13:27:20 RRSAgent has joined #eo 13:27:20 logging to http://www.w3.org/2007/03/02-eo-irc 13:27:28 zakim, this will be eowg 13:27:28 ok, shawn; I see WAI_EOWG()8:30AM scheduled to start in 3 minutes 13:28:03 WAI_EOWG()8:30AM has now started 13:28:10 +doyle 13:28:22 +Shawn 13:29:22 +Wayne_Dick 13:30:23 +Shadi 13:30:32 +Bingham 13:31:04 +Jack 13:31:26 +Andrew_Arch 13:31:51 +Judy 13:32:09 +Sylvie_Duchateau\Tanguy_Lohéac 13:32:30 meeting: EOWG 13:32:35 scribe: Shadi 13:32:39 chair: Shawn 13:32:47 Harvey has joined #eo 13:32:56 zakim, who is here? 13:32:56 On the phone I see doyle, Shawn, Wayne_Dick, Shadi, Bingham, Jack, Andrew_Arch, Judy, Sylvie_DuchateauTanguy_Lohéac 13:32:58 On IRC I see Harvey, RRSAgent, Zakim, Andrew, Wayne, shadi, shawn 13:33:15 +Helle_Bjarno 13:33:20 agenda: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-eo/2007JanMar/0058.html 13:33:42 hbj has joined #eo 13:33:52 +Loughborough 13:34:15 judy has joined #eo 13:34:29 Topic: Role Call 13:34:47 [participants say "hi"] 13:35:02 Sylvie has joined #eo 13:35:09 zakim, who is on the phone? 13:35:09 On the phone I see doyle, Shawn, Wayne_Dick, Shadi, Bingham, Jack, Andrew_Arch, Judy, Sylvie_DuchateauTanguy_Lohéac, Helle_Bjarno, Loughborough 13:35:34 Topic: Web Accessibility Standards Harmonization Updates 13:35:50 Jack has joined #eo 13:36:11 slh: checking-in on various developments, looking forward to exchanging knowledge 13:36:15 Greetings everyone! 13:37:30 aa: in Australia coming close to establishing a committee, was hard to organize 13:37:48 ...aim is to formally participate in activities like JTC-1 etc 13:38:09 ...and to be able to adopt national and international standards 13:39:00 agenda+ US Telecommunications and Electronic and Information Technology Advisory Committee (TEITAC) (updating Section 508 and Section 255) http://teitac.org/ 13:39:00 agenda+ ISO/IEC JTC-1 Special Working Group on Accessibility (SWG-A) http://www.jtc1access.org/ 13:39:00 agenda+ Japanese Standards Association (JSA) http://www.jsa.or.jp/default_english.asp 13:39:00 agenda+ Europe: EC Mandate on IT Accessibility, CEN Workshops, Unified Web Evaluation Methodology (UWEM) version 1.0 and future http://www.wabcluster.org/uwem1/ 13:39:01 agenda+ United Nations Global Accessibility Initiative on Technology 13:39:03 agenda+ Helle update 13:39:05 agenda+ Other 13:40:44 jb: had various discussions on many of these issues during the past 13:41:02 ...bringing pieces together to coordinate some of the developments 13:41:14 agenda+ Tim Berners-Lee testimony at US House of Representatives 13:41:27 ...may feed into the policy developments and/or stds harmonization pages 13:42:09 Why Standards Harmonization is Essential to Web Accessibility http://www.w3.org/WAI/Policy/harmon (reply to Helle -- although hopefully it is fairly easy to find on the WAi web site ! ;) 13:42:15 ...intention is to promote stds harmonization and give and update to people 13:42:57 +Justin 13:43:16 jb: encourage people to send comments and questions to the list 13:43:29 ...to try and address these during future calls 13:44:01 zakim, take up agendum 1 13:44:01 agendum 1. "US Telecommunications and Electronic and Information Technology Advisory Committee (TEITAC) (updating Section 508 and Section 255) http://teitac.org/" taken up [from 13:44:05 ... shawn] 13:44:38 jb: TEITAC was convened by US Access Board in September 2006 13:44:51 ...a follow on effort from a Federal Advisory Committee 13:45:43 ...to refresh the technical standard for Section 508 13:46:13 ...to update the technology requirements and to harmonize with international standards 13:46:32 ...W3C applied and was nominated as one of the groups to be represented at TEITAC 13:47:14 ...participation also from different entities including disability organization, industries, and international participation 13:47:34 ...particularly from EU, Australia, Japan 13:47:44 JB: membership of TEITAC - http://teitac.org/wiki/Committee_members 13:47:46 ...and Candada 13:48:47 jb: TEITAC is advisory, not a legislative body 13:49:01 ...anticipated to go to November 2007 13:49:14 ...could take longer but people want it wrapped up soon 13:50:02 