Web accessibility and CMS. A case study about Joomla and drupal plataforms

Web Accessibility became a common problem that has motivated the interest in all over the world. The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) defines the guidelines to facilitate access for people with disabilities to ICT. The work is part of a research focuses on the investigation of methods and tools to...

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Autores principales: Mariño, Sonia Itatí, Alfonzo, Pedro Luis
Formato: Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Journal of Recent Engineering Research and Development 2022
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W3C
CMS
Acceso en línea:http://repositorio.unne.edu.ar/handle/123456789/33502
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Sumario:Web Accessibility became a common problem that has motivated the interest in all over the world. The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) defines the guidelines to facilitate access for people with disabilities to ICT. The work is part of a research focuses on the investigation of methods and tools to evaluate quality systems, being the main issue the web accessibility. The application of standards in the design and development of web sites is a way to defines innovative technological projects oriented to scalability. This paper discusses the web accessibility evaluating applied to Joomla and Drupal CMS using guidelines WCAG 2.0 and an automatic validator. The assessment and monitoring of CMS accessibility are important in order to guarantee the universal accessibility in Software Engineering. The systematization and analysis of the data, demonstrate that overall accessibility guidelines defined by WCAG 2.0 are not contemplated in the design and development of the CMS platforms evaluated.