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Essential components of mobile web accessibility

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Shadi Abou-Zahra,

Shawn Lawton HenryAuthors Info & Claims

W4A '13: Proceedings of the 10th International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility

Article No.: 5, Pages 1 - 4

https://doi.org/10.1145/2461121.2461138

Published: 13 May 2013 Publication History

Abstract

The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops strategies, guidelines, and resources to make the Web accessible to people with disabilities. This includes ensuring that core web technologies such as HTML and CSS provide support for accessibility; developing complementary web specifications to support accessibility, such as WAI-ARIA and IndieUI; and maintaining a set of internationally recognized guidelines that define accessibility criteria for web authoring tools such as content management systems and code editors, for user agents such as web browsers and media players, and for web content including text, images, scripts, audio-visual media, and more. This communication paper explores the impact on these essential components of web accessibility as the Web rapidly evolves into an increasingly mobile and ubiquitous medium, and highlights opportunities for research and development to help make the Web universally accessible to all users.

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W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) http://www.w3.org/WAI/

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Essential Components of Web Accessibility http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/components.php

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UN Global Audit of Web Accessibility http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/gawanomensa.htm

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W3C HTML5 Specification http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/

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W3C CSS Specification http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS/

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Standards for Web Applications on Mobile http://www.w3.org/Mobile/mobile-web-app-state/

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WAI Protocols and Formats Working Group (PFWG) http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/

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W3C HTML Accessibility Task Force http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/html-task-force

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HTML5 Multimedia Accessibility http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/MultimediaAccessibilty

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Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/aria

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Independent User Interfaces (IndieUI) http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/indieui

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Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/wcag

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Guidance on Applying WCAG 2.0 to Non-Web ICT http://www.w3.org/TR/wcag2ict/

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User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/uaag

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Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/atag

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WAI Mobile Accessibility Overview http://www.w3.org/WAI/mobile/

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WAI Research and Development Working Group (RDWG) http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/

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WAI Research Symposium on Mobile Accessibility http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/2012/mobile/

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Essential components of mobile web accessibility
1. Information systems
  1. World Wide Web
    1. Web applications
    2. Web services

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W4A '13: Proceedings of the 10th International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility

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ISBN:9781450318440

DOI:10.1145/2461121

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