Dept. Communication, Tokyo Woman's Christian University
CSUN2006 (March 24, 2006)
Overview
- JIS X 8341 Series Guidelines: outline
- JIS X 8341 Series Guidelines: activities summary in 2004-2006
- JIS X 8341-3: National Impact
- International Standard Harmonization
Guide 71 and JIS X 8341-nn
JAPAN: standardize ICT accessibility guidelines in the following framework:
- ISO/IEC Guide 71 (JIS Z 8071), "Guidelines for standards developers to address the needs of older persons and persons with disabilities"
- Common guideline: developed under JIS Z 8071
(JIS X 8341-1, "Guideline for older persons and persons with disabilities -information and communications equipment, software and services- Part1: Common Guidelines")
- Specific guidelines: compliant with the common guideline
Specific guidelines of JIS X 8341
Guideline for older persons and persons with disabilities - IC equipment, software and services
- 8341-2: IC equip., software, and services (May, 2004)
- 8341-3: Web content (June, 2004)
- 8341-4: Telecomm equip. (October, 2005)
- 8341-5: Office equip. (Jan, 2006)
JIS X 8341-3: activities in 2003 & 2004
- CSUN2004 Presentation
- Introduction of JIS X 8341-3
- Comparison between WCAG 1.0 / WCAG 2.0 WD and the JIS draft
- CSUN2005 Presentation
- explan content of JIS X 8341-3:
- Clause 5: Specific Requirements
- Clause 6: General Requirements
- Web accessibility problems obvious in Japanese
JIS X 8341-3: activities in 2005
- JIS X 8341-3:
- National promotion
- Harmonization with WCAG WG, ISO
- Many international activities:
- ISO/FDIS 9241-151 "Ergonomics of human system interaction - Part 151: Software ergonomics for WWW user interfaces" mentions some accessibility aspects.
- ISO/IEC JTC1 SWG-a (Accessibility Special WG):
2 task groups (User needs and gap analysis)
- CEN/ISSS WS: Web Accessibility Certification
National promotion of JIS X 8341-3
Education material is important
- User needs: how to implement JIS X 8341-3?
- (X)HTML and CSS techniques
- want to harmonize with "Techniques for WCAG 2.0"
Impact on public sector
- Industrial Standardization Law Section 67 "When the nation and local public bodies determine standards, they must pay attention to JIS."
- Fundamental Law for the People with Disabilities "Realization of information barrier free"
- Procurement Requirements: Web sites of public sector must comply with JIS X 8341-3
How to implement JIS in small public sector?
MIC "Study Group on Ensuring/Improving Accessibility in the Public Sector"
- specific operational models
- various manuals for novice
- worksheets
- implementation experiments
- seminars
Study Report (in Japanese)
Impacts on Industry
Books
Impacts on Industry (cont.)
Accessibility awared web sites in the public sector
Impacts on Industry (cont.)
Accessibility Guidelines: Private Company
Impacts on Industry (cont.)
Tools
Impacts on Industry (cont.)
Consulting Services
many :-)
I18n Std Harm JIS X 8341-3 & WCAG 2.0
- 2003: corresponding matrix (CSUN2004 presentation)
- November 2003: public comments on JIS X 8341-3 draft from W3C/WAI
- March 2004: answer to the above public comments
- (June 2004: JIS X 8341-3 was published)
- September 2004: public comments on WCAG 2.0 WD
- December 2005: public comments on WCAG 2.0 WD
- 2004-: Takayuki and Makoto attend WCAG WG
- 2005-: Masayasu (W3C/Keio) attend JIS WG
I18n Std Harmonization
Comparison between JIS X 8341-3 and WCAG 2.0 WD
Specific requirements of JIS X 8341-3 not in WCAG 2.0 WD
- Shape and location (JIS 5.5b)
- Scaling of Fonts and Readable Fonts (JIS 5.6.a, JIS 5.6b)
- Words of Foreign Origin (JIS 5.9b)
- Pronunciation (JIS 5.9d)
- Space/linebreak inside a word (JIS 5.9e)
Pronunciation issues
Proposal to WCAG WG: add SC 3.1.6 (pronunciation)
3.1.6 A mechanism is available for identifying specific pronunciation of words where meaning cannot be determined without pronunciation. (Level 3)
- Example: Giving the reading of a person's name in parentheses right after the word
- Example: Showing the reading of the words by ruby element
Summary
- After the publication, JIS X 8341-3 was used in many Web sites, companies.
- MIC Study of how to implement JIS X 8341-3 shows
Introductory material, simple and definite process model, education are important.
- Pronunciation issue is needed in WCAG 2.0.
- We continue our effort to harmonize with WCAG 2.0.
- We must pay attention to i18n activities in ISO, EU, US.
- URL of this slide:
- http://www.comm.twcu.ac.jp/~nabe/data/2006/CSUN_JIS/
JIS X 8341: Characteristics
- 8341 (Japanese reading of "8341" (ya sa shi i) = kind)
- WG member:
- User society
- industry
- academia and government
- Smooth feedback: User needs → WG → industry
- Cooperation: industrial associations and other organizations
JEITA,
CIAJ,
JISA,
JBMIA,
JES,
and
AEHA
I18n Standard Harmonization
- ISO/IEC Guide 71 (2001): proposed from Japan. (back to JIS Z 8071)
- JIS X 8341-1: ISO/DIS 9241-20 "Ergonomics of human-system interaction - Part 20; Accessibility guidelines for ICT equipment and services"
- JIS X 8341-2: will propose ISO/IEC JTC1 in 2006?
- JIS X 8341-3: harmonize with W3C/ WCAG 2.0 Working Draft
- JIS X 8341-4: ITU-T in 2006?
© 2006, Takayuki Watanabe