A model-driven approach for mobile and web applications, regarding accessibility and interoperability

• Grant number: 18/08195-9
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: September 01, 2018
• End date: August 31, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Computer Science - Computing Methodologies and Techniques
• Agreement: University of Münster (WWU)
• Mobility Program: SPRINT - Projetos de pesquisa - Mobilidade
• Principal Investigator: Renata Pontin de Mattos Fortes
• Grantee: Renata Pontin de Mattos Fortes
• Principal researcher abroad: Herbert Kuchen
• Institution abroad: University of Munster, Germany
• Host Institution: Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação (ICMC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 15/24525-0 - Interactive web applications: continuous evaluations for promoting internet access and use for all, AP.R

Abstract

Software applications have become vital in people´s daily lives. Consequently, the accessibility of these applications also increased in importance. Developing applications which are accessible also for handicapped users can be difficult, tedious, and error-prone. Using model-driven software development (MDSD) techniques, a generator can transform a high-level description of an application into code which ensures the accessibility for all users. This simplifies the development of accessible software enormously, including its connection to back-end services.Here, we present a project to compose a collaborative network of experienced researchers on both Web accessibility and MDSD. Our goal is to strengthen our collaborative network and create MDSD solutions that enable the easy development of accessible Web applications and apps for mobile devices. This project involves researchers from the University of Münster (WWU), Germany, the University of São Paulo (USP), and the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCAR). It presents a description of how the principal investigators in the universities intend to prepare a joint research project, resulting from exchanging activities, to create a medium-long-term collaboration. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

ZAINA, LUCIANA A. M.; FORTES, RENATA P. M.; CASADEI, VITOR; NOZAKI, LEORNARDO SEIJI; BARROSO PAIVA, DEBORA MARIA. reventing accessibility barriers: Guidelines for using user interface design patterns in mobile application. JOURNAL OF SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE, v. 186, APR 2022. (18/21559-0, 18/08195-9)

RIEGER, CHRISTOPH; LUCREDIO, DANIEL; FORTES, RENATA PONTIN M.; KUCHEN, HERBERT; DIAS, FELIPE; DUARTE, LIANNA; ACM. A Model-Driven Approach to Cross-Platform Development of Accessible Business Apps. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 35TH ANNUAL ACM SYMPOSIUM ON APPLIED COMPUTING (SAC'20), v. N/A, p. 10-pg., 2020-01-01. (18/08195-9)

BARROSO PAIVA, DEBORA MARIA; FREIRE, ANDRE PIMENTA; DE MATTOS FORTES, RENATA PONTIN. Accessibility and Software Engineering Processes: A Systematic Literature Review. JOURNAL OF SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE, v. 171, JAN 2021. (15/24525-0, 18/08195-9)