Enabling an Accessible Web 2.0

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Enabling an Accessible Web 2.0
Becky Gibson
IBM Emerging Technologies
5 Technology Park Drive
Westford, MA USA
01 978 392-6101
gibsonb@us.ibm.com
ABSTRACT
The next generation of the Web is relying on new technologies to
build rich interfaces and applications which enable community,
collaboration, social networking and enhanced interactions. This
has implication for people with disabilities who have come to rely
on the Web to provide more independence, work opportunities,
and social interactions. New specifications such as Accessible
Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) are being developed which
provide more semantic information about Web components and
can enable enhanced accessibility. In addition, toolkits and testing
tools are making it easier to reach the nirvana of accessibility by
default in Web 2.0 projects.
Categories and Subject Descriptors
H.5.4 [Information Interfaces and Presentation]:
Hypertext/Hypermedia - Navigation, User Issues. H.5.2
[Information Interfaces and Presentation]: User Interfaces -
Graphical User Interface, Interaction Styles. I.7.2 [Document
and Text Processing]: Document Preparation -
Hpertext/Hypermedia, Markup languages, Scripting languages.
General Terms
Design, Human Factors, Standardization, Languages
Keywords
Accessibility, ARIA, HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, Web 2.0
1. INTRODUCTION
The Web is constantly evolving and changing. In the beginning
the…