Literature Reviews

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

• Prosumers and accessibility: how to ensure a productive interaction

  Yod Samuel Martín García, Beatriz San Miguel González, Juan Carlos Yelmo García (2009) — Proceedings of the 2009 International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibililty (W4A)

  This paper examines how accessibility can be ensured in user-generated content (UGC) created by "prosumers" — ordinary web users who both consume and produce content but lack any training, awareness, or accountability regarding accessibility. The aut…

  • user-generated content
  • social media
  • ATAG
  • authoring tools
  • crowdsourcing
  • community accessibility
  • Web 2.0
  • content management systems

• E-learning 2.0: You Are We-LCoME!

  Stefano Ferretti, Silvia Mirri, Ludovico Antonio Muratori, Marco Roccetti, Paola Salomoni (2008) — Proceedings of the 2008 International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A)

  This paper presents We-LCoME (Wiki e-Learning Compound Multimedia Environment), a collaborative platform for creating and enriching accessible multimedia e-learning resources. Built on top of DokuWiki, the system allows a community of "prosumers" — l…

  • e-learning
  • multimedia accessibility
  • collaborative authoring
  • Web 2.0
  • SMIL
  • content adaptation
  • captions
  • learning objects
  • wiki
  • ATAG

• Interdependent Components of Web Accessibility

  Wendy A. Chisholm, Shawn Lawton Henry (2005) — Proceedings of the 2005 International Cross-Disciplinary Workshop on Web Accessibility (W4A)

  Written by two key members of the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), this paper provides the definitive explanation of how web accessibility depends on multiple interdependent components working together — a systems view that was often overlooke…

  • web accessibility
  • WAI
  • WCAG
  • ATAG
  • UAAG
  • accessibility standards
  • authoring tools
  • user agents
  • assistive technology
  • systems thinking

• Methodology for Identifying and Solving Accessibility Related Issues in Web Content Management System Environments

  Juan Miguel López, Afra Pascual, Cristina Menduiña, Toni Granollers (2012) — Proceedings of the International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A)

  This paper presents a nine-step iterative methodology for identifying and resolving accessibility issues in web content management system (CMS) environments. The authors address the growing problem that while CMSs like OpenCMS and Typo3 enable non-te…

  • content management systems
  • WCAG compliance
  • ATAG
  • web accessibility
  • evaluation methods
  • authoring tools
  • CMS accessibility