Re: WCAG 2.0 and EN 301 549

While ETSI carried out the development of EN 301 549, it actually is a CEN standard - so CEN would have the last word about this.

CEN (https://www.cen.eu/Pages/default.aspx) is the “European Committee for Standardization”. The abbreviation CEN goes back to the French equivalent “Comité européen de normalisation”.

The CEN website link to EN 301 549 “Accessibility requirements suitable for public procurement of ICT products and services in Europe" is:
 https://standards.cen.eu/dyn/www/f?p=204:110:0::::FSP_PROJECT,FSP_ORG_ID:60328,855949&cs=18CA5914157C8AAA297634B3D0FEE774B <https://standards.cen.eu/dyn/www/f?p=204:110:0::::FSP_PROJECT,FSP_ORG_ID:60328,855949&cs=18CA5914157C8AAA297634B3D0FEE774B>


Olaf



> On 20 Sep 2016, at 15:56, Vlerken-Thonen, M. van (Michèlle) - Logius <michelle.van.vlerkenthonen@logius.nl> wrote:
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> Thanks Chaals, that sounds logical. I could not find anything on ETSI’s website on this subject unfortunately so I was hoping someone on this list might have some inside information ;-). Agreed that two different versions would be a bad idea!
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> Van: chaals@yandex-team.ru [mailto:chaals@yandex-team.ru] 
> Verzonden: dinsdag 20 september 2016 15:50
> Aan: Vlerken-Thonen, M. van (Michèlle) - Logius; w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
> Onderwerp: Re: WCAG 2.0 and EN 301 549
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> Hi Michelle,
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> 20.09.2016, 15:29, "Vlerken-Thonen, M. van (Michèlle) - Logius" <michelle.van.vlerkenthonen@logius.nl <mailto:michelle.van.vlerkenthonen@logius.nl>>:
> WCAG 2.0's Level A and AA success criteria are incorporated as references in clause 9.2 of the European standard EN 301 549 published by ETSI. 
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> I was wondering what will happen if a new version of WCAG is published. Will EN 301 549 change as well?
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> Presumably that is up to ETSI...
> If an organization wants to participate in the work on accessibility guidelines (for example give input to improve the success criteria or techniques) would a membership of W3C or ETSI be more appropriate?
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> Participation in W3C, since that's where the document actually gets written.
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> I think a separate ETSI version that was different would be a *bad* idea.
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> cheers
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> Chaals
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> Thanks for any insights you might have on this.
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> Michèlle
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