Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
9 results found in data collection.
- Citizen Sensing (Citizen Sensor, Participatory Sensing)
- A data collection approach in which members of the public use mobile devices or other tools to gather and report information about their environment, contributing to collective datasets that can infor…
- Community-sourcing (Community Sourcing, Community-contributed Data)
- A data collection approach where members of a specific community contribute information based on their direct experience and local knowledge, as distinct from general crowdsourcing which draws on anon…
- Crowdsourced accessibility data (Crowdsourced validation, Accessibility crowdsourcing)
- The collection, verification, or enrichment of accessibility-related geographic or environmental information through the coordinated efforts of many distributed contributors, often via web-based platf…
- Crowdsourcing (Crowd-Sourced Data, Community Reporting)
- A method of collecting data, information, or contributions from a large number of people, typically via the internet, rather than relying on a single authoritative source. In accessibility contexts, c…
- Crowdsourcing
- The practice of gathering information, data, or contributions from a large group of distributed participants, typically via the internet. In accessibility, crowdsourcing platforms like Wheelmap and Ac…
- Passive Accessibility Sensing (Automatic Barrier Detection, Breadcrumb Sensing)
- A data collection approach that uses smartphone sensors (GPS, accelerometers, gyroscopes) to automatically detect potential accessibility barriers in the physical environment without requiring active …
- Personally Identifying Information (PII, Personal Data, Personally Identifiable Information)
- Any data that can be used to identify a specific individual, including names, addresses, photographs, financial details, and biometric data. In accessibility contexts, PII is a significant concern whe…
- Repository Mining (Software Repository Mining, Mining Software Repositories)
- A research methodology that involves extracting and analysing data from software repositories such as version control systems, bug trackers, code-sharing platforms, and Q&A sites like Stack Overflow. …
- Virtual audit (Remote audit, Virtual streetscape audit, GSV audit)
- A method of assessing the physical environment for accessibility features and barriers using street-level imagery such as Google Street View, rather than conducting in-person site visits. Virtual audi…