YunHee Lee

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Compliance and standardization of web
accessibility in Korea
2006. 6

• Yun-Hee Lee
• unistar_at_kado.or.kr

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Contents

• Overview of the informatization in Korea
• Status of the digital divide in Korea
• Korean policies for improving web accessibility
• Compliance with web accessibility in Korea
• Trend of web accessibility standard in Korea
• Korean web contents accessibility
  guidelines(KWCAG)
• Conclusion

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1. Overview of the informatization in Korea
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Overview of the informatization in Korea(1)
Koreas Global Ranking by Major ICT Indices
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Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) No.1 ltITUgt
(2005)
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Broadband Penetration Rate No.2 ltOECDgt (2005)
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Internet Usage Rate No. 6 ltITUgt
(2005)
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National Informatization Index No.3 ltNCAgt
(2005)
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E-Government Readiness Index No.5 ltUNgt (2005)
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Network Readiness Index (NRI) No.7 ltWEFgt
(2006)
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Overview of the informatization in Korea(2)
Accessibility Status of global e-government
website (Brown University, 2005. 9)
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2. Status of the digital divide in Korea
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2. Status of the digital divide in Korea(1)
Computer usage of Korean
(KADO, 2005)
Internet usage of Korean
(KADO, 2005)
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2. Status of the digital divide in Korea(2)
Problems with using internet of the disabled
(KADO, 2005)
Reasons of non-using internet of the disabled
(KADO, 2005)
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3. Korean policies for improving web accessibility
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3. Korean policies for improving web
accessibility (1)
Law Regulation

• Recommendable Guidelines to improve
  accessibility for the disabled and
• the elderly to the IT services and IT product
  (2002. 1)
• - Chapter 1 General rules
• - Chapter 2 Design Guidelines on the
  Functions of IT Products/IT Services
• - Chapter 3 Guideline Recommendation on Web
  Documents (10 Checklists)

Operating IT Accessibility Forum

• Operating IT Accessibility promotion standard
  forum (IABF)
• Established on May, 2002
• Purpose
• - to promote accessibility of telecommunication
  devices and information services
• through the sharing of relevant information
  among developers and scholars

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3. Korean policies for improving web
accessibility (2)
Organization Structure
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4. Compliance with web accessibility in Korea
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4. Compliance with web accessibility in Korea (1)
Overview of research

• Title 2005 Web accessibility research (KADO,
  2005)
• Purpose Check the status of compliance with
  web accessibility of Korean public organizations
• Target 77 websites (Korean government
  departments, Local governments, the National
  Assembly and the Supreme Court)
• Focus whether websites comply with Korean Web
  Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 or not
• Evaluation Method Experts research on each
  website

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4. Compliance with web accessibility in Korea (2)
Research items and allotting of marks
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4. Compliance with web accessibility in Korea (3)
Result of compliance with web accessibility in
Korea

• No website of public organizations complies with
  KWCAG 1.0.
• Especially, no website complies with the 1st
  guideline.
• ? (Guideline 1.1) All non-text content that can
  be expressed in words has a text equivalent of
  the function or information that the non-text
  content was intended to convey.
• Average mark 72.2 out of 100 (77 websites)

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4. Compliance with web accessibility in Korea (4)
Non-compliance cases with web accessibility
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Access problem of main menu
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No alternative text instead of non-text objects
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Inactive blind only website
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5. Trend of web accessibility standard in Korea
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5. Trend of web accessibility standard in Korea(1)
1. Korean Web Contents Accessibility Guidelines
1.0

• Recommendable Guidelines to improve web
  accessibility for the disabled and the elderly
• KICS(Korea Information Communication Standard)
  Recommendation (Dec, 2005)
• 14 Guidelines

2. Korean User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0

• Recommendable Guidelines for designing user
  agents that all the people including disabled and
  elderly people can access
• TTA(Telecommunications Technology Association)
  Standard Working Draft (Dec, 2004)
• 12 Guidelines

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5. Trend of web accessibility standard in Korea(2)
3. Korean Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines
1.0

• Recommendable Guidelines to assist developers in
  designing authoring tools that produce accessible
  web contents and creating an accessible authoring
  interface
• TTA(Telecommunications Technology Association)
  Standard Working Draft (Dec, 2004)
• 7 Guidelines

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6. Korean Web Contents Accessibility
Guidelines(KWCAG)
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6. Korean Web Contents Accessibility Guidelines
(1)
Overview of KWCAG 1.0

• Period 2003. 9 2003. 12
• Reference Guidelines Section 508 1194.22
  W3C WAI WCAG 1.0
• W3C WAI WCAG
  2.0 Draft Version(2003. 6)
• Composition 4 Basic Principles 14 Checkpoints
• - 4 Basic Principles Perceivable(3),
  Operable(6), Understandable(3),
• Robust(2)
• KWCAG 1.0 vs WCAG 1.0
• - Adopting of priority 1 of WCAG 1.0 (except 3
  priority 1 checkpoints)
• KWCAG 1.0 vs Section 508 1194.22
• - 12 Checkpoints are same

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6. Korean Web Contents Accessibility Guidelines
(2)
Principle 1 Perceivable (3)
1.1 All non-text content that can be expressed in
words has a text equivalent of the function or
information that the non-text content was
intended to convey.
1.2 For any time-based multi- media presentation,
synchronize equivalent alternatives with the
presentation.
1.3 Web pages shall be designed so that all
information conveyed with color is also available
without color, for example from context or markup
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6. Korean Web Contents Accessibility Guidelines
(3)
Principle 2 Operable (6)
2.1 If image maps are used in the content, use
client-side image map only or server-side image
map with redundant text links
2.2 Use small number of frames of every web page,
and title each frame to facilitate frame
identification and navigation.
2.3 Pages shall be designed to avoid causing the
screen to flicker.
2.4 All functionality is operable at a minimum
through a keyboard or a keyboard interface.
Section 508 ?1194.21
2.5 A method shall be provided that permits users
to skip repetitive navigation links.
2.6 When a timed response is required, the user
shall be alerted and given sufficient time to
indicate more time is required.
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6. Korean Web Contents Accessibility Guidelines
(4)
Principle 3 Understandable (3)
3.1 Data table should be designed to provide
enough information about corresponding cells.
3.2 Structures and/or formats of documents shall
be organized so they are understandable.
3.3 When electronic forms are designed to be
completed on-line, the form shall allow people
using assistive technology to access the
information, field elements, and functionality
required for completion and submission of the
form, including all directions and cues.
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6. Korean Web Contents Accessibility Guidelines
(5)
Principle 4 Robust (2)
4.1 Content elements, such as script, plug-ins,
applets or other application can be used only
when they can provide equivalent information
using the current assistive technology.
4.2 A text-only page, with equivalent information
or functionality, shall be provided to make a web
site comply with the provisions of this part,
when compliance cannot be accomplished in any
other way. The content of the text-only page
shall be updated whenever the primary page
changes.
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7. Conclusion
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7. Conclusion

• Unfortunately, most of Korean websites of public
  organizations dont comply with web
  accessibility.
• ? But, KWCAG 1.0 is a first active step to
  achieve web access
• regardless disabilities
• Revise laws and regulations such as Section 508
  is going on
• MIC(Ministry of Information and Communication)
  KADO(Korea Agency
• for Digital Opportunity and Promotion) are
  supporting
• - Promoting IT accessibility issues
• - Revision Laws and regulations
• - Making standards related accessibility
  issues
• - Training IT workers about accessibility, etc.

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