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Opening up access to online documents using essentiality tracks

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This paper discusses extensions to the previously developed "essentiality and proficiency" approach to increasing usability and accessibility of websites. The existing approach is introduced, as is a new application in the processing of Doc-Book XML documents. The current principles are extended to make them more appropriate for increasing the usability of long documents. Techniques for allowing organisations to efficiently disseminate information based on the proposed application are discussed -- increasing productivity for both non-disabled and disabled users.

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  • (2009)Modeling Web Accessibility for Rich Document ProductionJournal of Access Services10.1080/153679608023010366:1-2(237-260)Online publication date: 2-Feb-2009
  • (2007)Leveraging rich accessible documents on the webProceedings of the 2007 international cross-disciplinary conference on Web accessibility (W4A)10.1145/1243441.1243461(74-83)Online publication date: 7-May-2007

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W4A '06: Proceedings of the 2006 international cross-disciplinary workshop on Web accessibility (W4A): Building the mobile web: rediscovering accessibility?
May 2006
153 pages
ISBN:159593281X
DOI:10.1145/1133219
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Published: 22 May 2006

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  1. DocBook
  2. XML
  3. accessibility
  4. essentiality
  5. proficiency
  6. usability
  7. web

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  • (2017)Repetition between stakeholder (user) and system requirementsRequirements Engineering10.1007/s00766-015-0239-x22:2(167-190)Online publication date: 1-Jun-2017
  • (2009)Modeling Web Accessibility for Rich Document ProductionJournal of Access Services10.1080/153679608023010366:1-2(237-260)Online publication date: 2-Feb-2009
  • (2007)Leveraging rich accessible documents on the webProceedings of the 2007 international cross-disciplinary conference on Web accessibility (W4A)10.1145/1243441.1243461(74-83)Online publication date: 7-May-2007

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