Literature Reviews

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

3 results found tagged European accessibility.

Increasing access to information for the print disabled through electronic documents in SGML

Bart Bauwens, Jan Engelen, Filip Evenepoel, Chris Tobin, Tom Wesley (1994) — Proceedings of the First Annual ACM Conference on Assistive Technologies (Assets '94)

This paper describes work by the CAPS Consortium (Communication and Access to Information for People with Special Needs), an EU-funded project, and ICADD (International Committee on Accessible Document Design) to build accessibility into SGML (Standa…
Towards Bridging the Accessibility Needs of People with Disabilities and the Ageing Community

Shadi Abou-Zahra, Judy Brewer, Andrew Arch (2008) — Proceedings of the 2008 International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A)

This keynote paper introduces the WAI-AGE (Web Accessibility Initiative: Ageing Education and Harmonisation) project, a 36-month W3C/WAI initiative funded by the European Commission under its 6th Framework Programme. The project aimed to bridge the g…
Certification or Conformance: Making a Successful Commitment to WCAG 2.0

Suzette Keith, Nikolaos Floratos, Gill Whitney (2012) — Proceedings of the International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A)

Commissioned by ANEC (the European consumer voice in standardisation), this study examined whether voluntary self-declaration or third-party certification of web accessibility conformance translates into actual compliance with WCAG 2.0. The researche…