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In this contribution several recent actions in the field of Standardisation related to Assistive Technology and Design for All are reported. The main focus will be on several CEN initiatives, the status of Mandate 376 and the current EU Commission’s plans for issuing a new mandate on the inclusion of "Design for All" in relevant standardisation initiatives.
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ISO/IEC Guide 71 is available from ISO and ANSI (page charges do apply); Guide 6 can be, downloaded from, ftp://ftp.cen.eu/BOSS/Reference_Documents/Guides/CEN_CLC/CEN_CLC_6.pdf , Background information is available in the Wikipedia page (maintained by Ch. Strobbe of K.U.Leuven), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CEN/CENELEC_Guide_6
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The DfA@eInclusion deliverable D4.5 currently still is an internal document, Details about the planned Workshop can be found at, http://www.cen.eu/cenorm/sectors/sectors/isss/workshops/businessplan2705.pdf
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Engelen, J. (2010). International AT and DfA Standardisation: What Is in the Pipeline?. In: Miesenberger, K., Klaus, J., Zagler, W., Karshmer, A. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6179. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14097-6_89
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