Transcript Barrierefreies Internet

E-Accessibility in Germany: acts and
ordinances, outcome of benchmarking and
activities
Policies and Legislations in favour of eaccessibility in Europe,
Nice, March 27.+28. 2003
Rainer Wallbruch
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Background
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Background
 Since 1995 guidelines on barrier www.ftb-net.de
free Internet design on FTB
homepage
www.universelles
 FTB dept. Universal Design
-design.de
 e-Accessibility delegate
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www.abi-projekt.de
wob11.de
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Steps in German
Legislation
1994
 In Basic Constitutional Law added
(Grundgesetz article 3, paragraph 3) :
Medical
Model
– "It is not allowed to put someone at a
disadvantage because of his/her disability."
2001
 Code of Social Law, SGB IX, changed:
Rehabilitation and Participation of Disabled
People
– arrangement of rights governed by social law
– Self-determination: participation instead of
rehabilitational integration
2002
 Act on Equal Opportunities for Disabled (BGG)
 Different Ordinances (BITV, VBD, KHV and
others)
Social
Model
Participation
Change of
Paradigm
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German
Legislative Framework
Anti Discrimination clause in the constitution Art.3 (3)
Private Sector
Labour + REHA
SchwbBAG
SGB IX
Public Sector
BGG
(Act on Equal
Opportunities for
Disabled)
BITV
Ordinance
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Bundesbehindertengleichstellungsgesetz
Art 1, Section 1: general requirements
§1 Objective: remove discrimination, facilitate equal participation
and independent living
§ 2 Women with disabilities: equal rights
§ 3 Disability: Definition (SGBIX)
§ 4 Barrier free access: Definition
§ 5 Targeted Agreements: Instrument
§ 6 Sign language and other alternative means for
communication
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BGG (2)
Art 1, Section 2: Obligation for equal treatment and
barrier free access
§ 7 Objective: Anti-discrimination in interaction with
public administration/ authorities (Federal Level)
§ 8 Barrier free building and transportation
§ 9 Sign language and communication aids
§ 10 printed official information and forms
§ 11 Barrier free Information Technology
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BGG (3)
Art 1, Section 3: Legal measures
§ 12/13 court representation and right of user organisations to
take to court
Art 1, Section 4: Representative (counsellor)of the Federal
Government for disability issues
§ 14/15 Role and tasks of the representative
Art 1a - Art 54: Changes of other laws
Art 55/56 Final instruction and enactement
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BGG (4)
Enacted: generally May, 1, 2002
(Artikel 1a, 2 and 3 1.1. 2003)
Subsequent decrees until 3 moths after enactment (hence
end of July 2002)
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Barrier free Access
Barrier free are
infrastructures
and devices
if they are
normally
accessible and usable for by people with disabilities
.
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Barrier free Access
Barrier free are
infrastructures
and devices
built and other constructions,
transportation, technical equipment,
systems for information processing,
audio and visual information sources
and communication facilities and
other built living environments,
if they are
- as usual,
- without significant increase of difficulty
normally
- and in principle without assistance
accessible and usable for by people with disabilities
.
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BGG § 11
Barrierfree Information
Technology
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Public sector (federal level) implements step by
step
– Internet presentations (including publicly available
Intranet) and graphical user interfaces
– According to the decree BITV:
Enactment of BITV 24.7.2002
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Agreements with commercial providers
– by established (certified) user organisations
– can force negotiations
– agreements will be registered
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BITV
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In force since 24. 7. 2002
relates to WAI Content Guidelines 1.0
– English version:
http://www.bmgs.bund.de/eng/gra/sicherheit/index_3562.cfm
– In html with links to glossary, explanation and
WAI (in German):
http://wob11.de/gesetze/a_bitv.html
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BITV --> Requirements ->
Prioritised Conditions -->
Comformance Levels
Checkpoints in 2 Priorities
Priority I, basic requirement
removes significant Barriers,
mandatory
(= WAI priority 1+2, A + AA)
Conformance
I
I
+
II
Priority II simplifies access,
for central navigation sites
(= WAI priority 3, AAA)
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Differences between
BITV and WCAG 1.0
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BITV to a great extend
is a translation of WCAG 1.0 guidelines and checkpoints
except:
– German condition 2.3 (PII) is not a checkpoint in WCAG 1.0
• contrast not only for pictures (PI) but also for text (PII) (WCAG 1.0:
both in 2.2)
– German condition 11.3 (PI) corresponds with WCAG 1.0
checkpoint 11.4
• if an accessible page is not possible provide a link to an alternative
page
– German condition 11.4 (PII) corresponds with WCAG 1.0
checkpoint 11.3
• documents according to users preferences
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BITV Standards for
Sites of Federal
Authorities
New Sites (and substantial relaunches)
BITV P I (WAI-P1 + WAI-P2, hence Conformance AA).
