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OCLC number
1019477782
Link(s) to full text
LAC copy
Author
Benjamin, Alison.
Title
Making Conformance Work : constructing Accessibility Standards Compliance.
Degree
M.I. St. -- University of Toronto, 2010
Publisher
Ottawa : Library and Archives Canada = Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, 2011.
Description
1 online resource
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Abstract
<?Pub Inc> 'Web Content Accessibility Guidelines' (WCAG) and the 'Accessible Rich Internet Applications' (WAI-ARIA) constitute core accessibility resources for Web designers and developers. To explore their deployment, I conduct interviews with 10 practitioners who use WCAG and WAI-ARIA in their work. Using techniques derived from grounded theory and situational analysis, I develop the concept of 'conformance work'. Conformance work refers to how designers and developers develop harmonized interpretations of WAI-ARIA and WCAG, and the Websites these specifications are meant to instruct. Conformance work is the upstream work designers and developers engage in to invest categories such as "standards compliance" and "Web accessibility" with meaning.
ISBN
9780494725184
0494725184