Web accessibility trends and implementation in dynamic web applications
Abstract
The NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS), a critical research service for the astrophysics community, strives to provide the most accessible and inclusive environment for the discovery and exploration of the astronomical literature. Part of this goal involves creating a digital platform that can accommodate everybody, including those with disabilities that would benefit from alternative ways to present the information provided by the website. NASA ADS follows the official Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) standard for ensuring accessibility of all its applications, striving to exceed this standard where possible. Through the use of both internal audits and external expert review based on these guidelines, we have identified many areas for improving accessibility in our current web application, and have implemented a number of updates to the UI as a result of this. We present an overview of some current web accessibility trends, discuss our experience incorporating these trends in our web application, and discuss the lessons learned and recommendations for future projects.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2202.00777,
title = {Web accessibility trends and implementation in dynamic web applications},
author = {Timothy W. Hostetler and Shinyi Chen and Sergi Blanco-Cuaresma and Alberto Accomazzi and Michael J. Kurtz and Carolyn S. Grant and Edwin Henneken and Donna M. Thompson and Roman Chyla and Golnaz Shapurian and Matthew R. Templeton and Kelly E. Lockhart and Nemanja Martinovic and Stephen McDonald and Felix Grezes},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.00777},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
Submitted to ADASS XXXI (2021)