W3C List of Evaluation Tools

Dear Tool Vendor or Developer,

The W3C/WAI Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group (ERT WG) is currently in the process of updating the following list of Web accessibility evaluation tools on which your tool is listed:
  * <http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/existingtools>

The new version of this tools list will provide sorting capabilities so that users are able to find tools according to their specific needs. The following static mock-ups show how this sortable list will look like:
  * <http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/Drafts/eval/tools/>

We are contacting you to help populate the database with current information about your tool. Below you will find information about your tool that is currently available to us. Please review this information, complete any missing fields or provide changes.

This information will be published unless we receive correction or amendments. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact
  * Sandor Herramhof <sandor.herramhof@jku.at>
  * Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org>


TOOL IDENTIFICATION:
* TOOL NAME: NIST WebMetrics Tool Suite
* VENDOR NAME: NIST
* HOME PAGE: http://zing.ncsl.nist.gov/WebTools/ 
* RELEASE DATE: 
 (YYYY-MM-DD format)
* VERSION NUMBER: 
* DESCRIPTION: (100 words maximum)
This is a set of four tools used to test the usability and accessibility of a site. Web Static Analyzer Tool (WebSAT) - checks web page HTML against typical usability guidelines. Web Category Analysis Tool (WebCAT) - lets the usability engineer construct and conduct a web category analysis. Web Variable Instrumenter Program (WebVIP) - instruments a website to capture a log of user interaction. Framework for Logging Usability Data (FLUD) - a file format and parser for representation of user interaction logs.

TOOL FEATURES:
(The following features are described in the document "Selecting Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools" available at <http://www.w3.org/WAI/eval/selectingtools>)
* OVERALL FUNCTIONALITY
 - Accessible to people with disabilities: 
 - Assist manual evaluation for accessibility: 
 - Execute automated accessibility checks: 
 - Provide semi-automated repair options: 
 - Remote on-line service: 
 - Other: 
  
* USER INTERFACES
 - Generate reports: 
 - In-page feedback: 
 - Page transformations: 
 - Step-by-step evaluations: 
 - Other: 

* LANGUAGES
 - English: 
 - French: 
 - German: 
 - Italian: 
 - Japanese: 
 - Spanish: 
 - Other: 
  
* WEB TECHNOLOGIES
 - CSS, Cascading Style Sheets: 
 - XHTML, Extensible Hypertext Markup Language: 
 - HTML, Hypertext Markup Language: 
 - PDF, Portable Document Format: 
 - SVG, Scalabale Vector Grpahics: 
 - Other: 
  
* OPERATING SYSTEMS
 - BSD Unix: 
 - Linux: 
 - MacOS: 
 - Solaris: 
 - Windows: 
 - Other: 
  
* GUIDELINES
 - AccessiWeb, French national standard: 
 - BITV, German national standard: 
 - Section 508, US national standard: 
 - Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0: 
 - Other: 
  
* INTEGRATION INTO BROWSERS
 - Internet Explorer: 
 - Mozilla: 
 - Netscape: 
 - Opera: 
 - Other: 

* INTEGRATION INTO AUTHORING TOOLS
 - Dreamweaver: 
 - FrontPage: 
 - Photoshop: 
 - Other: 

* EXPORT FORMATS
 - CSV, Comma Separated Value: 
 - EARL, Evaluation and Report Language: 
 - HTML, Hypertext Markup Language: 
 - XML, Extensible Markup Language: 
 - Other: 

* LICENSE MODELS
 - Commercial: 
 - Free Ware: 
 - Open Source: 
 - Share Ware: 
 - Other: 


Thank you for your cooperation!

Regards,
Sandor Herramhof for ERT WG

___________________________________________

Sandor Herramhof
Institut Integriert Studieren
Universität Linz / University of Linz
Altenbergerstrasse 69, 4040 Linz, Austria
Tel.: +43/732/2468/9277, Fax: -/9322
Mail: sandor.herramhof@jku.at
http://www.integriert-studieren.jku.at

Received on Monday, 12 December 2005 22:11:15 UTC