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Maja Pušnik - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Web Accessibility investigation of Slovenian municipalities’ websites before and after the adoption of European Standard EN 301 549
Universal Access in the Information Society, 2020Co-Authors: Katja Kous, Saša Kuhar, Miha Pavlinek, Marjan Heričko, Maja PušnikAbstract:Digitalization and technological innovations provide many benefits for citizens worldwide, increasing the quality of life in several ways, including by enhancing access to information. However, people with disabilities can face challenges when retrieving online information as they often use assistive technologies that might not be fully supported by web pages. Municipalities’ websites are an important source of information for all citizens, regardless of their individual characteristics. To be able to support all citizens’ needs, several Standards provide support for web developers. One of the Standards is “Standard EN 301 549–Accessibility requirements suitable for public procurement of ICT products and services” in Europe. This study addresses the Accessibility of public government services, more specifically municipalities’ websites, where there are still Accessibility challenges. With a systematic literature review, we found no studies that would analyze the government web pages’ compliance with Standard EN 301 549. Therefore, this research had two main research goals: (1) to verify whether the websites of Slovenian municipalities were compliant with the Standard EN 301 549 in the years 2017 and 2018, and (2) to compare the results before and after the adoption of Standard EN 301 549 in Slovenia. The answers to the research questions were obtained with an Accessibility evaluation of 189 Slovenian municipalities’ websites. The results, based on a descriptive analysis, indicate that, in 2017, none of the evaluated websites were fully compliant with the web content requirements of Standard EN 301 549, while at the end of 2018, 62 websites (33%) were fully compliant with the aforementioned Standard. Furthermore, the results from an extended statistical analysis indicate improvement in websites Standard compliance in 2018, even significant improvement for some web requirements after the adoption of the Standard. A secondary contribution of this research is twofold: (1) a detailed presentation of the Accessibility evaluation procedure and (2) its application on a specific domain (government domain) and in a specific geographical area (Slovenia). The same procedure could be applied to other domains and other countries around Europe (or even around the world in case Standard EN 301 549 is replaced with a relevant Accessibility Standard that applies to the chosen area of research).
Mike Pluke - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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a decision tree approach for the applicability of the Accessibility Standard en 301 549
International Conference on Computers for Handicapped Persons, 2014Co-Authors: Loic Martineznormand, Mike PlukeAbstract:Public procurement is one way for public administrations to promote Accessibility. By procuring accessible products and services, they raise the awareness about Accessibility and they have an impact on industry. In Europe, the European Commission’s Mandate M 376 has resulted in a European Standard, EN 301 549, containing Accessibility requirements for ICT products and services that are suitable for use in public procurement. EN 301 549 has been drafted using a feature-based approach and can be applied to any ICT product and service. The users of the Standard will need guidance to decide which re-quirements of the EN apply to a given product or service. This paper presents a decision-tree approach for that problem. This approach is being validated during the design of the user interface of a support tool for the assessment of the Accessibility of ICT products and services.
Andi Snowweaver - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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wcag 2 0 a web Accessibility Standard for the evolving web
Conference on Web Accessibility, 2008Co-Authors: Loretta Guarino Reid, Andi SnowweaverAbstract:Since the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (WCAG) became a W3C recommendation in May 1999, the Web has changed dramatically. This paper describes some of the major issues encountered because of these changes and the approaches developed to address them in WCAG 2.0.
Katja Kous - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Web Accessibility investigation of Slovenian municipalities’ websites before and after the adoption of European Standard EN 301 549
Universal Access in the Information Society, 2020Co-Authors: Katja Kous, Saša Kuhar, Miha Pavlinek, Marjan Heričko, Maja PušnikAbstract:Digitalization and technological innovations provide many benefits for citizens worldwide, increasing the quality of life in several ways, including by enhancing access to information. However, people with disabilities can face challenges when retrieving online information as they often use assistive technologies that might not be fully supported by web pages. Municipalities’ websites are an important source of information for all citizens, regardless of their individual characteristics. To be able to support all citizens’ needs, several Standards provide support for web developers. One of the Standards is “Standard EN 301 549–Accessibility requirements suitable for public procurement of ICT products and services” in Europe. This study addresses the Accessibility of public government services, more specifically municipalities’ websites, where there are still Accessibility challenges. With a systematic literature review, we found no studies that would analyze the government web pages’ compliance with Standard EN 301 549. Therefore, this research had two main research goals: (1) to verify whether the websites of Slovenian municipalities were compliant with the Standard EN 301 549 in the years 2017 and 2018, and (2) to compare the results before and after the adoption of Standard EN 301 549 in Slovenia. The answers to the research questions were obtained with an Accessibility evaluation of 189 Slovenian municipalities’ websites. The results, based on a descriptive analysis, indicate that, in 2017, none of the evaluated websites were fully compliant with the web content requirements of Standard EN 301 549, while at the end of 2018, 62 websites (33%) were fully compliant with the aforementioned Standard. Furthermore, the results from an extended statistical analysis indicate improvement in websites Standard compliance in 2018, even significant improvement for some web requirements after the adoption of the Standard. A secondary contribution of this research is twofold: (1) a detailed presentation of the Accessibility evaluation procedure and (2) its application on a specific domain (government domain) and in a specific geographical area (Slovenia). The same procedure could be applied to other domains and other countries around Europe (or even around the world in case Standard EN 301 549 is replaced with a relevant Accessibility Standard that applies to the chosen area of research).
Loic Martineznormand - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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a decision tree approach for the applicability of the Accessibility Standard en 301 549
International Conference on Computers for Handicapped Persons, 2014Co-Authors: Loic Martineznormand, Mike PlukeAbstract:Public procurement is one way for public administrations to promote Accessibility. By procuring accessible products and services, they raise the awareness about Accessibility and they have an impact on industry. In Europe, the European Commission’s Mandate M 376 has resulted in a European Standard, EN 301 549, containing Accessibility requirements for ICT products and services that are suitable for use in public procurement. EN 301 549 has been drafted using a feature-based approach and can be applied to any ICT product and service. The users of the Standard will need guidance to decide which re-quirements of the EN apply to a given product or service. This paper presents a decision-tree approach for that problem. This approach is being validated during the design of the user interface of a support tool for the assessment of the Accessibility of ICT products and services.
