Semantic triage for increased Web accessibility

IBM Systems Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 637-648

  Harper, Simon ^a   Bechhofer, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HANDICAPPED PERSONS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; SEMANTICS; USER INTERFACES; VISION; WEBSITES; WORLD WIDE WEB;

SEMANTIC CODING; SEMANTIC TRIAGE; WEB ACCESSIBILITY;

USABILITY ENGINEERING;

EID: 23744505012     PISSN: 00188670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/sj.443.0637     Document Type: Article

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