jb: TEITAC is actually updating two parts -Section 255 Telecomunication, and Section 508 13:50:19 ..trying to update them together to align them 13:50:43 ...many different sub-committies, including Web & Software 13:51:03 ...link in the agenda gives good background 13:51:20 jb: hope to be able to reference WCAG 2.0 13:51:48 JB: TEITAC subcommittees - http://teitac.org/wiki/TEITAC_Wiki#Subcommittees 13:51:55 ...also discussions on UAAG and ATAG but not as optimistic to have a direct referencing 13:53:34 hb: is there acceptance for 508 amongst developers? often there was little interest in implementing 508 by developers 13:54:04 jb: developers *in* TEITAC are pretty supportive organizations 13:54:42 ...Section 508 is more of an incentive approach 13:55:05 ...if you implement accessibility, then the government more likely to buy your products 13:56:07 wl: often the initial impact of directives and legislation is hight but then slows down 13:56:33 ...sometimes little knowledge to implement accessibility 13:57:22 ...however, the current amount of laws and legislations in different countries such as the US or the EU is very promising 13:58:23 ...momentum is well under way, light at the end of the tunnel, can't stop it anymore 13:59:17 jb: Section 508 had a huge ripple-effect in many countries and raised awareness 14:00:02 ...education work in WAI and else where got real lift through media coverage 14:00:31 ...optimistic about the progress 14:01:15 wd: in CA where they tied their law to 508, it had significant impact 14:01:49 jb: interested in experience with VPATs, hearing different things 14:02:20 wd: got to test the product anyway, VPAT can lie 14:02:38 ...but availability of a VPAT is important, tells you something about the product 14:03:45 AA: question about the accuracy, and hence value, of VPATs - my experience a few years ago was that they were very exagerated and/or had big gaps 14:04:16 jb: are people interested in resources being sent to the list? 14:04:36 wd: TEITAC site is pretty good, got lost on the Japanese one 14:04:40 JB: web and software subcommittee WIKI - http://teitac.org/wiki/Web_and_Software 14:05:12 JB: general interface - http://teitac.org/wiki/General_Interface_Accessibility 14:06:11 q+ to ask about public involvement w/ link 14:06:22 JB: audio - video subcommittee: http://teitac.org/wiki/Audio_Video 14:06:27 jb: what is the interaction between the sub-committees and the central one? how do they work together? 14:06:58 s/jb: what is the interaction/jw: what is the interaction 14:07:51 jb: sub-committess explore specific areas using their own teleconferences and face-to-face meetings 14:07:59 q+ to ask about effect/influence on work in EU? 14:08:26 ...for example to focus on cognitive disabilities or such 14:08:57 ...each sub-committee delivers reports of their specific areas 14:09:21 ...these are collated in the main committee with consensus building 14:09:38 ack hbj 14:09:38 hbj, you wanted to ask about effect/influence on work in EU? 14:09:41 zakim, unmute me 14:09:41 Shadi should no longer be muted 14:10:20 SAZ: where is the report to be sent? 14:10:36 jb: report that includes the recommendations from TEITAC then goes to the US access board 14:10:57 ...then is processed there and comes back as a draft for public review 14:11:03 zakim, mute me 14:11:03 Shadi should now be muted 14:12:13 hbj: how will this work that comes out of TEITAC influence the work in Europe? 14:13:11 q+ to clarify difference between EU & EC 14:13:35 jb: they will follow closely and maybe adopt interesting concepts 14:13:45 ack shadi 14:13:46 shadi, you wanted to clarify difference between EU & EC 14:13:50 ...the process is so complex and sophisticated 14:14:32 s/any maybe adopt interesting concepts/any maybe adopt interesting concepts to the extent that they like what they see, or not 14:14:41 s/any/and 14:15:00 saz: EC is sitting on TEITAC, but EU has member states that are independent 14:15:20 ... very complex and unpredictable 14:15:25 q+ 14:15:37 ack wayne 14:15:47 -Helle_Bjarno 14:16:29 wd: is TEITAC taking the same approach to emerging technologies? 