Liddy Nevile, Liddy Nevile, Monash University, Victoria, Australia. Liddy.Nevile@eng.monash.edu.au
universal access design, W3C guidelines, metadata, web accessibility initiative, OZeWAI - Australian Web Accessibility Information
'Universal web access' is defined by the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (http://w3.org/WAI) as equal access to web content regardless of what device is being used to access the web. It caters for those with yet-to-be-developed mobile net phones equally with those who depend upon braille machines attached to computers. In this paper, the significant shift in web design from connected, free form pages to structured material with differentiated layout, metadata, and ratings is considered. The pay-off for the more demanding process is recognised and a case study of web professionals battling with the change is described.
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