AMAri: a reporting interface for
accessibility evaluations
Silvia Mirri
Matteo Casadei
Ludovico A. Muratori
Matteo Battistelli
Paola Salomoni
Department of Computer Science
University of Bologna

Summary
Introduction
AMAri Issues
Demo
Conclusions
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Introduction
Accessibility evaluation + accessibility monitoring
=
Huge amount of data
How can we manage and exploit such data?
AMAri (Accessibility Monitoring Application Reporting Interface)
produces accessible and personalized outputs (graphics and
tables) on the basis of Web pages accessibility evaluations
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AMAri Issues
• AMAri
• Supports authors/editors in accessibility processes
• Is open source, Web based, based on PHP, HTML, CSS and
AJAX
• Provides reports as graphics and tables
• Stores data by means of an accessibility monitoring system
• AMAri user defines a set of personalized views
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Creating widgets
• Each widget
1. represents the whole data set or a part
of it
2. refers to a single Web site or to a group
of them
3. shows data focusing on one or two
dimensions (among: time, URLs,
guidelines, geographic area, chart type)
4. is statically computed and stored or
shows everyday changes in the
accessibility status
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Pie chart
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Timeline
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Density chart
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Conclusion
AMAri
• supports authors/editors involved in the implementation and
assessment of accessible Web sites
• Exploits a huge amount of data resulting by accessibility
evaluations and monitoring activities
• Supports users in creating their own points of view about
gathered data, focusing on 1 or 2 dimensions (among:
temporal dimension, single URL or group of URLs, set of
guidelines or requirements, geographic area, char type
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Contacts
 Thank you for your attention!
 For further information:
 silvia.mirri@unibo.it
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