Table of contents: issue38

Developing and Publicising a Workable Accessibility Strategy

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Lawrie Phipps, Sue Harrison, David Sloan and Betty Willder look at the increasing need for developers of institutional and educational Web sites to develop and follow a strategy for ensuring optimal accessibility of online content.

This article looks at the increasing need for developers of institutional and educational Web sites to develop and follow a strategy for ensuring optimal accessibility of online content. In particular the need is stressed for careful thought about the aims of such a strategy, and to ensure that the strategy meets a balance between ambition, legal responsibility and equitable access to learning and teaching.

Web Focus: Improving the Quality of Your HTML

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Brian Kelly outlines a strategy for fixing the most important HTML resources on a Web site.

The Importance of HTML Compliance

A recent Web Focus article [1] argued that there was a need to ensure HTML resources complied strictly with HTML standards in order to ensure that they would be functional, widely accessible and interoperable. The importance of HTML compliance is growing as the HTML format develops from being primarily an output format used for display by Web browsers to its use as XHTML in which the resource can be transformed for a variety of purposes.

The OpenURL and OpenURL Framework: Demystifying Link Resolution

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Ann Apps reports on a conference about current and future uses of the proposed OpenURL Framework Standard Z39.88-2004.

The Event at a Glance

Welcome - Pat Harris
The OpenURL Framework for Context-Sensitive Services Standard - Eric Van de Velde
The Promise and History of the OpenURL - Oliver Pesch
Related Linking Standards: CrossRef and DOI - Ed Pentz
Why Should Publishers Implement the OpenURL Framework?