Literature Reviews

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

• 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…

  • WCAG compliance
  • accessibility evaluation
  • certification
  • conformance testing
  • e-government
  • European accessibility
  • accessibility policy

• Website Accessibility in Australia and the Australian Government's National Transition Strategy

  Vivienne L. Conway (2011) — Proceedings of the International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A)

  This short research proposal paper outlines a planned study to assess the effectiveness of Australia's Web Accessibility National Transition Strategy (NTS), released by the Australian Government in June 2010. The NTS mandated that all federal governm…

  • web accessibility
  • policy
  • WCAG compliance
  • government
  • accessibility standards
  • e-government
  • accessibility assessment
  • global accessibility

• Measuring complexity of e-government services for people with low vision

  Aritz Sala, Myriam Arrue, J. Eduardo Pérez, Sandra M. Espín-Tello (2020) — Proceedings of the 17th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This paper investigates how to measure the complexity of online government forms for people with low vision. The authors recognize that e-government services — accessed primarily through web-based forms — have the potential to greatly benefit people …

  • low vision
  • e-government
  • form accessibility
  • complexity metrics
  • user testing
  • web accessibility
  • online forms