Accessibility 2.0: people, policies and processes Export

@inproceedings{4705, abstract = {The work of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) is described in a set of technical guidelines designed to maximise accessibility to digital resources. Further activities continue to focus on technical developments, with current discussions exploring the potential merits of use of Semantic Web and Web 2.0 approaches. In this paper we argue that the focus on technologies can be counter-productive. Rather than seeking to enhance accessibility through technical innovations, the authors argue that the priority should be for a user-focussed approach, which embeds best practices through the development of achievable policies and processes and which includes all stakeholders in the process of maximising accessibility.}, author = {Kelly, Brian and Sloan, David and Brown, Stephen and Seale, Jane and Petrie, Helen and Lauke, Patrick and Ball, Simon}, citeulike-article-id = {3300423}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1243441.1243471}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1243441.1243471&coll=Portal&dl=ACM&CFID=1208704&CFTOKEN=28794655#}, doi = {10.1145/1243441.1243471}, isbn = {1-59593-590-X}, journal = {Proceedings of the 2007 international cross-disciplinary conference on Web accessibility (W4A)}, keywords = {accessibility, contextual-design, disabilities, wai, wcag}, number = {Banff, Canada}, pages = {138--147}, posted-at = {2008-09-20 21:54:14}, priority = {2}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {Accessibility 2.0: people, policies and processes}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1243441.1243471}, year = {2007} }

TY - CONF ID - 4705 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3300423 N2 - The work of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) is described in a set of technical guidelines designed to maximise accessibility to digital resources. Further activities continue to focus on technical developments, with current discussions exploring the potential merits of use of Semantic Web and Web 2.0 approaches. In this paper we argue that the focus on technologies can be counter-productive. Rather than seeking to enhance accessibility through technical innovations, the authors argue that the priority should be for a user-focussed approach, which embeds best practices through the development of achievable policies and processes and which includes all stakeholders in the process of maximising accessibility. IS - Banff, Canada JF - Proceedings of the 2007 international cross-disciplinary conference on Web accessibility (W4A) SN - 1-59593-590-X EP - 147 TI - Accessibility 2.0: people, policies and processes PB - ACM SP - 138 KW - accessibility KW - contextual-design KW - disabilities KW - wai KW - wcag AU - Kelly, Brian AU - Sloan, David AU - Brown, Stephen AU - Seale, Jane AU - Petrie, Helen AU - Lauke, Patrick AU - Ball, Simon PY - 2007/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1243441.1243471 ER -