The document summarizes identified synergies between the AEGIS project and other projects. It lists each project and potential synergies in areas such as personas, ontologies, user models, portals, pilots, development, integration, roadmaps, and standards. For each synergy, it identifies the relevant aspects and issues to be discussed further. The overall goal is to define specific actions and a roadmap to better fulfill synergies across projects.

1. Concertation event on
Accessibility
Maria Gemou
CERTH/HIT
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2. Focus-Objectives of this concertation
• To verify the presented identified synergies.
• To discuss issues raised (identified or not) in the
context of these synergies (i.e. restrictions, problems,
resources, …).
• To define specific actions that will fulfill a minimum
level of synergies between all projects represented.
• To identify synergies that could but cannot be fulfilled
and justify (technical, economic, other reasons, …).
• To come up, finally, with a specific roadmap to follow
and present to the EC…
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3. Identified Synergies
From, To and With AEGIS
With which In which aspect? Issues to be discussed Roadmap
project?
ACCESSIBLE •Personas: ACCESSIBLE •How personas and end TBD (most
and AEGIS Personas have user categories already
been exchanged (beneficiaries) can be used done)
•Ontologies: AEGIS in the accessibility
ontology encompasses evaluation and assessment
parts of ACCESSIBLE of applications?
ontologies • How a large scale
•Development: assessment infrastructure
Developer tools: could be defined?
ACCESSIBLE assessment • How an internationally
simulation and assessment harmonized methodology
tools complement the for evaluating the
AEGIS OAF with a further conformance of applications
step (evaluation). to Standards should be
Specifically for the adopted?
demonstration purposes, a
Netbeans plug-ins of DIAS
and WAAT were
implemented and
integrated in the context of
AEGIS SP3 IDE.
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4. Identified Synergies
From, To and With AEGIS
With which In which aspect? Issues to be discussed Roadmap
project?
Haptimap •Development •Does it really make sense to TBD (some
• Setting up a fast Open combine functionalities?
Street Map (OSM)
already
•How many resources would done)
server: to be used by
both projects and in order
that require (on behalf of
to solve some issues with both projects)?
the license agreement of
the OSM and also provide
a faster alternative for
supporting the
applications of both
projects (done).
• Source code: Exchange
of the source code of the
two applications (done).
•Pilots: Exchange
applications for pilots (done).
•Integration: Perhaps
functionalities could be
combined…
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5. Identified Synergies
From, To and With AEGIS
With which In which aspect? Issues to be discussed Roadmap
project?
ETNA & Portals •Different focus: OAEG covers TBD
ATIS4All Specifically, only open source and wishes to
integration of AEGIS stay as such.
OAEG (online portal •Also, AEGIS provides more than
and blog aggregator repository of solutions and
focusing on open services (i.e. blog aggregator,
source, standards, OAF implementation
www.oaeg.eu) and linked to ontologies, mobility
“EASTIN 2.0” schemes, ….)
portal (online portal • Could all resources of
providing a seamless EASTIN 2.0 and OAEG be
access to ETNA and combined in 2 levels?
ATIS4All repositories • Open Source
on ICT-based AT • Proprietory
products, accessibility •Level of detail: EASTIN 2.0
solutions and related gives more advanced search and
services. level of info in comparison to
OAEG. Also most probably
different classification is being
followed. OAEG already
encompasses Oatsoft…
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6. Identified Synergies
From, To and With AEGIS
With which In which aspect? Issues to be discussed Roadmap
project?
VICON •Personas, •What type of user models in TBD
Ontologies and each case? How to combine?
User Models (but • VICON uses Datatype
note that VICON Properties, AEGIS uses
focuses on h/w and Object Properties
AEGIS on s/w) • VICON reasoning contains
•Development: information about user
Developer tools: model classification etc.,
Integration of VICON AEGIS has no reasoning
simulation •Different focus...(AEGIS on ICT
models/tools into products and VICON on consumer
developer tools of products and interfaces for e-
AEGIS in 2 respects: services)
• In
recommendations
phase, before
design
(Accessibility
Advisor Tool in
AEGIS).
• In assessment
phase, after
development.
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7. Identified Synergies
From, To and With AEGIS
With which In which aspect? Issues to be discussed Roadmap
project?
VERITAS •Personas, •How can Personas be described TBD
Ontologies and in a common way?
Interaction Models • Large Persona population
(but note the of AEGIS
different focus; • VERITAS can provide
common field the ICT quantifiable personas with
based apps and specific characteristics
services) •Discussion on the properties of
•Developer tools: the developer tools in AEGIS:
Integration of • Check whether simulated
VERITAS simulation accessibility evaluation is
models/tools into possible
developer tools of • Under which assumptions
AEGIS in assessment
phase, after
development (only in
common fields).
