Korean Standards Activities on ICT Accessibility

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ISO/IEC JTC 1 Special Working Group on
Accessibility (SWG-A) JTC 1 SWG-A N
333 2008-06-18 Document Type
National Body Activity Report Title Updated
Korean Standards Activities on ICT Accessibility
from KADOs experience (response
to SWG-A N 306) Source Song Jaeil, Korea
Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion
(KADO) 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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Korean Standards Activities on ICT Accessibility
From KADOs Experience
Song Jaeil

• Korea Agency for
• Digital Opportunity Promotion (KADO)

ISO/IEC JTCI SWG-A meeting June, 2008
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Contents

• Background
• Master Plan for Bridging the Digital Divide
• ICT Accessibility Standards in Korea
• Our Approach to Accessibility
• Summary

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• Background

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Background

• The New and Convergence Technologies in ICT
• Increasing the underserved population with
  barriers to ICT
• Surging Korea Societys dependency on IT
• IT is applied in all private and public
  communications
• Anti-Discrimination against and Remedies for
  Persons with Disabilities Act came into effect on
  April, 2008
• The Challenge of Rapid Ageing
• Elderly ratio (aged 65 and older) is expected to
  rise to 14 in 2018

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Trend of Internet Usage Gap among Groups (1)
(Usage , Gap p)
? Note1 Senior is older than 50 ? Note2
Monthly household income for Low is less than 1
M. won, however from 2003, Low income group is
beneficiary of low income subsidy ? Note3 Gap
is between General people and each group
Source 2007 Survey on Digital Divide. Korea
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Trend of Internet Usage Gap among Groups (2)
(Unit )
60
50
Gap by Occupation
Gap by Age
40
30
Gap by disability
Gap by incomes
20
10
(Unit Year)
02
06
07

• Generally, Internet Usage Gaps among Groups
  still remain

Source 2007 Survey on Digital Divide. Korea
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• Master Plan for Bridging the Digital Divide

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Master Plan for Bridging the Digital Divide (1)
Digital Divide Act (Jan, 2001) (rev. 2006)
Law Regulation
1st,2nd Master Plan for Bridging the D D
(20012005)
Policy
Informatization Promotion Committee
Advisory Group

• Digital Divide Bridging Committee
• Chairman MOPAS Minister
• 20 Representatives from Government,
• Academy Private Institutes

Ministry of Public Administration Security
(MOPAS)
Key Actors
Administrative branches of the Government
Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity
Promotion (KADO)
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Master Plan for Bridging the Digital Divide (2)

• Enacted the Digital Divide Act in 2001
• Drew up the 2nd Master Plan for Bridging the
  DD(0610)
• Vision
• Information Level of the Alienated Class to
  General Public
• 53.3 ? 80.0
• Budget Approximately USD 1,885,800,000
• Establishing preparatory measures Against the DD
• Revision of the law and system
• Setting up efficient implementation procedure
• Strengthening research function

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Master Plan for Bridging the Digital Divide (3)

• Improving Information Accessibility
• Accessibility Standardization
• Accessibility Guidelines and Standards for
  different types of Information Communication
  Products and Services
• Enhancing Awareness
• Carrying out Publicity Campaign, Seminar
• Distributing Promoting materials education text
• Education
• Developing education curriculum for Web
  Accessibility
• Supporting Development of IT assistive
  technology
• Government-level support is necessary due to low
  profitability

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• ICT Accessibility Standards in Korea

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Laws Regulations (1)

• Digital Divide Act (Rev. 2006, Enacted 2001)
• Provision of Promoting IT access environment for
  disabled and elderly people
• Recommendable Guidelines to improve accessibility
  for the disabled and the elderly to the IT
  services and IT product (Enacted 2002)
• Chapter 1 General rules
• Chapter 2 Design Guidelines on the Functions of
  IT Products /
• IT Services (7 checklists)
• Chapter 3 Guideline Recommendation on Web
  Documents
• (10 Checklists)

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Laws Regulations (2)

• Informatization Promotion Act (rev. 2006)
• Providing Universal Access in telecommunication
  services
• Making policies to improve accessibility in
  telecommunication devices
• Government Performance and Results Act (April,
  2006)
• Performance Measures include Web Accessibility
• Anti-Discrimination against and Remedies for
  Persons with Disabilities Act (enacted 2007)
• Providing Information Access Rights
• Providing reasonable accommodations in ICT
• Defining the role of government agencies

