- From: Kai Hendry <hendry@cs.helsinki.fi>
- Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 17:54:54 +0300
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
What is accessibility? ;) Google's definition is ok[1], but I have yet to find such a good one on W3. Especially regarding its boundaries. Is there a difference with Universal accessibility (all the rage in the academic world)? I have been asking questions [2] [3] over at w3-di about how accessibility and device independence relate. One of the themes of accessibility is making document device independent[4]. I've seen texts put it like the mobile device is a disabled view of the web. Which is a little sad. *So is device independence a subset of accessibility?* What about usability? What about i18n issues? "Access to a Unified Web from Any Device in Any Context by Anyone" [6] Might mean accessibility is part of Device Independence. See the confusion? I drew up a little diagram [5] today at the suggestion of w3-di participant, but are there must be better ones out there? :) [1] http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=define+accessibility [2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-di/2004Jun/0011.html [3] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-di/2004Jun/0014.html [4] http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/#themes [5] http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/hendry/work/thesis/pictures/accessibility.png [6] http://www.w3.org/2001/di/
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