OW2 Open Source Accessibility initiative

Christian Paterson17/11/2016

Paris Open Source Summit, 2016

QualityQuality

SustainabilitySustainability

IndependenceIndependence

Economic efficiencyEconomic efficiency

AgilityAgility

SocialcatalystSocial

catalyst

Open source provides multiple benefits

Accessibility is a broad range of concepts

…and leads to enhanced usability

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/

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

… with demographics that are evolving

Median age of population EU

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

geing

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.

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

ICT* is huge numbers

… in a world that is increasingly digital

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

Accessibility + open source = 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

Manage Legal RiskProtect and Grow Public Sector RevenuesAccess the Global Public Sector Marketplace Increase Market ShareProtect Brand

In the USA 62 million disabled persons

purchasing power 175 billion $

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

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

Open Source Accessibilityinitiative

lobbyingevents and out-reachrepresentation

experience and skills sharing

mature tools

neutral forum

Open to all

Projects

Domains

Steering

Committ

ee Strategy Coordination Meritocracy

from many contributions to few contributions from code projects to guidelines from developers to HR experts to evangelists from multi-nationals to PME to SOHO from corporates to governments from academia to private individuals

Collaboration Passion

Situation today

projects identified17https://www.ow2.org/bin/view/OSAi/

domains of collaboration7 Guidelines & best practices

Measuring & auditing Training Tools for communication Development tools Accessible user

interfaces Navigating and mobility

Direction interministérielle du numérique et du système d'information et de communication de l'État

DINSIC

French government

France Italy USA

International reach

founding member

Fantastic interest & support

+ many others

thank you