Accessibility
IMS AccessForAll Meta-data Specification
The AccessForAll Meta-data specification is intended to make it possible to identify resources that match a user's stated preferences or needs. These preferences or needs would be declared using the IMS Learner Information Package Accessibility for LIP specification. The needs and preferences addressed include the need or preference for alternative presentations of resources, alternative methods of controlling resources, alternative equivalents to the resources themselves and enhancements or supports required by the user. The specification provides a common language for identifying and describing the primary or default resource and equivalent alternatives for that resource.
This work represents open collaboration between working group members from IMS, Dublin Core, IEEE, CEN-ISSS, Eduspecs as well as other groups. The AccessForAll Meta-data specification is a proposed unified approach to matching user needs and preferences with the resources that address those needs and preferences across the participating specifications bodies.
IMS AccessForAll Meta-data Specification - Version 1 Final Specification - HTML
IMS AccessForAll Meta-data Specification - Version 1 Final Specification - XML Examples and Schemas
IMS AccessForAll Meta-data Specification - Version 1 Final - PDF or Content Package
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IMS Learner Information Package Accessibility for LIPThe Accessibility for LIP defines two new sub-schemas for the IMS Learning Information Package that define a means to specify accessibility preferences and learner accommodations. These preferences go beyond support for disabled people to include kinds of accessibility needs such as mobile computing, noisy environments, etc. The <accessForAll> element defines accessibility preferences that were
left for future work in the IMS Learner Information Package (LIP)
specification version 1.0. The "accessibility" data structure includes
the following elements: <language>, <preference>, <eligibility>, and
<disability> in the LIP. This specification adds the <accessForAll>
element under <accessibility> because it is intended to address the
needs of learners beyond those with disabilities. The <disability>
element is deprecated henceforth.
The Accessibility for Learner Information Package v1 Final Specification was approved by the IMS Technical Board in July 2003. Comments and Questions on the final specification should be posted in the Accessibility forum at http://www.imsglobal.org/developers/ims/imsforum/categories.cfm?catid=16
IMS Learner Information Package Accessibility for LIP - Version 1 Final Specification - HTML
IMS Learner Information Package Accessibility for LIP - Version 1 Final Specification - XML Examples and Schemas
Learner Information Package Accessibility for LIP - Version 1 - PDF or Content Package
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IMS Guidelines for Developing Accessible Learning Applications
The following set of guidelines developed by the IMS Accessibility Working Group will provide a framework for the distributed learning community. This framework will set the stage for what solutions currently exist, what the opportunities and possibilities are for implementing them, and the areas where more development and innovation are still needed in educational technologies to ensure education that is truly accessible to anyone, anytime, anywhere.
Version 1 White Paper - HTML
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Version .6 White Paper- PDF
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