INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION
JOINT COORDINATION ACTIVITY
ON ACCESSIBILITY AND HUMAN FACTORS
TELECOMMUNICATION
STANDARDIZATION SECTOR
STUDY PERIOD 2013-2016
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Geneva, 6 November 2013
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Ninetiles
Impact from Guide 71 on standardisation
Impact from Guide 71 on standardisation:
Section 5.2
5.2.1 Standards bodies should develop a process for determining whether specific projects would
benefit from applying this Guide (see stage 1 in 5.3.1).
5.2.2 Standards bodies should ensure that all stages of the standards development process are
accessible. This includes documentation and any information produced by the standards
development committee, the means of access to these resources as well as the physical or remote
access (e.g. through teleconferencing or web-conferencing tools) to the standards development
committee meetings. This is because membership of standards development committees and people
wishing to comment on public drafts may have specific accessibility needs, necessitating an
inclusive regime.
5.2.3 Standards bodies should encourage and facilitate the participation of relevant stakeholders in
the standards development process. (see clause 6)1.
5.2.4 Standards bodies should ensure that all standards documents, including drafts produced for
review and vote during the standards development process, are published in accessible formats
(PDF UA as a starting point). They should also use accessible communication technologies,
including using an easy-to-use online mechanism for obtaining documents and submitting
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Standards bodies should ensure that appropriate input is obtained from appropriate stakeholders,
including, for example, persons with disabilities and older people, or organizations representing
these populations, and organizations with a knowledge of the access needs of children. Further
information relating to the involvement of users and potential users can be found in clause 6 of this
guide, and externally, in the public draft of ISO DGuide 82, Guide for addressing sustainability in
standards, and in ISO 26000, Guidance on social responsibility, clauses 4.5 and 5. There is also
relevant discussion in Clause 3 of BS 18477 - inclusive services.
Also of relevance is ISO 9241-210 "Human-centred design for interactive systems", and European
Union Regulation 1025.
Contact:
Kate Grant
Ninetiles
UK
Email: ninetiles@yahoo.com
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comments on draft standards, and organizing virtual meetings (e.g., by means of web conferencing
or video conferencing).
5.2.5 Standards bodies should commission training for their staff and their committee officers
(secretaries and chairpersons of standards development committees), in accordance with appropriate
international specifications, to enable them to understand the importance of accessibility and to alert
them to aspects in standards projects where accessibility considerations should be addressed.
5.2.6 Standards bodies should take necessary steps to make their buildings, services and facilities
accessible. This could include but would not be limited to: developing an accessibility policy and
action plan for the standards body; ensuring that the organization's web site is fully accessible;
having policies and procedures in place to address accessibility needs; making accessibility
improvements to the organization's building; and establishing an accessibility user group to advise
the standards body on accessibility on an ongoing basis.
Other important sentences:
From section 5.3 on how to determine applicability of the guide to different stages of standards
development
From 7.1
“The accessibility goals in this section can help standards developers identify ways in which the
standard they are developing could enhance or might inhibit the accessibility of the systems on
which the standard focusses and especially meet the user accessibility needs of diverse users in
diverse contexts.”
Potential Action for SG16/JCA-AHF to consider whether proposed check list is entirely relevant to
ITU standardization or needs additional specific focus to help standards developers in ITU-T.
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