Web sites of official organizations should be accessible to reduce the digital divide and improve the ability of any citizen to participate to the social and political life of a country. However the current status of web sites is far from satisfying. Despite the existence of standards and regulations, many organizations still host web sites that are not accessible. To support this claim the paper presents a survey of some of the major accessibility defects present in web sites of official governmental agencies (Italian regions, Austrian and German Bundesl ̈nder). a The paper discusses then the role of corporate accessibility policies (and associated concepts of accessibility levels, corporate guidelines, and implementation plan) and suggests that they could be used to bridge the gap between what is currently done and what should be done in order to improve the accessibility of web sites.
Engineering accessibility through corporate policies
BRAJNIK, Giorgio
2005-01-01
Abstract
Web sites of official organizations should be accessible to reduce the digital divide and improve the ability of any citizen to participate to the social and political life of a country. However the current status of web sites is far from satisfying. Despite the existence of standards and regulations, many organizations still host web sites that are not accessible. To support this claim the paper presents a survey of some of the major accessibility defects present in web sites of official governmental agencies (Italian regions, Austrian and German Bundesl ̈nder). a The paper discusses then the role of corporate accessibility policies (and associated concepts of accessibility levels, corporate guidelines, and implementation plan) and suggests that they could be used to bridge the gap between what is currently done and what should be done in order to improve the accessibility of web sites.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
