A tool for automatic identification of dynamic components in rich internet applications (RIA)

• Grant number: 18/06322-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: October 01, 2018
• End date: March 31, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Computer Science - Computer Systems
• Principal Investigator: Renata Pontin de Mattos Fortes
• Grantee: Leonardo Sensiate
• Host Institution: Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação (ICMC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Over the last decade, the Web has increasingly provided users with interactivity by Rich Internet Applications (RIAs). The interactivity is due to the use of several dynamic interface components, which have similar interaction behavior as desktop applications. However, due to the dynamic nature of RIAs, most applications still do not implement accessible solutions in their components for a variety of reasons, including lack of developer knowledge. In particular, given the level of difficulty in conducting manual accessibility assessments in RIAs, as well as the lack of automated tools, there is a lack of support for supporting developers in this process. The first step in building automated tools for assessing accessibility in RIAs is to identify the dynamic elements that compose the Web interface.In this sense, this research project aims to investigate solutions that allow the construction of a mechanism capable of automatically identifying the dynamic components present in RIAs. At the end of this project, we aimed to get a support for the development of automatic accessibility evaluation tools, contributing to the availability of accessible RIAs.

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)

ANTONELLI, HUMBERTO LIDIO; SENSIATE, LEONARDO; WATANABE, WILLIAN MASSAMI; DE MATTOS FORTES, RENATA PONTIN; ASSOC COMP MACHINERY. Challenges of automatically evaluating Rich Internet Applications accessibility. SIGDOC'19: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 37TH ACM INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE DESIGN OF COMMUNICATION, v. N/A, p. 6-pg., 2019-01-01. (15/24525-0, 18/06322-3)