One Access path BITV PI, immediately
Existing Sites
for updated sites BITV PI (2005)
(for special info for people with disabilities 2003)
Central entrance and navigation sites BITV PI and PII
(WAI-P1 + P2 + P3, also AAA).
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Impact of
BGG and BITV
For the first time with BITV a standard for barrier free
internet in Germany is accepted
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public sector
 federal government
 Landesgleichstellungsgesetzte -> States, municipalities
companies in the public sector (public transportation, energy
etc.)
public funded cultural and scientific institutions
socially orientiented companies (social insurance, social
associations, self-help organisations, charity, health care)
Enterprises with „Corporate Social Responsibility“
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State Legislation
(LGGs)
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New LGGs follow BGG.
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Barrierfree Information Technology included.
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To be applied on state level including municipalities, examples:
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In force
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Bayern (09.07.2003)
§ 13
Brandenburg (24.05.2004) § 9
Bremen (09.12.2003)
§9
Hessen (20.12.2004)
§7
NRW (11.12.2003)
§ 10
Rheinland-Pfalz
(31.12.2002)
§7
– Saarland (26.11.2003)
§8
– Sachsen (29.042004)
§7
– Schleswig-Holstein
(21.12.2002)
§ 12
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In force before BGG
– Berlin (17.05.1999)
– Sachsen-Anhalt (20.11.2001)
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Drafts
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Baden-Württemberg
§ 10
Hamburg
§7
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Niedersachsen
§ 11
Thüringen
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Challenges Ahead
Implementation of BITV (support, training)
Private sector (targeted agreements)
Update
W3C official translation of new guidelines
Benchmarking
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Other Ordinances
in Accordance with the Act on Equal
Opportunities for Disabled Persons
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Ordinance on Making Documents Accessible to Blind and
Visually Impaired Persons in Administrative Procedures
(VBD)
– Related to BGG § 10
– Official notes, public legal contracts and forms
have to be barrierfree for blind and visually impaired:
• in a written (large print, high contrast, braille), electronic
(BITV), acoustical, oral (read) or other form
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Ordinance on the Use of Sign Language and Other
Communication Aids in Administrative Procedures (KHV)
– Related to BGG § 9
– Right to have an interpreter (for sign language and other
forms) for administrative acts
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Aktionsbündnis
barrierefreie
Informationstechnik
Alliance for barrierfree Information Technology in Germany
The project:
http://www.abi-projekt.de
The help site: http://wob11.de
Both sites in German language
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Objectives:
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barrierfree Internet in Germany with special
focus on labour related content
consideration of all types of disability
Co-operation of all interested parties
Harmonisation and quality assurance
Awareness and support of the implementation
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supported
by BMGS
Start:
1.9.2002
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3 Mitglieder (members):
8 Partner (partners):
41 Unterstützer (supporters):
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further organisations are invited to join
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project consortium
consensus building
net of supporters
Project information:
http://www.abi-projekt.de
Web ohne Barrieren Portal: http://wob11.de
Numbers as to 5.2003
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Members and
Partners
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Supporters
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Portfolio
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Test of Websites
Advice and hands-on seminars
Training and information events
Comprehensive online information:
http://wob11.de
Networking and Harmonisation
Public relations
Benchmarking study
Support to user NGOs
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Target
Audience
 Public sector with web-presentation
 (private sector with webpresentation)
 Web designer and software
developers
 CD-ROM-presenters and developers
 Employers and company based
worker unions
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Advice Portfolio of
the Partners
