Monitoring methodologies
for web-accessibility
in the European Union
SMART 2014/0061
SELECTED INFORMATION RESOURCES ON WEB ACCESSIBILITY
MONITORING
Date: 15th July 2015
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Contract number: 30-CE-0679566/00-74
SMART 2014/0061
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SMART 2014/0061. Selected information resources on monitoring web accessibility
The key information resources selected have been structured into 3 main
categories: European studies on monitoring ICT accessibility, including web
accessibility; information about monitoring initiatives in the countries covered by
the study and finally a selection of scientific articles on the subject.
European studies on monitoring ICT accessibility
These are specific studies covering several EU member states and analysing and
monitoring the situation of ICT accessibility, including web accessibility.
Funka… et al. (2014). Measures to Improve Accessibility of Public Websites in
Europe. Study for the National Disability Authority of Ireland, during the Irish
presidency. http://www.funka.com/en/our-assignments/position-of-trust-underarbete/archive---commission-of-trust/new-take-to-examine-web-accessibility-ateu-level
Funka… et al. (2013). Measuring Progress of eAccessibility in Europe – MeAC 3.
http://www.funka.com/en/our-assignments/position-of-trust/archive--commission-of-trust/measuring-progress-of-eaccessibility-in-europe---meac2
Technosite… et al. (2011). Monitoring eAccessibility in Europe. MeAC 2.
http://www.eaccessibility-monitoring.eu/researchResult.aspx
Empirica…et al. (2008). Measuring Progress of eAccessibility in Europe MeAC 1.
http://www.eaccessibility-progress.eu
Monitoring initiatives across Member states
The following table shows the monitoring initiatives identified for the purposes of
this study. In some countries dedicated web accessibility certification schemes
were identified as well. However, these do not fall under the definitions of the
three Types of monitoring initiatives set out by the European Commission for the
purposes of the current study.
Country
Title
BE
Toegankelijkheidsmonitor
CZ
Paradni web
DK
EE
Mapping of web-accessibility on public web-sites,
Analysis of public authorities internal initiatives on web-accessibilities
The conformance of public sector websites to WCAG 2.0 requirements
Campagne présidentielle,
Elections municipals,
FR
Ce que les sites Web publics nous disent de leur accessibilité,
Top78,
Bibliothèque accessible
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Country
Title
HU
National Infomation Communication Strategy Monitoring
IE
Monitoring Report on the implementation of the NDA's Code of Practice on Accessibility of
Public Services and Information provided by Public Bodies
LV
Monitoring of e-governance (E-pārvaldes monitorings)
LT
Supervision of the requirements of state and local government websites
Gewoon toegankelijk,
NL
Onderzoek digitale toegankelijkheid van gemeentelijke websites,
Accessibility monitor
NO
Status i riket
Kvalitet på nett
Accessible websites,
The impact of digitization on the operation of public administration offices in Poland,
Accessibility of websites of public institutions for the disabled,
Accessibility study of websites,
Polish Academy of Accessibility,
Study of websites of the main political parties in Poland,
PL
An assessment report for websites of Polish offices,
Polish e-courts. Ranking of websites of district and appeal courts and the Supreme Court,
Accessibility study of websites of universities,
Accessibility of bank web portals and e-banking websites,
Accessibility study of mobile telephony operators in Poland,
Evaluation of the accessibility of selected e-services of public administration offices of cities
included in the Metropolitan Association of Upper Silesia,
Accessibility ranking of carriers’ websites
Report on the conformity of Central Public Administration websites with WCAG 1.0 of W3C,
Study on the state of accessibility of web sites of higher education institutions,
Accessibility of web contents in the health sector,
PT
Accessibility of web contents in Portuguese municipalities,
Accessibility of web contents in written press, radio and television, according to WCAG 1.0 W3C,
APDSI - Web Accessibility – status report in the 1000 Biggest Portuguese Companies,
SUPERA - Accessibility of web contents in Portuguese Municipalities,
SK
Accessibility of web pages in Slovak republic,
Report on the results of monitoring compliance with the accessibility of websites
ES
Web Accessibility Observatory
SE
Hur är läget?,
Information till alla
UK
Gov.uk Reporting on progress: central government websites 2013 to 2014
US
California State Auditor
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Selected scientific literature on monitoring web accessibility 2011-2015
The following table shows a selection of scientific articles published from 2011 t0
2015 that are directly connected with the scope of the study.