14:17:16 JB: some international participants are particularly interested in how TEITAC addresses the needs of people withcognitive disabilities - see http://teitac.org/wiki/Web_and_Software:_Cognitive_recommendations 14:18:40 s/withcognitive/with cognitive/ 14:18:40 ack me 14:18:40 shawn, you wanted to ask about public involvement w/ link 14:18:50 +Helle_Bjarno 14:19:27 slh: someone asked me, they joined a sub-committe but don't know where and how to comment 14:20:13 jb: can do a lot automatically...register, and subscribe to the mailing list 14:20:27 ...much of the discussion takes place on the mailing list 14:20:31 ...and attend teleconferences 14:20:36 ...teleconferences are used additionally to 14:20:59 JB: initially join a mailing list (eg http://teitac.org/wiki/Web_and_Software#Mailing_list) then participate in the discussion 14:21:02 wl: how are wikis used? 14:21:25 jb: mainly for meeting logistics but also for discussion specific themes 14:21:46 ...also report to the full committee may take place in the wiki 14:22:23 wl: no wikipedia entry for TEITAC 14:22:40 jb: thought there was, may be under section 508, please suggest 14:23:40 zakim, take up next 14:23:40 agendum 2. "ISO/IEC JTC-1 Special Working Group on Accessibility (SWG-A) http://www.jtc1access.org/" taken up [from shawn] 14:24:38 jb: ISO/IEC international designated standards body 14:25:11 ...JTC is a joint committee between these two bodies 14:25:28 ...SWG is a wokring group within that, to focus on accessibility 14:25:53 ...aim is to address harmonization of standards internationally 14:26:09 ...process is fairly formal under JTC-1 procedures 14:26:42 ...possibilites for participation of disability organizations, by teleconference etc 14:27:11 jb: work by creating a matrix of requirements and technologies 14:27:36 Harvey has joined #eo 14:27:49 ...there has been some effort to provide this information as a library of technologies for governments 14:29:11 jb: JTC is not recommending any specific guidelines or technologies, they only provide information about them 14:29:15 JB: one outcome is "Accessibility Standards Inventory Version 2.0" available from http://jtc1access.org/documents/swga_docreg.htm 14:29:18 q+ 14:29:29 q+ 14:29:40 wl: is accessibility considered? 14:30:29 jb: some are, for example JSA submitted an accessibility standard for writing accessibility standards 14:31:13 ...still pursuing normative references to WCAG 14:31:34 ack wayne 14:31:41 ...can see change in awareness of people's interest and awareness 14:32:10 jw: what is the relationship of accessibility and usability< 14:32:41 jb: can't generalize, in general there seems to be a raise of awareness to both of these 14:33:01 slh: how's the discussion on that going in TEITAC? 14:33:52 jb: some interest in usability from the participants 14:34:10 ...not really affecting the provisions but the presentation of them 14:34:29 wd: JTC? 14:34:38 AA: Andrew understands TEITAC is linking with ISO 9241-20 (Accessibility guidelines for ICT equipment & services) 14:34:41 jb: (J)oint (T)echnical (C)ommittee 14:34:49 ack hbj 14:35:41 hbj: sat in during the last meeting Brussels...spent two days listening to acronyms and numbers 14:35:56 ...apart from that its interesting and a good idea 14:36:04 ...hope good things will come out from it 14:36:15 ...for instance work on the biometrics 14:37:30 AA: additional deliverable is "User Needs Summary Version 1.0" also available from http://jtc1access.org/documents/swga_docreg.htm 14:38:05 hbj: trying to get the ministries to be aware and interested in JTC-1 work 14:38:28 ...not to participate but to turn to when looking for standards 14:38:48 q+ to ask for pointer to user needs matrix/description 14:39:06 q- 14:39:09 AA: Andrew notes that JTC1 has established SWG-A Ad Hoc 12 (JTC 1 Web Site Accessibility) and is calling for Additional Participants 14:39:56 q+ to coment on the poor accessibility of much of the JTC1 site 14:40:37 Interesting reference -- http://www.jtc1access.org/documents/swga_docreg.htm 14:40:59 ack andrew 14:40:59 Andrew, you wanted to coment on the poor accessibility of much of the JTC1 site 14:42:06 aa: JTC-1 established an ad-hoc 12 on Web site