Opening up access to online documents using essentiality tracks

This paper discusses extensions to the previously developed “essentiality and proficiency” approach to increasing usability and accessibility of websites. The existing approach is introduced, as is a new application in the processing of DocBook XML documents. The current principles are extended to make them more appropriate for increasing the usability of long documents. Techniques for allowing organisations to efficiently disseminate information based on the proposed application are discussed – increasing productivity for both non-disabled and disabled users. Categories and Subject Descriptors H.3.5 [Information Storage and Retrieval]: Online Information Services—Web-based services; H.5.4 [Information Interfaces and Presentation (e.g., HCI)]: Hypertext/ hypermedia—User issues; I.7.2 [Document and Text Processing]: Document Preparation—Hypertext/hypermedia General Terms Documentation, Human factors, Standardization Keywords Accessibility, DocBook, Essentiality, Proficien...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: W4A
• Authors: Matthew T. Atkinson, Jatinder Dhiensa, Colin H. C. Machin
• Keywords: DocBook XML Documents, Paper Discusses Extensions, Standardization Keywords Accessibility, W4A 2006