ISO/IEC JTC 1 Special Working Group on Accessibility
Common Interest between TEITAC and SWG-A
•	There is a lot of synergy between the work of SWG-A and TEITAC—in planned activities and resources.
•	Bring the international standard perspective into TEITAC process.
•	Take advantage of the work SWG-A has done already.
•	Help TEITAC spread its message into the international standards communities.
Creation of the Group
•	October 2004 ISO/IEC JTC 1 Resolution.
•	Gather user needs (direct participation, workshops, liaisons).
•	Inventory all known accessibility standards efforts.
•	Identify where voluntary standards efforts are not addressed.
•	Track laws, policies, guidelines.
•	Encourage the use of globally relevant voluntary standards.   

Open Membership
•	ISO/IEC JTC 1 National Bodies and Liaisons
•	ISO, IEC or ITU-T committees with accessibility activities
•	Regional standard and support organizations
•	Representatives of consortia/fora
•	Consumer Organizations and User Representatives – avenue to participate at National or International level
Users Participants in SWG-A
•	Participation in international ICT accessibility standards and policies can:
•	help reduce barriers to use of technology 
•	create an international resource that can be used to encourage the use of globally relevant voluntary standards
•	help ensure the availability of increasingly accessible ICT for all people
•	help increase awareness and practice of accessibility in standardisation. 

Meetings to Date
•	SWG – A Meeting 
•	Sheffield, UK – April 2005
•	Task Group Sessions
•	Toronto, Canada – July 2005                                       
•	SWG – A Meeting
•	Tokyo, Japan – August 2005
•	SWG – A Meeting
•	Brussels, Belgium – this week
 Standards Inventory
•	Approved the inventory of known standards (V2.0) in five domains:
•	IT hardware
•	IT software 
•	Communications
•	Consumer Electronics
•	Public Terminals (includes voting machines)
•	500+ entries in inventory

User Needs
•	Approved V1.0 of User Needs 
•	Almost 150 clearly identified needs.
•	User Needs may cover needs not fully applicable to all domains.
•	Established a team to map needs on to additional sample standards as have already done for ISO 9241-20 and Guide 71.

Sample Standards for March 2007 Completion
•	Section 255 
•	Section 508 
•	JIS X 8341-5 (Guideline for older persons and persons with disabilities – information and communication equipment, software and service –part 5: office equipment)		
•	ISO 9241-171 (Ergonomics and human-system interaction-Guidance on software accessibilities)
•	WCAG 2.0, UAAG 1.0, ATAG 2.0 
•	ISO/IEC 24751 - Parts 1, 2, 3 
•	FSG Keyboard I/O, FSG AT SPI Spec
•	ITU-T F.700 (Framework recommendation for multimedia services) 
•	ITU-T E.135 (Human factors aspects of public telecommunications terminals for people with disabilities)

Request for Additional Assistance
•	Ask all SDOs to further populate the inventory of standards addressing user accessibility needs. 
•	Consumer Electronics of special interest.
•	Ask all Accessibility Consumer Organizations and User Representatives for additional user feedback.
Additional Information
•	Next meeting
•	Week of 23 April 2007
•	Oslo, Norway
•	All documents and contact information are available on the web.
•	Please visit www.jtc1access.org