accessibility, and are calling for partcipation 14:43:05 ...also the site is very poor with regards to accessibility 14:43:36 saz: this has been raised many times, its on the to-do but nothing much has happened lately 14:43:47 zakim, take up next 14:43:47 agendum 3. "Japanese Standards Association (JSA) http://www.jsa.or.jp/default_english.asp" taken up [from shawn] 14:45:30 jb: initially was an attempt to merge WCAG 1.0 and Section 508 14:45:55 ...resulted in participation of JSA in WCAG WG 14:46:16 ...working together to find common grounds 14:46:53 ...in the hope of harmonizing the two specs 14:47:41 hbj: seems also that the Japanese are very active in JTC-1 14:48:07 jb: yes, very committed to harmonize work internationally 14:48:24 zakim, take up next 14:48:25 agendum 4. "Europe: EC Mandate on IT Accessibility, CEN Workshops, Unified Web Evaluation Methodology (UWEM) version 1.0 and future http://www.wabcluster.org/uwem1/" taken up [from 14:48:27 ... shawn] 14:49:39 saz: to summarise: 14:50:20 ... UWEM is based on WCAG 1.0 and prepared by three Eurpoean groups 14:50:43 ... a new version should appear in mid-year to reflect WCAG 2.0 14:51:13 ... part of WAB-Cluster work spun of a CEN Workshop on Certification 14:51:49 ... WAI commented and reported back to EO in mid 2006 14:52:09 ... CEN workshops just produce papers and recommendation - not standards 14:52:36 ... another CEN Workshop is on Documention and Print Accessibility 14:52:53 ... relationship to DAISY and similar standards 14:53:25 ... also the EU Manadate to implement stanadards relating to accesisbility 14:53:45 ... will be an overlap with WCAG/UAAG/ATAG 14:55:01 q+ 14:55:17 ack j 14:55:35 wl: are people aware of ATAG? 14:55:38 WL: what about the role of tools? 14:56:09 saz: yes, but need to continue to raise awareness and the relationship between the guidelines 14:56:36 JB: ATAG doesn't seem to get traction within the discussions 14:57:11 ... because, no matter the obvious rationalle, it doesn't seem to connect 14:57:26 ... or they are preoccupieed with other issues 14:58:31 q+ 14:58:42 ack hbj 14:59:01 q+ 14:59:13 q+ 14:59:19 HBJ: went to a user group meeting for a CMS - they were talking about accessibility 15:00:24 ... talking to the developers, they concentrate on WCAG and output, not so much on the authoring end 15:00:27 q- 15:00:28 ack w 15:01:12 WD: how is this going to get into law? 15:01:26 SAZ: EC is working on several fronts 15:01:37 -Andrew_Arch 15:01:46 ... harmonised technical standards 15:02:25 +Andrew_Arch 15:02:42 ... harmonise how evaluation handled among member states 15:03:18 ... if implemented at EC level, will filter down 15:03:34 HBJ: is Wayne asking about member state laws? 15:04:08 WD: yes - in US, just one law (S508), but in Europe, many member states 15:04:19 q+ 15:04:29 HBJ: in Denmark, mauch of this would not become law 15:04:51 ... often just policy & regulations 15:05:04 q+ to be a bit more positive 15:05:17 ... and often customised/interpreted 15:05:49 ... due to differences in culture 15:06:07 ... north/south & east/west differences 15:06:25 ack j 15:07:41 JB: good to be reminded of the very diverse cultural and legislative differences across Europe 15:08:23 ... and that EC can only recommend, not enforce 15:09:07 ack s 15:09:09 shadi, you wanted to be a bit more positive 15:09:37 ... also, economic differences; how much accessibility various countries think they can afford 15:10:32 SAZ: despite all these complexities, it is working and a lot of things are happening as a result of EC pushes 15:11:59 WD: in Denmark, you just have guidelines - if you follow, then you are "good" 15:12:22 ... do Corporations take any notice? 15:12:44 HBJ: they would like to be better, but impact is low 15:12:54 ... slow progress 15:13:28 SAZ: industry often doesn't take note of guidleines 15:13:35 ... but governments do 15:13:50 ... and often watch their neighbours 15:14:20 SLH: often works better in Europe than it would in the US 15:14:56 HBJ: in Denamrk, legislation would probably not have made any difference 15:15:44 zakim, take up next 15:15:44 agendum 5. "United Nations Global Accessibility Initiative on Technology" taken up [from shawn] 15:16:07 agenda? 