Pre-tests (short analysis) and basic advice
Comprehensive tests and analysis
Comprehensive test reporting
Design Support for new sites
Basis for test and advice:
BGG § 11 - BITV
Qualified advice teams
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Benchmarking
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study of public websites
taking up the requirements and recommendations
of the eAccessibility group to produce
comparable benchmarks in the European
Member States
data have been collected in
– December 2002, where the BITV decree was in
force for 6 months
– December 2003
– December 2004 (still in evaluation)
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Benchmarking II
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Sample: 60 Sites have been selected
– nearly half federal authorities (34 pages) and
half states an cities/ municipalities (26 pages)
basis for the tests have been the German BITV
and WAI WCAG 1.0
test battery:
– different semiautomatic tools
– expert tests
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Benchmarking Results
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2002:
– None of the pages met BITV Priority I (WAI AA)
(1 actually did one day, lost it the next day due to
updates)
– 2 of the pages met WAI A
– 16 of the 60 pages have been very close to AA,
but significant barriers remaining
– Indication, that the legislation takes effect:
• Out of the 16 pages 13 have been from federal authorities,
for who the BITV is mandatory.
(Note: The BITV requires only new sites to conform
immediately, others by the end of 2005, content
dedicated to people with disabilities by the end of 2003)
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Benchmarking Results II
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2003:
– None of the pages met BITV Priority I (WAI AA)
– 5 of the pages nearly met WAI A and a lot of
AA-checkpoints but significant barriers remaining
– 4 of the 5 pages have been from federal
authorities
– Indication, that the legislation takes effect:
• Among the 10 best pages 8 have been from federal
authorities (federal in total = 34, )
• Among the 30 best pages 25 have been from federal
authorities
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Benchmarking Results III
Discussion:
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Same test method used for both surveys
Method is very sensitive to deviation from BITV
and registers even small mistakes
In 2003 more federal pages show a dealing with
„barrierfree webdesign“ and steps for realisation
than in 2002 but:
– Evidently concepts for sustainability are missed
so that many small mistakes lead to an inferior result
than in 2002 due to the sensitive test method
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Public area:
BIENE-award
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Approach: German award for barrierfree websites
(done by 2 foundations: Aktion Mensch and Stiftung
Digitale-Chancen)
BIENE: Barrierefreies Internet eröffnet neue Einsichten
(Barrierfree internet opens up new understanding)
– Not only focussed on federal sites
– Not only focussed on BITV / WCAG
included criteria within 200 test steps:
• BITV, WCAG 1.0, WCAG 2.0, ISO/TS 16071, ILSMH (guideline
for simple language), TechDis (guideline dyslexia), NCAM
SALT (guideline for barrierfree E-Learning)
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Public area:
BIENE-award categories
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E-Commerce
E-Government
Media
Culture and society
Science and research
3 special prises
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Public area:
BIENE-award
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2003:
– 173 applications, 61 after first exclusion test, 16 nominated
2004:
– more than 230 applications, 100 after first exclusion test
(same as 1 year ago), 25 nominated
Differences and Outcome:
– Reported: quality of applications on a substantial higher
level than 2003
– Special prise for enhancing eAccessibility to a federal
website (styleguide of the German Federal Armed Forces)
– Indication for: problem awareness is grown up also in
general public
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Challenges Today
and for the Future
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Barrier free Internet for all types of
disabilities
Barrier free Internet as Design-Process
Coherent Standard for barrier free Internet on
Federal and state level, international
Unified testing of barrier free Internet
Barrier free Internet in the private sector
Keeping up to date BITV
New Assistive Technology (e.g. Text-tosigning translator)
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Contact
Rainer Wallbruch
[email protected]
Telefon: +49 (0) 2 33 5 / 96 81-10
Telefax: +49 (0) 2 33 5 / 96 81-19
Grundschöttelerstr. 40
58300 Wetter
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