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A framework for filtering web accessibility guidelines

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Rehema Baguma,

Roger G. Stone,

Jude T. Lugega,

Th. P. van der WeideAuthors Info & Claims

W4A '09: Proceedings of the 2009 International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibililty (W4A)

Pages 46 - 49

https://doi.org/10.1145/1535654.1535663

Published: 20 April 2009 Publication History

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Abstract

This paper first presents a framework for filtering the Web Accessibility Guidelines according to contexts of use. It then presents a prototype that implements the framework and explains an evaluation of the prototype.

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A framework for filtering web accessibility guidelines
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. General programming languages
      1. Language features

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W4A '09: Proceedings of the 2009 International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibililty (W4A)

April 2009

189 pages

ISBN:9781605585611

DOI:10.1145/1535654

General Chair:
David Sloan
University of Dundee, UK
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Chieko Asakawa
IBM Research, Japan
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Hironobu Takagi
IBM Research, Japan

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Pearson EBailey CGreen SRößling GNaps TSpannagel C(2011)A tool to support the web accessibility evaluation process for novicesProceedings of the 16th annual joint conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education10.1145/1999747.1999758(28-32)Online publication date: 27-Jun-2011
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