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Integrating accessibility and functional requirements
conference contribution
posted on 2010-04-21, 09:09 authored by Rehema Baguma, R.G. Stone, Jude T. Lubega, Th.P. van der WeideInitial research on Web accessibility was focused on testing
completed Web pages. More recently, the focus is moving to integrating
accessibility features into coding tools such as Dreamweaver 8 and plugins
notably LIFT. Thus accessibility is being considered slightly earlier in the
development process. However, the state of Web accessibility is still
disappointing even on websites that have followed the guidelines and or used
evaluation and coding tools. We are proposing an approach to start considering
accessibility much earlier. Our purpose is to address accessibility in the context
of what is to be done and who will be participating. In this paper, we present
views of Web developers about this approach. We then show (using a case
study) how Web developers can elicit accessibility requirements alongside
functional requirements and integrate the two to obtain conceptual models with
explicit traces of accessibility requirements integrated with functional
requirements. Finally we discuss lessons learnt from the case study and
common benefits of the approach for Web accessibility and Web projects.
History
School
- Science
Department
- Computer Science
Citation
BAGUMA, R. ... et al, 2009. Integrating accessibility and functional requirements. IN: Stephanidis, G. (ed.). Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Applications and Services. 5th International Conference, UAHCI 2009, Held as Part of HCI International 2009 San Diego, CA, USA, July 19-24, 2009. Proceedings, Part III. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5616, pp.635-644.Publisher
© Springer Verlag Berlin HeidelbergVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publication date
2009Notes
This conference paper was published in the series Lecture Notes in Computer Science [© Springer Verlag Berlin Heidelberg]. The final publication is available at http://www.springerlink.com/content/j386481078533rpq/ISBN
9783642027123;3642027121ISSN
0302-9743;1611-3349Book series
Lecture Notes in Computer Science;5616Language
- en