A New Metadata Format for Interoperable Accessible Diagrams

Date & Time

Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - 1:20 PM PDT  

Location

Orange County 3-4  

Description

This session will demonstrate an emerging open interoperable metadata format created to ease the discovery, acquisition, evaluation, and creation of accessible graphical content for a wide variety of people with disabilities. This format, intended for image formats such as SVG, will provide a means to include raw data in a complex image or data visualization, to detail the parameters of a standardized set of assistive technology behaviors such as audio-tactile, haptics, sonification, and braille, to include localization and internationalization, and to tie each piece of the metadata to its graphical representation elements. We will describe the features of the metadata specification, show how it can be used to create new accessible content or remediate existing graphical content, and demonstrate interoperability by major vendors who specialize in data visualization accessibility, including ViewPlus, Vital, and HighCharts.  

Audience

• Higher Education
• Information & Communications Technology
• K-12 Education
• Research & Development
• Administration & Business Support

Audience Level

Intermediate  

Session Summary (Abstract)

Data visualization accessibility remains a challenge despite recent innovations. Watch multiple vendors demonstrate our open interoperable metadata format to help people with disabilities easily find, explore, modify, and create charts and diagrams.  

Primary Topic

Digital Accessibility  

Secondary Topics

• Design
• Development
• Education
• Information & Communications Technology (ICT)

 

Session Type

General Track  

Presenters

• Doug Schepers
  Fizz Studio
• John Gardner
  ViewPlus
• Dan Gardner
  ViewPlus
• Jenna Gorlewicz
  Vital
• Øystein Moseng
  HighSoft

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