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ATIA / ITI / Forum Interoperability Working Group Mission and Goals

ATIA / ITI / Forum Interoperability Working Group Mission and Goals. Chris Hofstader. Short Term Goals (1 of 2).

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ATIA / ITI / Forum Interoperability Working Group Mission and Goals

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  1. ATIA / ITI / Forum Interoperability Working Group Mission and Goals Chris Hofstader

  2. Short Term Goals (1 of 2) • Identify the areas where Assistive Technology applications and Electronic Information Technology applications need to provide a standard means of communication where by applications and assistive technology applications will be able to interoperate. • Create a set of functional descriptions which describe this communication. • Determine any changes needed to existing operating systems to accommodate the full set of communication needs.

  3. Short Term Goals (2 of 2) • Work with the existing operating systems owners to affect any needed changes. • Work with application developers to understand and use the accessibility communication vehicles in their applications, both EIT and AT. • Forward any issues brought before the Working Group that fall outside the area of traditional software to the appropriate group working on those issues. e.g. Web issues will be referred to the W3C/WAI.

  4. Medium/Long Term Goal Once the short term goals are reached medium or long term goals can be addressed. Possible Accessibility API that would be adopted by all platforms

  5. Process(1 of 2) • Proposal will be reviewed and agreed to by ATIA and ITI (done). • Working Group will be established and members confirmed (done). • A public meeting will be held to obtain the initial set of issues,requirements (done). • Monthly 2 hour teleconferences will be conducted. Expect most of the work will occur outside of the teleconferences via e-mail. • Working Group meetings will convene via teleconferences.

  6. Process (2 of 2) • Face to face Working Group meetings will be conducted. Proposed for ATIA conference in Orlando in January. TBD in July 2003. • Agreement will be by consensus. • Quarterly public feedback will be sought. • Final report will be posted for public review. • Begin the process again for Medium and Long Term Goals.

  7. Work Plan Deliverables - Set of functional descriptions needed between AT/ EIT • Software applications • Set of needed changes to the present existing systems • Desired schedule for implementing those changes • Final Report • To be determined based on public input of requirements and issues

  8. Obtain Issues, Concerns and Requirements (1 of 2) • Determine which are applicable and which we can address. Those thatare already being addressed by other organization will be sent to those organizations for resolution. e.g. V2, Linux Standards, W3C/WAI. • Consulting support helps us to not make decisions in a vacuum, and not to address areas already covered by other efforts.

  9. Obtain Issues, Concerns and Requirements (2 of 2) • Identify functional requirements needed by AT Identify functional requirements of EIT Evaluate the present operating systems for that support in MAC OS, Linux, Windows Determine any changes needed to each of those systems, if any. • Describe desired schedule to implementation of those changes. • Provide a final report that can be used by AT and EIT vendors to maximize interoperability.

  10. Future Events • 1/18/03 - Working Group meetings face to face proposed for ATIA conference in Orlando in January • 7/15/03 - Working Group meetings face to face TBD if necessary • 9/30/04 - Public posting of the final report • 10/07/04 - Begin the process again for Medium and Long Term Goals

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