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ISO/IEC JTC 1 Special Working Group on Accessibility (SWG-A ) JTC 1 SWG-A N 333 200 8 -0 6 - 18 Document Type:

ISO/IEC JTC 1 Special Working Group on Accessibility (SWG-A ) JTC 1 SWG-A N 333 200 8 -0 6 - 18 Document Type: National Body Activity Report Title: Updated Korean Standards Activities on ICT Accessibility from KADO’s experience (response to SWG-A N 306)

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  1. ISO/IEC JTC 1 Special Working Group on Accessibility (SWG-A) JTC 1 SWG-A N 333 2008-06-18 DocumentType: National Body Activity Report Title: Updated Korean Standards Activities on ICT Accessibility from KADO’s experience (response to SWG-A N 306) Source: Song Jaeil, Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) Requested For consideration at the June 2008 SWG-A meeting. Action: JTC 1 SWG on Accessibility SecretariatITI/INCITS1250 Eye Street NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20005jgarner@itic.org

  2. Korean Standards Activities on ICT Accessibility From KADO’s Experience Song Jaeil Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity & Promotion (KADO) ISO/IEC JTCI SWG-A meeting June, 2008

  3. Contents • Background • Master Plan for Bridging the Digital Divide • ICT Accessibility Standards in Korea • Our Approach to Accessibility • Summary

  4. Background

  5. Background • The New and Convergence Technologies in ICT • Increasing the underserved population with barriers to ICT • Surging Korea Society’s dependency on IT • IT is applied in all private and public communications • Anti-Discrimination against and Remedies for Persons with Disabilities Act came into effect on April, 2008 • The Challenge of Rapid Ageing • Elderly ratio (aged 65 and older) is expected to rise to 14% in 2018

  6. Trend of Internet Usage Gap among Groups (1) (Usage : %, Gap : %p) ※ Note1 : ‘Senior’ is older than 50 ※ Note2 : Monthly household income for ‘Low’ is less than 1 M. won, however from 2003, Low income group is beneficiary of low income subsidy ※ Note3: ‘Gap’ is between General people and each group Source : 2007 Survey on Digital Divide. Korea

  7. Trend of Internet Usage Gap among Groups (2) (Unit : %) 60 50 Gap by Occupation Gap by Age 40 30 Gap by disability Gap by incomes 20 10 (Unit : Year) ’02 ’06 ’07 • Generally, Internet Usage Gaps among Groups still remain Source : 2007 Survey on Digital Divide. Korea

  8. Master Plan for Bridging the Digital Divide

  9. Master Plan for Bridging the Digital Divide (1) Digital Divide Act (Jan, 2001) (rev. 2006) Law & Regulation 1st,2nd Master Plan for Bridging the D D (2001;2005) Policy Informatization Promotion Committee Advisory Group • Digital Divide Bridging Committee • Chairman : MOPAS Minister • 20 Representatives from Government, • Academy & Private Institutes Ministry of Public Administration Security (MOPAS) Key Actors Administrative branches of the Government Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity & Promotion (KADO)

  10. Master Plan for Bridging the Digital Divide (2) • Enacted the ‘Digital Divide Act’ in 2001 • Drew up the 2nd Master Plan for Bridging the DD(‘06~’10) • Vision • Information Level of the Alienated Class to General Public • 53.3%  80.0% • Budget : Approximately USD 1,885,800,000 • Establishing preparatory measures Against the DD • Revision of the law and system • Setting up efficient implementation procedure • Strengthening research function

  11. Master Plan for Bridging the Digital Divide (3) • Improving Information Accessibility • Accessibility Standardization • Accessibility Guidelines and Standards for different types of Information Communication Products and Services • Enhancing Awareness • Carrying out Publicity Campaign, Seminar • Distributing Promoting materials & education text • Education • Developing education curriculum for Web Accessibility • Supporting Development of IT assistive technology • Government-level support is necessary due to low profitability

  12. ICT Accessibility Standards in Korea

  13. Laws & Regulations (1) • Digital Divide Act (Rev. 2006, Enacted 2001) • Provision of Promoting IT access environment for disabled and elderly people • Recommendable Guidelines to improve accessibility for the disabled and the elderly to the IT services and IT product (Enacted 2002) • Chapter 1 : General rules • Chapter 2 : Design Guidelines on the Functions of IT Products / IT Services (7 checklists) • Chapter 3 : Guideline Recommendation on Web Documents (10 Checklists)

