Guiding accessibility issues in the design of websites

ABSTRACT

Including accessibility in the design of Websites 1.0 entails difficulties, but this situation becomes more complicated when the user becomes a creator in the web. There are new requirements to be considered in the design due to the user's active interaction in the web 2.0 environment, such as the web pages with user-generated content (like Blogs), where there are not only information receptors, but issuers as well,. This paper offers a solution for including accessibility requirements in the design process based on using accessible content templates in order to preserve accessibility and the editing process using models and rules to annotate structure and semantics of contents. This annotation is added to the final codification, which will guarantee a better complement to the standards and accessibility guidelines.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
      D.2.1 Requirements/Specifications

Additional Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)

  K. Computing Milieux
  K.4 COMPUTERS AND SOCIETY
      K.4.2 Social Issues

General Terms:
Design, Human Factors

Keywords:
blog, design, editing tool, requirement, web accessibility