The semantic web, web accessibility, and device independence

  • Authors:
  • Lisa Seeman

  • Affiliations:
  • UB Access, Jerusalem, Israel

  • Venue:
  • W4A '04 Proceedings of the 2004 international cross-disciplinary workshop on Web accessibility (W4A)
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

Over the past several years there has been a significant increase in awareness of the need for Web accessibility and development of policies relating to Web accessibility in Europe. Techniques for implementation have been standardized and benchmark guidelines (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines i.e. WCAG), recommended.However, as Web protocols and technologies emerge, new opportunities become available and it may be possible to open Web content to yet more people and to develop even more powerful accessibility solutions.New protocols and ingenuity could make it possible to encapsulate additional knowledge during the process of rendering content accessible, without necessarily adding more work for the original author.An implementation by UB Access is the Semantic Web Accessibility Platform (SWAP). SWAP is a semantic web, knowledge based approach to accessibility. SWAP creates alternative renderings of sites, or SWAPviews, which enable people with diverse special needs to smoothly and easily access the content.