Literature Reviews

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

• MIPAW: Modele of a Progressive Implementation of Web Accessibility

  Jean-Pierre Villain, Olivier Nourry (2012) — Proceedings of the International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A)

  This paper presents MIPAW (Modele of a Progressive Implementation of Web Accessibility), a framework for reorganizing WCAG criteria into a user-centric, phased implementation model. The authors, who lead the AccessiWeb reference list — the most widel…

  • WCAG implementation
  • progressive enhancement
  • accessibility strategy
  • quality assurance
  • accessibility evaluation
  • organizational accessibility

• Web Presentation Layer Bootstrapping for Accessibility and Performance

  Clint Andrew Hall (2009) — Proceedings of the 2009 International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A)

  This paper presents the "Web Bootstrapper," a technique for delivering different presentation experiences ("skins") from a single semantic HTML codebase without altering source markup or running costly client-side detection code. The approach address…

  • progressive enhancement
  • web performance
  • responsive design
  • device detection
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • server-side configuration
  • content adaptation

• The role of accessibility in a universal web

  Shawn Lawton Henry, Shadi Abou-Zahra, Judy Brewer (2014) — Proceedings of the 11th Web for All Conference (W4A)

  Written by leaders of the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), this communications paper clarifies the relationship between web accessibility and broader concepts like universal design, inclusive design, and design for all. The authors argue that …

  • universal design
  • web accessibility
  • inclusive design
  • situational limitations
  • mobile accessibility
  • digital inclusion
  • W3C
  • WAI
  • progressive enhancement
  • responsive design