Everyone,
I asked for three accessibility/adaptability sessions at the DC 2005
Conference to be held in Madrid, Spain, from Monday 12 September -
Thursday 15 September 2005 (website:
http://dc2005.uc3m.es/): an Accessibility Working Group meeting and
then two sessions all on a day when we also have accessibility papers
etc. The 'Accessibility/Adaptability' Day is Wednesday September 14.
The preliminary program has been published at http://dc2005.uc3m.es/
program/program.asp.
(Please note that this kind of accessibility is not about finding or
getting a resource but about making sure that a resource, once got,
is accessible. This explicitly includes making sure that all metadata
required by people with recognised and other disabilities is available.)
There has been a lot of work in the last couple of years developing a
vocabulary for accessibility of resources and services, and of
people's needs and preferences, and there has been work to introduce
a new DC element to accommodate this metadata. During that process,
it has become clear that many other communities, eg the multilingual
community, the mobility community, etc are also interested in the
adaptability of resources and services.
Wednesday's sessions will, therefore, be for talking about resource
and service adaptability and metadata. The first WG meeting (9.00 am)
will be a wrap session for the Accessibility WG, and one in which we
discuss the proposal for a new WG that is more broadly focussed on
'adaptability' for many different situations, including accessibility.
I am drafting an agenda and would like to hear from people with
presentations they would like to make or issues they would like to
hear discussed both at the Accessibility WG meeting and at the
Adaptability Special Sessions.
Currently, I have the program as shown below. If you would like to
participate, please email me asap with your interest. Please do not
hesitate to invite others or to forward this email to them.
Liddy
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Wednesday September 14 2005
09.00 - 10.30 Accessibility WG Session
(1) Discussion of accessibility metadata work to date and work still
to be done
(2) Planning work agenda for accessibility issues for 2006
(3) Discussion of Adaptability WG formation and agenda for 2006
11.00 - 12.00 Keynote Speaker
12.00 - 14.00 Plenary Paper Session - Vocabularies and Accessibility
Refereed papers already reviewed and scheduled
15.30 - 17.00 Adaptability Special Session (1)
***Presentations being sought .... for issues, achievements, research
and other relevant work.
17.30 - 19.00 Adaptability Special Session (2)
***Presentations being sought .... for issues, achievements, research
and other relevant work.
19.00 - 19.30 Working Groups Reporting
Conference dinner and social events
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