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European Internet accessibility observatory
Start date:2004-09-01
End date:2007-08-31
Project Acronym:EIAO
Project status:Completed
Coordinator
| Organization name:HOEGSKOLEN I AGDER | |
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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE GIMLEMOEN 4604 KRISTIANSAND NORGE Region:AGDER OG ROGALAND Vest-Agder |
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Description
Objective:
As the information society develops, and the number of public and private online services increase the impact of 'digital divide' grows. Appropriate uses of new technologies can bridge the divide and even enable new user groups to access information and participate in communication. In particular, people with disabilities may benefit from this development.
The overall goal of the project is to improve access to Internet content for people with special needs such as visual impairment or users accessing web content by mobile phones. Moreover, we want to encourage competition based on merit among content designers, tool developers and software vendors. We believe that frequently updated ranking lists showing accessibility indicators of online European content can trigger a development to enable new user groups to participate in eEurope and improve the competitiveness of European content industry.
Tools, standards and guidelines to enable more users to participate exist. However, current online content is in many cases not leading the web to its full potential. On the contrary, there are many examples of barriers unintentionally preventing groups of users to participate. We believe regular assessments of accessibility indicators published online will help to raise awareness fuelling the efforts for better solutions.
We intend to develop a robot collecting accessibility information in a Datawarehouse. The design will cater for inclusion of additional web metrics at a later, and support multiple installations cooperating in data collection and in providing richer query results. A major activity is focussed on developing web metrics and validating them engaging different user groups.
The results are to be spread by deploying Open Source development of all Software, provide a web interface to the collected data, organise an annual conference, publish an annual report on European web accessibility and by offering services such as courses and retrofitting.
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Project Details
Start date:2004-09-01
End date:2007-08-31
Duration:36 months
Project Reference:004526
Project cost:2574712 EURO
Project Funding:2098636 EURO
Programme Acronym:
FP6-IST
Programme type:Sixth Framework Programme
Subprogramme Area:e-inclusion
Contract type:Specific Targeted Research Project
URL:http://www.eiao.net/
Subject index:Innovation, Technology Transfer, Social Aspects, Electronics, Microelectronics, Information Processing, Information Systems, Economic Aspects, Information, Media
Other participants
| Organization name:NETTKROKEN AS | |
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DEVELOPMENT PO Box 13 BYGLAND SENTRUM 4745 BYGLAND NORGE Region:AGDER OG ROGALAND Aust-Agder |
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| Organization name:AALBORG UNIVERSITET | |
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FREDRIK BAJERS VEJ 5 159 AALBORG DANMARK Region:DANMARK Danmark Nordjyllands amt |
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| URL:http://www.aau.dk | Organization Type:Education |
| Organization name:VISTA UTREDNING AS | |
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MAIN OFFICE C.J. HAMBROS PLASS 5 0164 OSLO NORGE Region:OSLO OG AKERSHUS Oslo |
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| Organization name:FBL S.R.L. | |
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CORSO PIAVE 37 27036 MORTARA (PV) Region: |
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| Organization name:THE MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY | |
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DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION, FACULTY OF HUMA ALL SAINTS BUILDING, OXFORD ROAD M15 6BH MANCHESTER UNITED KINGDOM Region:NORTH WEST (UK) GREATER MANCHESTER |
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| Organization name:EVANGELISCHE STIFTUNG VOLMARSTEIN | |
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Postfach 000 HARTMANNSTRASSE 24 58300 WETTER DEUTSCHLAND Region:NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN ARNSBERG Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt |
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| Organization name:POLITECHNIKA WARSZAWSKA | |
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WARSAW UNIVERITY OF TECHNOLOGY, FACULTY OF PRODUCTION ENGINE PLAC POLITECHNIKI 1 00-661 WARSZAWA POLSKA Region:MAZOWIECKIE M. Warszawa |
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Record control number:71876
