Pete
the intention of the DC-accessibility work is to provide a way of
making it possible for local communities to use their customised
lists of 'accessibility' bt to do this in an interoperable way. In
the usual DC fashion, this will be possible if people use the same
elements but point to their particular schema.
For example, we expect people to use the dc:relation 'conforms-to'
qualifier but that those in the US might point to 's 508' while some
others, using the same element, might qualify it by pointing to
either the 'WCAG 1.0 Level 2' or 'WCAG 2.0 something 4' while still
others point to 'our accessibility list'.
I am also wondering if you have looked at the work being done by the
IMS group looking at the user's needs. There is a public version of
the LIP as it is called that deals with the variety of needs. This
work is on-going and there will be a more comprehensive version soon.
The LIP is intended to be a profile that educational institutions can
use to identify all the needs of their learners but the scheme could
be used in other contexts too. See http://www.imsproject.org/ The LIP
work is based on work done in Canada by ATRC and this has been
implemented and used by real people in the real world - so it has a
good pedigree!
Liddy
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