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2001 article by Jakob Nielsen. With current Web design practices, users without disabilities experience three times higher usability than users who are blind or have low vision. Usability guidelines can substantially improve the matter by making websites and intranets support task performance for users with disabilities.

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This paper from Neil McLean explores a range of current issues including the concept of interoperability, the use of application profiles and value-added metadata services, demands for maintenance and sustainability of infrastructure, together with some exploration of the next generation metadata infrastructure challenges with particular reference to the needs of learning communities.

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This site is the official home for documents, presentations and other resources related to the CanCore Learning Resource Metadata Initiative. The CanCore Metadata Initiative assists project implementers and indexers in the development of high-quality systems and records to support the use and reuse of digital learning objects. It provides guidelines for all of the elements in the Learning Object Metadata standard.

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CSIRO ICT Centre conducts research in Australia in ICT, information and communication technologies, including information sciences, computing, software, applications, middleware, infrastructure, networks, networking, telecommunications, mobile communications, broadband wireless, electronic health, remote health technologies, electronic security technologies, space and satellite antennas and communications and their applications to industry.

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This site is designed to facilitate the worldwide development of speedily adopted, seamlessly integrated and useful standards. Consortia, as well as the formal Standards Development Organizations (SDOs) that predate them, have an unquestioned place in the creation of valuable technical specifications, standards and reference software. They also are a major source of the verification test suites and compliance testing services that allow vendors to more cost effectively ensure that their products comply with standards. As a result, they are increasingly important to the creation and maintenance of the ever-more complex technology infrastructure of the modern world. Major topics include: What (and Why?) is a Consortium?, Evaluating Joining a Consortium, Maximizing the Value of Participating in a Consortium, Forming a Consortium, Intellectual Property Rights Policies, Certification Testing and Branding, Government Issues and Policies, Laws, Cases and Regulations, and Articles and Resources. Contains a Standards Blog, email newswletter and forums.

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The Le@rning Federation is a five year initiative developing a shared national pool of quality online learning content for Australian and New Zealand schools. The intent of the Le@rning Federation's metadata application profile is to support the access, search, selection, use, trade and management of that learning content. This paper is a case study capturing some of the ongoing development of the application profile.

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This site is for those interested in how to create and use metadata to increase accessibility of Web resources. It is also concerned with how to use metadata rto records and discover the accessibility of resources, ie compliance to standards. There is an list that interested people may join and that has archives of past discussions that may be of interest.

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To provide a forum to: Consider the role of advice to DCMI about the accessibility of its products - website, tools and recommendations - and report on a strategy for ensuring that DC recommendations and information are accessible in the future.

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Metadata for e-Communities: Supporting Diversity and Convergence was the theme of the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative conference DC-2002 held in Florence, October, 13-17, 2002. Topics include: e-Government; Search engines and metadata; Educational metadata: improving communication; Knowledge management; Use of DC metadata for commerce and intranets; Semantic web: roles of standard cataloguing, indexing, metadata and ontologies; Metadata interoperability: tools and protocols and Cultural heritage metadata.

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This paper, by Jenny Millea, explores the future of the edna Metadata Standard and how relevant and useful is it as a basis for resource discovery and interoperability. This paper on the edna Metadata Standard was presented at the DC-ANZ Metadata Conference.