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Standardization System - Korea
National Standards Act
The Telecommunications Basic Act
Industrial Standardization Act
KCC Korea Communications Commission
KATS Korean Agency for Technology and Standards
MKE Ministry of Knowledge Economy
JTC1
IEC
ISO
ITU
KICS Korea Information Communication Standards
KS Korean Industrial Standards
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ICT Accessibility Standards (1)
Organization Korea Telecommunications
Technology Association (TTA)
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ICT Accessibility Standards (2)
Organization Korea Telecommunications
Technology Association (TTA)
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Multimedia Framework (MPEG-21) DIA (1)

• ISO/IEC 2100-7 2007 Multimedia Framework(MPEG-21)
  - Digital Item Adaptation (DIA)

Source Text of ISO/IEC 21000-7 FCD Part 7
Digital Item Adaptation N5845
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Multimedia Framework (MPEG-21) DIA (2)

• MPEG-21 Requirements 4.11 Accessibility (ISO/IEC
  JTC1/SC29/WG11 N7778)
• It is assumed that MPEG-21 will provide optimised
  accessibility to Digital Items for Users with a
  broad variation in human capabilities that should
  be supported by all the requirements in this
  document. Access to Digital Items for such Users
  may require methods for providing and controlling
  alternative selectable media presentation forms,
  structures for storage and transport of logically
  linked media of different kinds and methods for
  transformation between media forms.
• User Characteristics
• These tools provide description that would
  enable one to adapt content according to certain
  auditory or visual impairment of the user
• For visual related impairments
• Color vision deficiencies are specified, i.e.,
  the type and degree of the deficiency

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Multimedia Framework (MPEG-21) DIA (2)
Original Image
Adapted Image
Digital Item Adaptation Engine
Descriptor Adaptation Engine
D
D
Normal Color Vision
Defective Color Vision
Resource Adaptation Engine
R
R
DIA Descriptions for CVD (CVD Type and Severity)
MPEG-21 DIA for user with color vision deficiency.
J. Song, et al, Digital item adaptation for
color vision variations, in Proc. SPIE Conf.
Human Vision Electronic Imaging VIII, Santa
Clara, CA, Jan. 2003
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• Our Approach to Accessibility

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Promoting Public Private sector Participation
(1)

• Evaluated central and local government websites
  according to the Web Accessibility Standard since
  2005
• Expanded the website testing to 326 regional
  governments
• Initiated Web Accessibility Certification in 2007
• Certified 15 government websites
• Educated 2,802 web designers and developers from
  public private sector on web accessibility
  since 2005
• Developed and Distributed Web Evaluation S/W
  since 2004
• Held a campaign on Web Accessibility promotion
  along with 6 major web portal sites in June 2007

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Promoting Public Private sector Participation
(2)

• Organized Information and Telecommunications
  Accessibility Promotion Standard Forum (IABF) in
  2002www.iabf.or.kr/En
• Information sharing on the trend of accessibility
  technologies
• Research on the state of accessibility proven
  telecommunication devices and information
  services and need of these devices and services
  among the disabled
• Development of methods and tools needed to
  implement accessibility evaluation on
  telecommunication devices and information
  services
• Promotion of public awareness on accessibility
  issues through seminar and forum homepage

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Developing ICT Accessibility Standards

• Made ICT Accessibility Standards and Guidelines
  (2005)
• Different types of ICT Products and Services
• Authentication system will be introduced in order
  to induce voluntary participation by the private
  sector
• Assess current ICT accessibility status for
  effectual policymaking (2005)
• Observing government websites according to the
  web accessibility standard

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Building Global Cooperation

• Participating in Asia-Pacific Telecommunity
  Standardization Program (ASTAP) Accessibility
  Usability(AU) Group (2006)
• Co-hosting workshop with the Global Initiative
  for Inclusive ICTs (G3ict) (2007)
• Sharing best practices for accessible and
  assistive ICT solutions
• Establishing Accessibility Lab in Korea with
  Microsoft Corp. (2008)
• KADO and Microsoft will share information to
  improve IT accessibility and drive the
  development of accessible technology
• Accessibility Lab will incubate innovative
  technologies and staff will collaborate with
  industry to deliver more accessible computing
  solutions.

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Summary

• Promoting various stakeholders to participate in
  accessibility activities
• Developing ICT Accessibility Standards to Measure
  accessibility in accordance to Anti-discrimination
  law
• Fostering international cooperation with sharing
  Experiences and Knowledge on ICT Accessibility

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• Thank you for Your attention
• Song Jaeil
• Korea Agency for
• Digital Opportunity Promotion (KADO)
• T. 82-2-3660-2576 / F. 82-2-3660-2579
• jaeil_at_kado.or.kr