Definition - EIT - May 30 Draft
May 30 Draft > Working Copy of Definition - Electronic And Informatioin Technology
- Subcommittee: Subpart A
- Section: Subpart A: Definitions
Current Draft (for reference only)
Includes information technology and any equipment or interconnected system or subsystem of equipment that is used in the creation, conversion, or duplication of data or information. The term electronic and information technology includes, but is not limited to, telecommunications products (such as telephones), information kiosks and transaction machines, World Wide Web sites, multimedia, and office equipment such as copiers and fax machines. The term does not include any equipment that contains embedded information technology that is used as an integral part of the product, but INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IS NOT THE principal function of that product.
Comments or suggested edits
Updated version for June 30
(Additions are shown in CAPS. Deleted text is marked by [brackets].)
[Includes information technology and any equipment or interconnected system or subsystem of equipment that is used in the creation, conversion, or duplication of data or information. The term electronic and information technology includes, but is not limited to, telecommunications products (such as telephones), information kiosks and transaction machines, World Wide Web sites, multimedia, and office equipment such as copiers and fax machines. The term does not include any equipment that contains embedded information technology that is used as an integral part of the product, but IN WHICH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IS NOT the principal function of THAT PRODUCT. [which is not the acquisition, storage, manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching, interchange, transmission, or reception of data or information. For example, HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) equipment such as thermostats or temperature control devices, and medical equipment where information technology is integral to its operation, are not information technology.]
Discussion or Rationale
Editorial revision that uses the term information technology instead of repeating the definition of that term. Deletion of the “For example” list due to misunderstanding in application (e.g. the list is not comprehensive and raises as many questions as it answers.) The deletion is not intended to alter the current exclusion of products with embedded IT.
Some subcommittee members support substituting the word “a” for “the” which expands the application of the 508 requirements to products with embedded IT where IT is one of multiple functions that could be considered “principal”.
Some subcommittee members voiced support for application of the 508 requirements to embedded IT functions, thus elimination of that exclusion.
