JTC 1 SWG

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ISO/IEC JTC 1 Special Working Group on
Accessibility (SWG-A)   JTC 1 SWG-A N
229 2005-12-11   Document Type Presentation to
JTC 1 Plenary Meeting Title SWG-A Conveners
Report to the November 2006 JTC 1 Plenary
Meeting - South Africa Source JTC 1 SWG-A
Convener Status This presentation was given
at the November 2006 JTC 1 Plenary meeting in
South Africa.    JTC 1 SWG on Accessibility
SecretariatITI/INCITS1250 Eye Street, NW, Suite
200, Washington, DC 20005jgarner_at_itic.org  
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JTC 1 SWG Accessibility

• Karen Higginbottom, Convener
• November 2006
• Kruger National Park, South Africa

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2006 Meetings

• Two SWG A meetings
• Special thanks to the US NB and to
  CEN/Pre-Standards Department
• Opportunity to present the work to users at CSUN
  and coordinate with European DATSCG activities
• Participation by 9 National Bodies and 4 JTC 1
  SCs (SC 29, SC 35, SC 36, SC 37)
• Representation and presentations from ISO TC
  159/WG2
• Consistent representation and contribution by the
  Free Standards Group and W3Cs Web Accessibility
  Initiative
• Significant contributions from ITU-T and ETSI

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Current Activities

• TG 2 Accessibility Standards Inventory and Gap
  Analysis (Alex Li)
• TG 1 User Requirements
  (John Gill/Michael Takemura)
• AH8, Outreach (Dr. Kate Grant)
• AH9, User Needs Mapping Gap Analysis
  (Dr. Jim Carter and Dr. Hajime Yamada)
• AH10, User Needs Document Maintenance
  (Andi Snow-Weaver)
• AH11, Reference Materials for User Needs Summary
  (Mary Frances Laughton)
• AH12, JTC 1 Web Site Accessibility
  (Mary Frances Laughton)

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Major Accomplishments

• Accessibility Standards Inventory for Computer
  Hardware, Software, Communications, Public Access
  Terminals and Consumer Electronics Domains
  (V 2.0) JTC 1 N 8322
• User Needs Summary (V1.0) JTC 1 N 8323

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Additional Resolutions of Note

• Determine the ability to reference or quote
  portions of standards in response to the User
  Needs Summary
• JTC 1 and JTC 1 SCs to have accessible web sites
• Request for Category C Liaison with the
  Telecommunications and Electronic and Information
  Technology Advisory Committee (TEITAC) JTC 1
  N8354

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Next Meeting

• 23 27 April
• Oslo, Norway
• Will determine if additional meeting is required
• www.jtc1access.org