Accessibility of Romanian municipal websites - conformance with WCAG2
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Several initiatives at European level exist that promote einclusion and web accessibility. Despite all concerns, the accessibility of municipal websites is still low. This paper presents a study regarding the conformance of 60 municipal websites in 2014 with WCAG2 (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines). A comparison of results with similar data in 2011 shows a decrease in web accessibility that could be explained by the lack of regulations at national level and bad practices in web development. Moreover, the evaluation revealed instability of results in time which makes it difficult assessing the progress.
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تاریخ انتشار 2015