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'''WUAnet''' ('''W'''eb '''U'''sability and '''A'''ccessibility '''Net'''work) is an [http://www.iswe-ev.de/ ISWE] initiative started with the aim of providing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_usability usability] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_accessibility accessibility] solutions to the industry coming from the [http://www.webengineering.org/ Web Engineering] field. The main research focus is to ensure usability and accessibility into [[Web development process|Web development processes]]. This leads us to identify and understand the user needs and plan for how to integrate those needs into the Web development process. This will be achieved by assessing the effectiveness of [[current practices|existing approaches]] for Web usability and accessibility [[evaluation]]. These include, but are not limited to: | '''WUAnet''' ('''W'''eb '''U'''sability and '''A'''ccessibility '''Net'''work) is an [http://www.iswe-ev.de/ ISWE] initiative started with the aim of providing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_usability usability] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_accessibility accessibility] solutions to the industry coming from the [http://www.webengineering.org/ Web Engineering] field. The main research focus is to ensure usability and accessibility into [[Web development process|Web development processes]]. This leads us to identify and understand the user needs and plan for how to integrate those needs into the Web development process. This will be achieved by assessing the effectiveness of [[current practices|existing approaches]] for Web usability and accessibility [[evaluation]]. These include, but are not limited to: | ||
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Description
WUAnet (Web Usability and Accessibility Network) is an ISWE initiative started with the aim of providing usability and accessibility solutions to the industry coming from the Web Engineering field. The main research focus is to ensure usability and accessibility into Web development processes. This leads us to identify and understand the user needs and plan for how to integrate those needs into the Web development process. This will be achieved by assessing the effectiveness of existing approaches for Web usability and accessibility evaluation. These include, but are not limited to:
- Guidelines for usability and accessibility
- Usability models
- Usability/accessibility standards
- Usability/accessibility evaluation methods
- Usability checkers
- Accessibility verifiers
- Logging tools
- Automatic metric capture tools
- Tools for repairing usability/accessibility of legacy Web systems
- Etc.
An issue of particular importance is when and how the usability/accessibility problems should be fixed. This will contribute to the creation of a body of knowledge about usability and accessibility in Web Engineering. Our ultimate goal is to transfer this knowledge to the Web development industry.
Mission
The main objective of the WUAnet is to improve current practices and tools for the evaluation and early-repair of usability and accessibility of Web applications.
Goals
- Systematic review of usability/accessibility evaluation methods applied to the Web Engineering field
- Integration of usability and accessibility into Web development processes
- Comparison of tools for Web usability and accessibility
- Comparison of existing approaches for Web usability and accessibility evaluation
- Definition of novel approaches for Web usability and accessibility evaluation
- Empirical validation of usability/accessibility measures
Work in progress
Discussion (members only)
Events
Conferences and workshops
- IWWUA 2007 in Nancy, France
- IWWUA 2008 in Auckland, New Zealand
- ICWE 2008 in Yorktown Heights, New York, USA
- WWW 2008 in Beijing, China
Next meeting
Members
Activity leads
- Silvia Abrahao, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
- Vicente Luque Centeno, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
