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Metrics for accessibility on the Vamolà project

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Silvia Mirri,

Ludovico Antonio Muratori,

Marco Roccetti,

Paola SalomoniAuthors Info & Claims

W4A '09: Proceedings of the 2009 International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibililty (W4A)

Pages 142 - 145

https://doi.org/10.1145/1535654.1535688

Published: 20 April 2009 Publication History

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How far are the Web sites from accessibility? Such a question implies a measure and, before, metrics or a set of metrics to quantitatively describe distances or closeness to one or more aspects of inclusion. Quantitative evaluations can effectively guide the improvement of sites quality and of skills which are necessary along the content authoring process. This paper details the hypothesized metrics and measures on the Vamolà project, which has been issued to integrate a monitor and a validator of the Web accessibility, according to the Italian Law. On Vamolà, the validation tool output can be effectively used in defining metrics inside the monitor application.

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W4A '09: Proceedings of the 2009 International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibililty (W4A)

April 2009

189 pages

ISBN:9781605585611

DOI:10.1145/1535654

General Chair:
David Sloan
University of Dundee, UK
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IBM Research, Japan
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Hironobu Takagi
IBM Research, Japan

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