OW2 Open Source Accessibility initiative

Christian Paterson22/09/2016

OW2CON’2016

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Quality

Sustainability

Independence

Economic efficiency

Agility

Socialcatalyst

Open source provides multiple benefits

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Accessibility is a broad range of concepts

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…and leads to enhanced usability

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Accessibility is a social and legal responsibility

§ EU : European Disability Strategy 2010-2020

§ France : SÉNAT PROJET DE LOI (21 octobre 2004)

§ UK : Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA)

§ USA : Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA)

http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2004/august/travel-sites-settle-new-york-accessibility-investigation/

Ramada.com and Priceline.com, successfully sued in New York over the accessibility of their websites.

http://www.webcredible.com/blog/disability-discrimination-act-dda-web-accessibility/

http://jimthatcher.com/book2/chapter16.html

WebAIM : http://webaim.org/articles/laws/world/

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2010:0636:FIN:en:PDF

http://www.senat.fr/leg/tas04-018.html

… some examples

National Federation of the Blind won a website accessibility lawsuit against the Target Corporation for six million dollars

http://www.ssbbartgroup.com/whitepapers/accessibility-business-case/

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Accessibility is huge numbers

http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/infographic-disability-impacts-all.html

http://www.who.int/disabilities/infographic_en_rev1_510.jpg?ua=1

= 63 million people

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Demographics are evolvingMedian age of population EU

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Population_structure_and_ageing

§ By 2020, a quarter of Europeans will be over 60 years of age.European Commission : https://ec.europa.eu/research/social-sciences/pdf/policy_reviews/kina26426enc.pdf

§ In the last 20 years, people all over the world have, on average, gained 6 years of life expectancy.

§ Children born after 2011 have a 1 in 3 chance of reaching their 100th birthday.

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… as is the importance of ICT*

http://www.theverge.com/2016/7/20/12234858/first-click-real-wold-colonized-digital

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/digital-transformation-world-turning-mobile-you-gina

*ICT (information and communication technology)

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Global ICT revenue 2005 to 2019 (in billion euros)

https://www.statista.com/statistics/268584/worldwide-ict-revenue-since-2005/

the ICT revolution holds the potential of transforming economies and societies … this ICT revolution is well under way … it is even accelerating.

http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Global_IT_Report_2015.pdf

*ICT (information and communication technology)

20194.4 trillion euros

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A clear business opportunity“huge opportunities for Europe to think creatively and innovate in terms of new technologies, improved services and new business models”

European Commission : https://ec.europa.eu/research/social-sciences/pdf/policy_reviews/kina26426enc.pdf

üManage Legal RisküProtect and Grow Public Sector RevenuesüAccess the Global Public Sector Marketplaceü Increase Market ShareüProtect Brand

In the USA 62 million disabled persons purchasing power 175 billion $

http://www.ssbbartgroup.com/whitepapers/accessibility-business-case/

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leveraging open source working modelscollaboration

innovationmeritocracy

within the framework of a recognized open source alliance

reduced CAPEX

open formats / open APIs

roadmap controlreduced lock-in

community

lobbyingevents and out-reachrepresentation

experience and skills sharing

mature tools

neutral forum

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OPEN

Projects

Domains

SteeringCommittee

§ Strategy§ Coordination§ Meritocracy

ü from many contributions to few contributionsü from code projects to guidelinesü from developers to HR experts to evangelists ü from multi-nationals to PME to SOHOü from corporates to governmentsü from academia to private individuals

§ Collaboration§ Passion

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Co-construction started

participants

• France• Italy• USA

… and you ?Direction interministérielle du numérique et du système d'information et de communication de l'État

DINSICFrench government support

founding member

International reach

projects identified

domains of collaboration§ Repositories § Testing§ Training§ Communication Resources§ Development Tools§ User Interface§ Browsing & Localization

https://www.ow2.org/bin/view/OSAi/

thank you