Web Accessibility Conformity Assessment Implementation Alternatives for a Quality Mark in Austria

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Web Accessibility Conformity Assessment
Implementation Alternatives for a Quality Mark
in Austria

• M-L. Leitner, K. Miesenberger, D. Ortner, C.
  Strauss

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State of the Art

• Establishment of national quality marks
• Fragmentation within Europe
• Measures
• Support EAM Development of a European Conformity
  Assessment Scheme
• CEN Workshop involvement of stakeholders

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Benefit of Web Accessibility

• Positive impact on reputation and image
• Larger potential audience
• Result of a cost benefit analysis
• Relative savings of 12-35 of the website costs

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Legal Framework in Austria

• Austrian Federal Constitution (1997)Nobody
  should be discriminated against due to an
  impairment.
• Austrian Equalization Act for People with
  DisabilitiesPeople with impairments must be
  granted equal rights for participating in public
  life.
• Austrian e-Government Act (2004)Public websites
  have to meet international standards on web
  accessibility by January 2008.

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CEN Workshop Agreement

• European Conformity Assessment
• Central European Body (EAWAC)
• Ownership of quality mark
• Development and control of the conformity
  assessment scheme
• 3 implementation alternatives
• Suppliers Declaration of Conformity
• Product Certification
• Inspection

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Implementation in Austria

• National Accreditation BodyFederal Ministry of
  Economics and Labour (BMWA)
• National Certification Bodiese.g. Austrian
  Standards Institute
• Prerequisites
• Standard, norm
• Evaluation methodology

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Implementation Scenarios

• 1 Suppliers Declaration of Conformity
• 2 Third Party Conformity Assessment without a
  Quality Mark
• 3 Third Party Conformity Assessment with a
  Quality Mark
• 4 Third Party Certification using existing
  structures

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Evaluation Criteria
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Scenario Evaluation
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Scenario Evaluation
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Scenario Evaluation
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Scenario Evaluation
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Conclusions

• Decision support for implementation of web
  accessibility quality mark
• Early stage of realisation scenario 2
• Follow up strategy
• Scenario 1 - cost effective
• Scenario 3 - third party
• Scenario 4 - negotiations required

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Perspective

• Next steps
• quantitative analysis
• development of business plan
• cost-benefit estimates
• Adoption of appropriate elements in European
  countries

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Thank you for your attention!

• Questions are welcome!