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Title: Accessibility via metadata in a semantic web-driven Content Management System
  Author: Rocio Garcia-Robles, Alvaro Cabrerizo, Juan Antonio Prieto, Fernando Diaz Del Rio, Anton Civit   Email author(s)
  Address: Robotics and Computer Technology for Rehabilitation Lab, University of Seville, Spain. ' XimetriX network thoughts SL, ximLAB unit, Spain. ' XimetriX network thoughts SL, ximLAB unit, Spain. ' Robotics and Computer Technology for Rehabilitation Lab., University of Seville, Spain. ' Robotics and Computer Technology for Rehabilitation Lab., University of Seville, Spain
  Journal: International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies 2006 - Vol. 1, No.3  pp. 224 - 231
  Abstract: For promoting accessibility, not only binding the W3C-WCAG, but also the discovery of material having appropriate accessibility support and the adjustment of control and display of resources, are important. Both challenges are addressed by the IMS Consortium. In this paper, we survey how far IMS accessibility specifications cover WCAG. We argue why using a semantic framework for describing textual and contextual information in a standardised manner could promote accessibility and reusability. Finally, we explain how some accessibility issues are addressed by XimetriX's ximDEX, a semantic-web CMS. A plan to integrate accessibility specifications and contextual description tools into that CMS is proposed.
  Keywords: metadata; accessibility; content management systems; reusability; Dublin Core; IEEE-LOM; IMS consortium; ACCMD; ACCLIP; semantic web; MPEG-7; RDF; OWL; WCAG; W3C WAI guidelines; metadata vocabularies.
  DOI: 10.1504/IJMSO.2006.012347
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