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Foil 65 XML and Universal Access I

From Collaborative Portals for Distributed and Distance Learning NCSA Industrial Partners Meeting -- October 12-13 99. by Geoffrey C. Fox


It is essential that collaborative technologies support all users independent of their hardware and physical capabilities
Hardware issues are essentially illustrated by palmtop to CAVE example on previous foil
Suppose we wish to teach a class where some students and/or teachers have impaired sight and hearing.
Then we need to share same object content but render it differently on each client.
  • Possibly want to render a given object in multiple ways on a given machine
Essential to share content (as in XML Shared Web Pages) and this enables you to choose right presentation for given client
  • Typical HTML layout aimed at fully capable users and needs to be redone for physically impaired users
Concepts of XML SharedWeb Pages for universal access developed with Al Gilman from Trace Center



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