341-1 ? ISO
9241-20 , etc.
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Summary
Since the late 1990s, Japan has been promoting
globally harmonized and systematic JIS
standardization in the field of IT
accessibility. Based on ISO/IEC Guide71, five
IT Accessibility JIS have already been
established. Japan is promoting the use of
these IT Accessibility JIS. Japan is promoting
the global standardization of IT
Accessibility JIS that are already
established. Japan has contributed the
development of IT Accessibility
Standardization
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Thank you for your kind attention
Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC)
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