Title: Accessibility Forum Projects
1Accessibility Forum Projects
- Bill Hetzner
- Jim Kindrick
2Outline
- Background to the current Project Resource
Documents - Plans for reviewing the current Project Resource
Documents - Next steps
- Overview of the Objective Measures Resource
Documents - Overview of the AT-EIT Interoperability Resource
Documents
3Background to the Current Resource Documents (1
of 2)
- Produced by Project Teams made up of Forum
Members (started August, 2001) - Two Teams Objective Measures andAT-EIT
Interoperability - Each has over 50 people signed up
- Work conducted
- Biweekly Teleconferences
- Email Discussions and Message Board
- Working sessions at Forum Meetings
4Background to the Current Resource Documents (2
of 2)
- Conducted Project Workshops (September 23-25,
2002) - Strategic Management Council provided schedule
direction - Participants attending provided input on form and
content - Focused Resource Documents on technical clarity
and shared understanding - The basis for deriving assistance materials or
guidelines - Voice of the Customer
5Plans for Reviewing the Resource Document
- Documents released 10/22-10/23/02 for Forum
Review - URL sent via email to every Forum Member
- Review ends 11/8/02
- Comments and issues can be submitted via email to
Project Teams - Project Teams will consider and incorporate input
as appropriate - Final Resource Documents to be released 12/02/02
6Next Steps
- Listening to the Voice of the Customer
- Interviews with Federal requiring officials
- Inputs from the Office of Federal Procurement
Policy - Inputs from Section 508 Coordinators
- Getting direction from the Strategic Management
Council
7Objective Measures Resource Documents Purpose
- Analysis of the Standard
- Organized by Technical Sections of the Standard
- Scope of specific Technical Provisions
- Focus on clarification and common understanding
- Many iterations to develop Analysis Template
8Objective Measures Resource Documents
Organization
- Template for Analysis of the Standard
- Terms and Definitions
- Assumptions
- Outstanding Issues/Clarifications
- Measurement Preconditions
- Data Collection or Measurement Methods
- Related Resources
- Comments and Suggestions
9Objective Measures Resource Documents Steps Taken
- Preliminary Analysis
- Produced as discussion starter for Team
- Based on available materials Naive Perspective
- Initial Analysis
- Incorporated inputs from Project Team dialogue
- Included research on related resources
- Review with Access Board Staff
- Clarification for outstanding issues
- Validation of definitions and assumptions
10Objective Measures Resource Documents Content (1
of 2)
- 1194.21 Software and Operating Systems
- 12 Provisions 10 Definitions, 19 Assumptions,
12 Clarifications - 1194.22 Web-based intranet and internet
information and applications - 16 Provisions 10 Definitions, 24 Assumptions, 3
Clarifications - 1194.23 Telecommunication products
- 14 Provisions 2 Definitions, 27 Assumptions, 11
Clarifications
11Objective Measures Resource Documents Content (2
of 2)
- 1194.24 Video and multimedia products
- 5 Provisions 13 Definitions, 8 Assumptions
- 1194.25 Self contained, closed products
information and applications - 13 Provisions 5 Definitions, 25 Assumptions, 4
Clarifications - 1194.26 Desktop and portable computers
- 4 Provisions 1 Clarification
12AT-EIT Interoperability Projects Overview
- General changes from September Workshops
- Dropped Questions sections from all documents.
- Redundant in concept, if not practice, with
Objective Measures - Questions may be part of subsequent tools
- Common outline (almost)
- Applicable Interoperability Provisions
- Interoperability as it applies to technical
section - How EIT products work with AT
- Changing face of current products
- Suggestions for realizing interoperability in
current products
13AT-EIT Interoperability Projects Detail (1 of 4)
- 1194.21 Software and O/S
- Most mature, most vetted
- Includes GNOME Accessibility Framework, Java
Accessibility, Linux Accessibility, Microsoft
Active Accessibility, and W3C DOM - More?
- Additional section on Evaluation Copies
- A catalyst for the ATIA/ITI/Forum activity
14AT-EIT Interoperability Projects Detail (2 of 4)
- 1194.22 Web-based Information and Applications
- NEW
- Some input from the working group
- Concern that the technology is changing too fast
to keep up - No changing face section
- Needs broad review
- 1194.23 Telecommunication Products
- Fairly mature
- Input primarily from working group
- Needs broader review
15AT-EIT Interoperability Projects Detail (3 of 4)
- 1194.24 Video and Multimedia
- Somewhat mature
- Input from small working group
- Needs broader review
- 1194.25 Self-contained, Closed Systems
- No interoperability requirements, by definition
- Functions associated with self-contained, closed
systems are part of other technical sections.
16AT-EIT Interoperability Projects Detail (4 of 4)
- 1194.26 Desktop and Personal Computers
- Only one provision addresses interoperability
- NEW
- Needs broad review
17Summary
- Reviewed the development of the Project Resource
Documents - Completed review of these documents with the
Project Teams - Posted documents for review and comment by all
Forum members - Preparing for next steps