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8. Identified Synergies
From, To and With AEGIS
With which In which aspect? Issues to be discussed Roadmap
project?
Cloud4All •UCD: AEGIS public •Different focus in user clustering. TBD
UCD approach as a Cloud4All will apply the “one-
paradigm for size-fits-one”, approach. AEGIS
Cloud4All follows typical disability clustering
•Interaction models (though not really ICF).
and Ontologies: • Thus, Personas and user
Cloud4All virtual models use should be very
models will be fed careful.
from AEGIS user •AEGIS is slightly demonstrating
models and Personas Cloud extension, whenever
among other sources. possible. Could be a good start.
•Development: To •Other?
select AEGIS apps to
apply auto-
configuration in
AEGIS (from desktop,
mobile, web)
•Portals: OAEG into
Cloud4All GPII
Marketplace?
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9. Identified Synergies
From, To and With AEGIS
With which In which aspect? Issues to be discussed Roadmap
project?
Cardiac •Roadmaps: AEGIS •Perhaps AEGIS roadmap to be TBD
and CARDIAC should formatted as part of one of the
exchange roadmaps. CARDIAC roadmaps (needs also
to be standalone however)?
• At first sight, it seems that
AEGIS could be
contributing to all more or
less CARDIAC Structured
Dialogic Design Process
maps.
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10. Identified Synergies
From, To and With AEGIS
With which In which aspect? Issues to be discussed Roadmap
project?
AsTeRICS •Pilots: •AsTeRICS focuses on TBD
AsTeRICS could serve unconventional peripherals (out
as a demonstrator of scope of AEGIS)…
how people with •What type of AEGIS apps could
severe motor serve as a case study for
disabilities can AsTeRICS and in which sense?
interact with AEGIS-
based GUIs.
•Standards: To
combine and
synchronize (verified)
know-how for
contribution to
standards (especially
on interoperability).
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11. Identified Synergies
From, To and With AEGIS
With which In which aspect? Issues to be discussed Roadmap
project?
eAccess+ •Portals: The •eAccess encompasses a lot that TBD
semantically enriched are out of scope of AEGIS (i.e.
guide and link to digital TV, self-service terminals);
eAccess-ibility however, web a11y is common…
resources could be •Other?
integrated with OAEG
(?)
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12. Identified Synergies
From, To and With AEGIS
With which In which aspect? Issues to be discussed Roadmap
project?
GUIDE •User models: •GUIDE seems to be more related TBD
Exchange to Cloud4All?
•Development: • Connected TV out of
• Interfaces: AEGIS scope
AEGIS widgets • User profiles are to be
could be of use in worked out in Cloud4All
GUIDE (?)
• Developer tools:
To integrate
GUIDE simulation
tools in
assessment phase
(?)
•Portals (integration)
•Pilots: Exchange
selected projects
apps and test them.
•Roadmaps:Synchro
nisation
•Standards: On user
models?
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13. Identified Synergies
From, To and With AEGIS
With which In which aspect? Issues to be discussed Roadmap
project?
WAI-ACT •Development: Work •Synchronisation and in depth TBD
on WAI-ARIA from review of recommendation to
AEGIS and standards and roadmaps.
ACCESSIBLE could be • Which items of AEGIS and
useful to WAI-ACT ACCESSIBLE would be useful to
•Standards: Review WAI-ACT?
of relevant AEGIS
contributions to
standards
•Roadmaps:
Exchange of research
agendas (on web
accessibility)
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14. Identified Synergies
From, To and With AEGIS
With which In which aspect? Issues to be discussed Roadmap
project?
MyUI •Support for •Adaptive user interfaces for TBD
designers and interactive TV is out of scope of
developers of AEGIS…
accessible •Other?
applications and
services
•Development:
Integration of the
tools into AEGIS
developers tools in
recommendations
phase before design
(Accessibility advisor
tool in AEGIS)
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15. Grouping Synergies
Identified synergies on:
• UCD: Cloud4All (1)
• Personas, Ontologies, User Models: ACCESSIBLE, VICON,
VERITAS, Cloud4All, GUIDE (5)
• Portals: ETNA, ATIS4All, Cloud4All, AsTeRICS, eAccess+,
GUIDE (6)
• Pilots: GUIDE, Haptimap, AsTeRICS (3)
• Development: ACCESSIBLE, Haptimap, VICON, VERITAS,
Cloud4All, GUIDE, WAI-ACT (7)
• Integration: Haptimap (1)
• Roadmaps: Cardiac, GUIDE, WAI-ACT (3)
• Standards: AsTeRICS, GUIDE, WAI-ACT (3)
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