Flexible Reporting for Automated Usability Evaluation of Web Sites

Marc Keita; Abdo Beirekdar; Frederic Randolet; Monique Noirhomme Fraiture; Jean Vanderdonckt; Céline Mariage

doi:10.1007/11555261_25

Flexible Reporting for Automated Usability Evaluation of Web Sites

Marc Keita, Abdo Beirekdar, Frederic Randolet, Monique Noirhomme Fraiture, Jean Vanderdonckt, Céline Mariage

Faculty of Computer Science

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Abstract

A system for automatically evaluating the usability and accessibility of web sites by checking their HTML code against guidelines has been developed. All usability and accessibility guidelines are formally expressed in a XML-compliant specification language called Guideline Definition Language (GDL) so as to separate the evaluation engine from the evaluation logics (the guidelines). This separation enables managing guidelines (i.e., create, retrieve, update, and delete) without affecting the code of the evaluation engine. The evaluation engine is coupled to a reporting system that automatically generates one or many evaluation reports in a flexible way: adaptation for screen reading or for a printed report, sorting by page, by object, by guideline, by priority, or by severity of the detected problems. This paper focuses on the reporting system.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2005
Subtitle of host publication	IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Rome, Italy, September 12-16, 2005, Proceedings
Editors	Maria Francesca Costabile, Fabio Paternò
Publisher	Springer
Pages	281-294
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-540-31722-7
ISBN (Print)	978-3-540-28943-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/11555261_25
Publication status	Published - 2005

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	3585
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Keita, M., Beirekdar, A., Randolet, F., Fraiture, M. N., Vanderdonckt, J., & Mariage, C. (2005). Flexible Reporting for Automated Usability Evaluation of Web Sites. In M. F. Costabile, & F. Paternò (Eds.), Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2005 : IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Rome, Italy, September 12-16, 2005, Proceedings (pp. 281-294). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 3585). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/11555261_25

Keita, Marc ; Beirekdar, Abdo ; Randolet, Frederic et al. / Flexible Reporting for Automated Usability Evaluation of Web Sites. Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2005 : IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Rome, Italy, September 12-16, 2005, Proceedings. editor / Maria Francesca Costabile ; Fabio Paternò. Springer, 2005. pp. 281-294 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Keita, M, Beirekdar, A, Randolet, F, Fraiture, MN, Vanderdonckt, J & Mariage, C 2005, Flexible Reporting for Automated Usability Evaluation of Web Sites. in MF Costabile & F Paternò (eds), Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2005 : IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Rome, Italy, September 12-16, 2005, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 3585, Springer, pp. 281-294. https://doi.org/10.1007/11555261_25

Flexible Reporting for Automated Usability Evaluation of Web Sites. / Keita, Marc; Beirekdar, Abdo; Randolet, Frederic et al.
Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2005 : IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Rome, Italy, September 12-16, 2005, Proceedings. ed. / Maria Francesca Costabile; Fabio Paternò. Springer, 2005. p. 281-294 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 3585).

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Keita M, Beirekdar A, Randolet F, Fraiture MN, Vanderdonckt J, Mariage C. Flexible Reporting for Automated Usability Evaluation of Web Sites. In Costabile MF, Paternò F, editors, Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2005 : IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Rome, Italy, September 12-16, 2005, Proceedings. Springer. 2005. p. 281-294. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/11555261_25

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