15:18:58 jb: Henny was asking if this is the same as the G2ICT 15:19:09 s/G2ICT/G3ICT 15:19:43 ...first step towards ratification 15:19:54 +q ask about meetings before we quit 15:20:10 ...kicked-off activity to drive implementation 15:20:49 -Loughborough 15:20:49 ...has a combination of government and non-government participation 15:21:10 q+ to ask for links 15:21:14 ...question is how to try making information technologies accessible 15:21:41 + +1.509.773.aaaa 15:21:44 ...most of te focus is on implementation, but also an eye on standards 15:21:50 q+ to ask for references - is it related to http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2006/note6054.doc.htm? 15:21:59 zakim, aaaa is really William 15:22:00 +William; got it 15:22:12 ack me 15:22:12 shawn, you wanted to ask for links 15:22:29 q+ to ask about meetings before we quit 15:22:40 slh: had a hard time finding links and information on this 15:23:01 jb: will put link to press release into IRC 15:23:04 more info: http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2006/note6054.doc.htm 15:23:05 ack a 15:23:05 Andrew, you wanted to ask for references - is it related to http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2006/note6054.doc.htm? 15:23:11 ...there are several versions of this 15:24:33 action: JB to dig up UN references and send to the list 15:24:51 Link to Tim's presentation in US congressional subcommittee: http://energycommerce.house.gov/cmte_mtgs/110-ti_hrg.030107.WorldWideWeb.shtml 15:24:58 zakim, take up next 15:24:58 I see a speaker queue remaining and respectfully decline to close this agendum, shadi 15:25:13 q- helle 15:25:14 zakim, take up next 15:25:14 I see a speaker queue remaining and respectfully decline to close this agendum, shadi 15:25:21 q- hbj 15:25:23 zakim, take up next 15:25:24 agendum 6. "Helle update" taken up [from shawn] 15:26:11 zakim, drop agenda item 7 15:26:11 I don't understand 'drop agenda item 7', shawn 15:26:15 hbj: having first meeting in march 15:26:18 zakim, drop agenda 7 15:26:18 agendum 7, Other, dropped 15:26:27 ...hope to be driving implementation in DK 15:27:13 ...want to use BAD and WCAG 2.0 15:27:52 zakim, take up next 15:27:52 agendum 8. "Tim Berners-Lee testimony at US House of Representatives" taken up [from shawn] 15:28:13 one report: http://www.itworld.com/Man/2681/070301bernerslee/index.html 15:28:28 slh: testimony is online, reports, and webcast available 15:29:27 zakim, take up next 15:29:27 I do not see any non-closed or non-skipped agenda items, shadi 15:29:42 topic: next meeting 15:29:50 TBL Testimony: http://dig.csail.mit.edu/2007/03/01-ushouse-future-of-the-web.html 15:30:12 slh: next two meetings are planned, can check mid-week for confirmation 15:30:32 -William 15:30:32 hbj: when are you planning the next f2f? 15:30:47 jb: no plans currently, see minutes of previous meeting 15:31:12 hbj: wondering if we want to continue these interesting discussion next week 15:31:27 topic: Announcement from Wayne 15:32:31 -Bingham 15:32:32 saz: on Wednesday morning at CSUN there is a session Higher Education about California State University Accessibility Initiative 15:32:33 -doyle 15:32:34 -Helle_Bjarno 15:32:36 -Sylvie_DuchateauTanguy_Lohéac 15:32:37 -Justin 15:32:39 -Shawn 15:32:39 -Wayne_Dick 15:32:40 -Andrew_Arch 15:32:40 -Shadi 15:32:45 -Judy 15:32:46 -Jack 15:32:47 WAI_EOWG()8:30AM has ended 15:32:48 Attendees were doyle, Shawn, Wayne_Dick, Shadi, Bingham, Jack, Andrew_Arch, Judy, Sylvie_Duchateau\Tanguy_Lohéac, Helle_Bjarno, Loughborough, Justin, +1.509.773.aaaa, William 15:32:55 Harvey has left #eo 15:33:14 Sylvie has left #eo 15:34:36 zakim, bye 15:34:36 Zakim has left #eo 15:34:46 rrsagent, make logs world 15:34:52 rrsagent, make minutes 15:34:52 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2007/03/02-eo-minutes.html shadi 15:34:54 rrsagent, make logs world 15:34:58 rrsagent, bye 15:34:58 I see 1 open action item saved in http://www.w3.org/2007/03/02-eo-actions.rdf : 15:34:58 ACTION: JB to dig up UN references and send to the list [1] 15:34:58 recorded in http://www.w3.org/2007/03/02-eo-irc#T15-24-33