Authors
Reference
Date
Source
"Mapping disability policies in
2015
Europe: Introducing the
disability online tool of the
commission (DOTCOM)." Alter
9.1 (2015): 75-78.
"The role of tool support in
2015
public policies and accessibility."
interactions 22.3 (2015): 60-63.
http://eprints.whiterose.a
c.uk/84112/
2015
Lorca, Pedro, "Does Web accessibility differ
among
banks?."
World
Wide
Web
Javier de
Andrés, and (2015): 1-23.
Ana Belén
Martínez
2014
Benavidez,
"Iberoamerican Observatory of
Carlos, et al. Web Accessibility." Computers
Helping People with Special
Needs. Springer International
Publishing, 2014. 101-108.
http://link.springer.com/a
rticle/10.1007/s11280014-0314-0
The european e-government
2014
web accessibility divide. In
Proceedings of the 8th
International Conference on
Theory and Practice of Electronic
Governance (ICEGOV '14). ACM,
Determinants of the Web
Ana B.
2014
accessibility
of
European
banks,
Martínez,
Information Processing &
Javier De
Andrés, Julita Management, Volume 50, Issue
1, January 2014, Pages 69-86,
García,
http://doi.acm.org/10.114
5/2691195.2691287
Solovieva,
Tatiana I.,
and Jeremy
M. Bock.
Monitoring for Accessibility and
University Websites: Meeting
the Needs of People with
Disabilities. AHEADAssociation
on, 2014, vol. 27, no 2, p. 113127.
2014
https://ahead.org/uploads
/publications/JPED/JPED2
7_2/JPED27_2_FULL%20D
OCUMENT.pdf#page=7
Snaprud, M.,
Rasta, K.,
Andreasson,
K., & Nietzio,
Benefits and Challenges of
Combining Automated and User
Testing to Enhance eAccessibility–The European
2014
http://link.springer.com/c
hapter/10.1007%2F9783-319-08596-8_20
Priestley,
Mark, and
Anna
Lawson.
Paternò,
Fabio, and
Antonio
Giovanni
Schiavone
Kim
Andreasson
and Mikael
Snaprud.
http://dl.acm.org/citation.
cfm?id=2745395
http://link.springer.com/c
hapter/10.1007/978-3319-08596-8_15
http://www.sciencedirect.
com/science/article/pii/S
0306457313000794
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A.
Internet Inclusion Initiative. In
Computers Helping People with
Special Needs (pp. 137-140).
Springer International
Publishing.
2014
http://www.praiseworthy
prize.org/jsm/index.php?j
ournal=irecos&page=articl
e&op=view&path%5B%5
D=15515
Sloan, David,
and Sarah
Horton
"Global considerations in
2014
creating an organizational web
accessibility policy." Proceedings
of the 11th Web for All
Conference. ACM, 2014.
http://dl.acm.org/citation.
cfm?id=2596709
Mirri, Silvia,
et al.
"Getting one voice: tuning up
experts' assessment in
measuring accessibility."
Proceedings of the International
Cross-Disciplinary Conference on
Web Accessibility. ACM, 2012.
2012
http://dl.acm.org/citation.
cfm?id=2207023&preflayo
ut=flat
Johari,
Kalpana, and
Arvinder
Kaur.
Measuring web accessibility for
persons with disabilities.
Computational Intelligence and
Communication Networks
(CICN), 2012 Fourth
International Conference on.
IEEE, 2012.
2012
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org
/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arn
umber=6375258
Mirri, Silvia,
Ludovico
Antonio
Muratori,
and Paola
Salomoni
"Monitoring accessibility: large
scale evaluations at a geo
political level." The proceedings
of the 13th international ACM
SIGACCESS conference on
Computers and accessibility.
ACM, 2011.
2011
http://dl.acm.org/citation.
cfm?id=2049566
Markel Vigo
and Giorgio
Brajnik
Automatic web accessibility
metrics: Where we are and
where we can go. Interact.
Comput. (2011) 23 (2): 137-155
2011
http://iwc.oxfordjournals.
org/content/23/2/137.full
Gohin, B., and AAEM: Accessibility Assistance
Viji Vinod
Evaluation Metric. International
Review on Computers and
Software (IRECOS), 9(5), 872882.
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