Literature Reviews

Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.

• User Individuality Management in Websites Based on WAI-ARIA Annotations and Ontologies

  Xabier Valencia, Myriam Arrue, J. Eduardo Pérez, Julio Abascal (2013) — Proceedings of the 10th International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A)

  This paper presents a comprehensive system for automatically adapting websites to individual users' accessibility needs using WAI-ARIA-based annotations and an ontology that models users, adaptation techniques, and their relationships. Unlike previou…

  • WAI-ARIA
  • personalization
  • web accessibility
  • adaptive interfaces
  • ontology
  • content adaptation
  • user modeling
  • cognitive accessibility
  • visual impairment
  • motor accessibility

• Adaptable User Interfaces for People with Autism: A Transportation Example

  Claudia De Los Rios Perez (2018) — Proceedings of the 15th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This demonstration paper presents early-stage research into developing an accessibility framework for adaptable user interfaces tailored to people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), using public transportation as the application domain. The author …

  • autism
  • adaptive user interface
  • transportation accessibility
  • ontology
  • semantic web
  • user interface design
  • cognitive accessibility
  • personalization
  • eye tracking
  • map accessibility
  • web accessibility
  • responsive design

• A declarative model for accessibility requirements

  Jens Pelzetter (2020) — Proceedings of the 17th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This paper addresses a fundamental problem in automated accessibility testing: different tools produce inconsistent results because they each implement their own interpretation of WCAG guidelines in code, and the guidelines themselves contain ambigui…

  • automated testing
  • WCAG compliance
  • ACT Rules
  • ontology
  • accessibility evaluation
  • tool development

• Accessibility Information Needs in the Enterprise

  Sharon Snider, Willie L. Scott II, Shari Trewin (2020) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS)

  This paper from IBM presents the first empirical analysis of accessibility information needs within a large multinational enterprise, analyzing 439 unique accessibility questions and 362 unique keywords gathered over two years from FAQs, support chan…

  • enterprise accessibility
  • ontology
  • knowledge management
  • accessibility conformance
  • chatbot
  • question answering
  • WCAG
  • Section 508
  • accessibility testing
  • organizational accessibility