- access
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From Web Services Glossary (2004-02-11) | Glossary for this source
To interact with a system
entity in order to manipulate, use, gain
knowledge of, and/or obtain a representation of some
or all of a system entity's resources. [RFC 2828]
- access control
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From Glossary of "Weaving the Web" (1999-07-23) | Glossary for this source
The ability to selectively control who can get at or manipulate
information in, for example, a Web server.
- access control
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From Web Services Glossary (2004-02-11) | Glossary for this source
Protection of resources against unauthorized access; a
process by which use of resources is regulated according
to a
security policy
and is permitted by only authorized system
entities according to that policy. [RFC 2828]
- access control information
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From Web Services Glossary (2004-02-11) | Glossary for this source
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Any information used for access
control purposes, including contextual
information. [X.812]
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Contextual information might
include source IP address, encryption strength, the
type of
operation being requested, time of day, etc. Portions
of
access control information
may be specific to the request
itself, some may be associated with the connection via which
the request is transmitted, and others (for example,
time of
day) may be "environmental". [RFC 2829]
- access mechanism
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From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18) | Glossary for this source
A combination of hardware (including one or more
devices
and network connections) and software
(including one or more
user agents
) that
allows a
user
to perceive and
interact
with the Web using one or more
modalities
. (sight, sound, keyboard, voice
etc.)
- access rights
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From Web Services Glossary (2004-02-11) | Glossary for this source
A description of the type of authorized interactions a
subject
can have with a resource. Examples include read, write,
execute, add, modify, and delete. [WSIA Glossary]
- accessibility
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From Glossary of "Weaving the Web" (1999-07-23) | Glossary for this source
The art of ensuring that, to as large an extent as possible,
facilities (such as, for example, Web access) are available to
people whether or not they have impairments of one sort or another.
- accessibility
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From Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (2000-02-03) | Glossary for this source
Within these guidelines, "accessible Web content" and "accessible authoring tool" mean that the content and tool can be used by people regardless of disability.To understand the accessibility issues relevant to authoring tool design, consider that many authors may be creating content in contexts very different from your own: They may not be able to see, hear, move, or may not be able to process some types of information easily or at all;They may have difficulty reading or comprehending text;They may not have or be able to use a keyboard or mouse;They may have a text-only display, or a small screen.Accessible design will benefit people in these different authoring scenarios and also many people who do not have a physical disability but who have similar needs. For example, someone may be working in a noisy environment and thus require an alternative representation of audio information. Similarly, someone may be working in an eyes-busy environment and thus require an audio equivalent to information they cannot view. Users of small mobile devices (with small screens, no keyboard, and no mouse) have similar functional needs as some users with disabilities.
- accessibility information
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From Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (2000-02-03) | Glossary for this source
"Accessibility information" is content, including information and markup, that is used to improve the accessibility of a document. Accessibility information includes, but is not limited to, equivalent alternative information.
- accessibility problem
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From Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (2000-02-03) | Glossary for this source
Inaccessible Web content or authoring tools cannot be used by some people with disabilities. The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 [WCAG10] describes how to create accessible Web content.
- accessible
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From Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (1999-05-05) | Glossary for this source
Content is accessible when it may be used by someone with a disability.
- accessible authoring practice
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From Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (2000-02-03) | Glossary for this source
"Accessible authoring practices" improve the accessibility of Web content. Both authors and tools engage in accessible authoring practices. For example, authors write clearly, structure their content, and provide navigation aids. Tools automatically generate valid markup and assist authors in providing and managing appropriate equivalent alternatives.
- serial access, sequential navigation
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From User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (2002-12-17) | Glossary for this source
In this document, the expression "serial access" refers to one-dimensional access to rendered content. Some examples of serial access include listening to an audio stream or watching a video (both of which involve one temporal dimension), or reading a series of lines of braille one line at a time (one spatial dimension). Many users with blindness have serial access to content rendered as audio, synthesized speech, or lines of braille. The expression "sequential navigation" refers to navigation through an ordered set of items (e.g., the enabled elements in a document, a sequence of lines or pages, or a sequence of menu options). Sequential navigation implies that the user cannot skip directly from one member of the set to another, in contrast to direct or structured navigation (see guideline 9 for information about these types of navigation). Users with blindness or some users with a physical disability may navigate content sequentially (e.g., by navigating through links, one by one, in a graphical viewport with or without the aid of an assistive technology). Sequential navigation is important to users who cannot scan rendered content visually for context and also benefits users unfamiliar with content. The increments of sequential navigation may be determined by a number of factors, including element type (e.g., links only), content structure (e.g., navigation from heading to heading), and the current navigation context (e.g., having navigated to a table, allow navigation among the table cells).Users with serial access to content or who navigate sequentially may require more time to access content than users who use direct or structured navigation.
- WAI (Web accessibility initiative)
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From Glossary of "Weaving the Web" (1999-07-23) | Glossary for this source
A domain of W3C that attempts to ensure the use of the Web by
anyone regardless of disability.