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A Study on the WAI-ARIA of Domestic Websites with High Session in Korea

Authors:
Chorong Kim
Eunju Park
Hankyu Lim

Keywords: Web; Web Accessibility; WAI-ARIA; Mobile Accessibility; Web Standard; User Interface

Abstract:
Web accessibility depends on the development of universally accessible web content. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has implemented many regulations for the improvement of web accessibility, and compliance with these regulations ensures that everyone will have equal access to web contents. HyperText Markup Language 5 (HTML5), which has been recently adopted as the web standard, also contains elements that support accessibility. Current web pages do not only depend on HTML and Cascading Style Sheet (CSS), but they also use various kinds of dynamic contents based on Rich Internet Applications (RIA). Therefore, HTML5 specifies the Web Accessibility Initiative-Accessible Rich Internet Application (WAI-ARIA) to improve accessibility of web applications, including RIA components. In this paper, the usability and accessibility of WAI-ARIA is evaluated targeting the top 50 websites accessed by most domestic users. According to the results, 78% of domestic websites have not applied the WAI-ARIA and only 6% have used it correctly.

Pages: 27 to 31

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2017

Publication date: May 21, 2017

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4421

ISBN: 978-1-61208-557-9

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Dates: from May 21, 2017 to May 25, 2017