  14. Laws & Regulations (2) • Informatization Promotion Act (rev. 2006) • Providing Universal Access in telecommunication services • Making policies to improve accessibility in telecommunication devices • Government Performance and Results Act (April, 2006) • Performance Measures include Web Accessibility • Anti-Discrimination against and Remedies for Persons with Disabilities Act(enacted 2007) • Providing Information Access Rights • Providing reasonable accommodations in ICT • Defining the role of government agencies

  15. Standardization System - Korea National Standards Act The Telecommunications Basic Act Industrial Standardization Act KCC Korea Communications Commission MKE Ministry of Knowledge Economy KATS Korean Agency for Technology and Standards IEC JTC1 ISO ITU KICS Korea Information Communication Standards KS Korean Industrial Standards

  16. ICT Accessibility Standards (1) Organization : Korea Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA)

  17. ICT Accessibility Standards (2) Organization : Korea Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA)

  18. Multimedia Framework (MPEG-21) DIA (1) • ISO/IEC 2100-7 2007 Multimedia Framework(MPEG-21) - Digital Item Adaptation (DIA) Source : Text of ISO/IEC 21000-7 FCD – Part 7: Digital Item Adaptation N5845

  19. Multimedia Framework (MPEG-21) DIA (2) • MPEG-21 Requirements4.11 Accessibility (ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 N7778) • It is assumed that MPEG-21 will provide optimised accessibility to Digital Items for Users with a broad variation in human capabilities that should be supported by all the requirements in this document. Access to Digital Items for such Users may require methods for providing and controlling alternative selectable media presentation forms, structures for storage and transport of logically linked media of different kinds and methods for transformation between media forms. • User Characteristics • These tools provide description that would enable one to adapt content according to certain auditory or visual impairment of the user • For visual related impairments • Color vision deficiencies are specified, i.e., the type and degree of the deficiency

  20. Multimedia Framework (MPEG-21) DIA (2) Original Image Adapted Image Digital Item Adaptation Engine Descriptor Adaptation Engine Normal Color Vision D D’ Defective Color Vision Resource Adaptation Engine R R’ DIA Descriptions for CVD (CVD Type and Severity) MPEG-21 DIA for user with color vision deficiency. J. Song, et al, “Digital item adaptation for color vision variations,” in Proc. SPIE Conf. Human Vision Electronic Imaging VIII, Santa Clara, CA, Jan. 2003

  21. Our Approach to Accessibility

  22. Promoting Public & Private sector Participation (1) • Evaluated central and local government websites according to the Web Accessibility Standard since 2005 • Expanded the website testing to 326 regional governments • Initiated Web Accessibility Certification in 2007 • Certified 15 government websites • Educated 2,802 web designers and developers from public & private sector on web accessibility since 2005 • Developed and Distributed Web Evaluation S/W since 2004 • Held a campaign on Web Accessibility promotion along with 6 major web portal sites in June 2007

  23. Promoting Public & Private sector Participation (2) • Organized ‘Information and Telecommunications Accessibility Promotion Standard Forum (IABF)’ in 2002www.iabf.or.kr/En • Information sharing on the trend of accessibility technologies • Research on the state of accessibility proven telecommunication devices and information services and need of these devices and services among the disabled • Development of methods and tools needed to implement accessibility evaluation on telecommunication devices and information services • Promotion of public awareness on accessibility issues through seminar and forum homepage

  24. Developing ICT Accessibility Standards • Made ICT Accessibility Standards and Guidelines(2005~) • Different types of ICT Products and Services • Authentication system will be introduced in order to induce voluntary participation by the private sector • Assess current ICT accessibility status for effectual policymaking (2005~) • Observing government websites according to the web accessibility standard

  25. Building Global Cooperation • Participating in Asia-Pacific Telecommunity Standardization Program (ASTAP) Accessibility & Usability(AU) Group (2006~) • Co-hosting workshop with the Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs (G3ict) (2007) • Sharing best practices for accessible and assistive ICT solutions • Establishing Accessibility Lab in Korea with Microsoft Corp. (2008) • KADO and Microsoft will share information to improve IT accessibility and drive the development of accessible technology • Accessibility Lab will incubate innovative technologies and staff will collaborate with industry to deliver more accessible computing solutions.

  26. Summary • Promotingvarious stakeholders to participate in accessibility activities • DevelopingICT Accessibility Standards to Measure accessibility in accordance to Anti-discrimination law • Fosteringinternational cooperation with sharing Experiences and Knowledge on ICT Accessibility

  27. Thank you for Your attention Song Jaeil Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity & Promotion (KADO) T. +82-2-3660-2576 / F. +82-2-3660-2579 jaeil@kado.or.kr

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