A unified environment for accessing a suite of accessibility evaluation facilities

Abstract

This paper presents the design and implementation of an interactive portal and a standalone tool to act as mediators to a number of accessibility assessment facilities for Web Content Accessibility Assessment, Mobile Web Content Assessment, Web Services Assessment and Description Languages (SDL). More specifically, the design approach followed is briefly outlined in order to get an insight on the underlying rationale and the specific benefits gained in terms of the final outcome. Subsequently, the architecture adopted for achieving the goals set by this research work are presented, together with the specific technical characteristics of the approach followed for the development of the two interactive applications. Finally, the deployed versions of these applications are presented, revealing the complete set of facilities and tools and discussing their advantages and benefits from the point of view of the development of accessible applications and services. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.