Literature Reviews

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

• Semantic Web: The Story So Far

  Ian Horrocks (2007) — Proceedings of the 2007 International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A)

  This W4A 2007 keynote paper by Ian Horrocks of the University of Manchester provides an overview of the Semantic Web vision and the progress made toward realizing it, with particular focus on the Web Ontology Language (OWL). The paper opens by identi…

  • semantic web
  • ontology
  • OWL
  • knowledge representation
  • web standards
  • linked data

• A Semantic-Web Based Framework for Developing Applications to Improve Accessibility in the WWW

  Christos Kouroupetroglou, Michail Salampasis, Athanasios Manitsaris (2006) — Proceedings of the 2006 International Cross-Disciplinary Workshop on Web Accessibility (W4A)

  This paper presents a Semantic Web application framework designed to improve web accessibility by adding a metadata annotation layer on top of existing web pages. The framework addresses a core problem for blind users: screen readers serialize web pa…

  • semantic web
  • ontology
  • web annotation
  • blind users
  • voice browser
  • screen readers
  • RDF
  • OWL
  • information seeking
  • crowdsourcing
  • web accessibility

• Using Ontologies as a Foundation for Web Accessibility Tools

  Jens Pelzetter (2018) — Proceedings of the 15th International Web for All Conference (W4A 2018)

  This extended abstract proposes using formal ontologies — machine-readable knowledge representations using languages like OWL (Web Ontology Language) — as the foundation for web accessibility tools, addressing two major problems: supporting developer…

  • web accessibility
  • ontologies
  • WCAG
  • knowledge representation
  • automated testing
  • semantic web
  • OWL
  • accessibility evaluation
  • developer tools