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Policies and Accessibility

7/12/99

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Table of Contents

  1. Policies and Accessibility

  2. Why worry about policies?

  3. To be accessible, the Internet

  4. What is the internet?

  5. Structure of the Internet

  6. Characteristics of TCP/IP

  7. The World Wide Web

  8. The Internet is growing exponentially

  9. Internet growth projections, 1996

  10. The number of .com domains is increasing

  11. As are the number of country-level domains

  12. It has become a major economic marketplace

  13. Some other growth figures

  14. Here are some questions for you to answer!

  15. Internet Governance

  16. Ownership: Who runs the networks? Who pays for them?

  17. PPT Slide

  18. Do you need governance?

  19. National and international issues

  20. Some Governance Issues

  21. Universal service

  22. Domain names

  23. Many were not happy with this

  24. The solution: a quasi-public organisation, ICANN

  25. It has a unique structure

  26. It is still controversial

  27. Copyrights and trademarks

  28. On-line copyright guidance

  29. Downloadable music raises major copyright issues

  30. New challenges to WIPO

  31. Now some more questions

  32. Uses of the Internet

  33. Uses

  34. E-commerce

  35. Some of the “high flyers”

  36. E-Commerce is expected to increase world-wide

  37. Business leaders expect its impact to be substantial

  38. Some e-commerce policy issues

  39. Trans-border communication

  40. More accessible government

  41. More open international organizations

  42. Especially the UN System

  43. Building communities

  44. Are virtual communities real?

  45. A global disability community

  46. Exchange of Critical Information

  47. Y2K

  48. Possible means for enhancing development

  49. Some questions on uses

  50. Accessibility as a policy issue

  51. Basic accessibility

  52. Problems with accessibility

  53. Technological solutions exist

  54. In the short-term, Planning can help

  55. In the longer-run, you need accessibility standards

  56. Question: Who sets the standards?

  57. Answer: All of the above … and none

  58. National experience: Section 508 of the Workforce Investment Act

  59. The decision-making style of the Internet

  60. Need to build the norm of accessibility

  61. Existing international norms

  62. Elements of new international accessibility standards

  63. Need for implementation measures

  64. A regional approach

  65. What would elements of a regional approach be?

 Author: John Mathiason

Email: mathiason @ intlmgt.com

Home Page: http://www.worldenable.com

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