1.    Terminology

Definitions of the key terms for the AfA v3.0 specification as a whole;

2.    Vocabulary Classes

The set of vocabulary classes used within the AfA DRD and AfA PNP definitions;

3.    Vocabulary Terms

Definition of the vocabulary terms that are used as the values for the set of vocabulary classes.

AccessibilityAPI

Term identifying an adaptive technology API for reference in resource metadata.

Linguistic

Enumerated set: {AndroidAccessibility | ARIAv1   | ATK   | AT-SPI   | BlackberryAccessibility   | iAccessible2 | JavaAccessibility   | MacOSXAccessibility   | MSAA   | UIAutomation   }.

AccessModeValue

Human sensory perceptual system or cognitive faculty through which a person may process or perceive information.

Linguistic

The enumeration set is: { auditory   | colour   | itemSize   | olfactory   | orientation   | position   | tactile   | textOnImage   | textual   | visual   }.

AdaptationDetailValue

Term that gives fine detail of one or more adaptation type values.

Linguistic

Enumeration set: { enhanced   | realTime   | recorded   | symbolic   | synthesized   | verbatim   }.

AdaptationMediaTypeValue

Term identifying a media type commonly used to aggregate accessibility modalities or functionalities as media.

Linguistic

Enumeration set: { braille   | ChemML   | Daisy | EPUB3   | LaTex | LIT   | MathML   | Nemeth   | NIMAS   | OEBPS   | PD F   }.

AdaptationTypeValue

Term describing an adaptation type.

Linguistic

Enumerated set: { alternativeText | audioDescription   | captions   | e-book   | haptic   | highContrast   | longDescription   | signLanguage   | transcript   }

ControlFlexibilityValue

Term describing an input method.

Linguistic

Enumerated set: { fullKeyboardControl   | fullMouseControl   }

DisplayTransformabilityValue

Term describing a characteristic of a resource display that can be modified.

Linguistic

Enumerated set: { backgroundColour   | cursorPresentation   | fontFace   | fontSize   | fontWeight   | foregroundColour   | highlightPresentation   | layout   | letterSpacing   | lineHeight   | structurePresentation   | wordSpacing   }

EducationalComplexityValue

Term describing a resource that is simplified   or enriched   relative to another resource that presents the same intellectual content.

Linguistic

Enumerated set: { simplified   | enriched   }

HazardValue

Term describing a characteristic of the described resource that must not be delivered to some users.

Linguistic

Enumerated set: { flashing   | motionSimulation   | olfactoryHazard   | sound   }

alternativeText

Text that is programmatically associated with non-text content and that serves the equivalent purpose (WCAG2).

• http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#text-altdef;
• http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#text-equiv.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

androidAccessibility

Indicates support of the Android Access API.

• http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/accessibility/package-summary.html
• http://developer.android.com/reference/android/accessibilityservice/package-summary.html

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

ARIAv1

Indicates the content supports W3C   WAI-ARIA Accessible Rich Internet Applications version 1 (defined in http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/).

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

ATK

Indicates the application provides support for the Gnome Accessibility Toolkit API, used in Unix applications (KDE and Gnome desktops).

• http://library.gnome.org/devel/atk/

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

AT-SPI

Indicates the application provides support for the Gnome Assistive Technology Service Provider Interface, used by assistive technologies to access accessible Unix applications.

• http://library.gnome.org/devel/at-spi-cspi/

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

audioDescription

Narration has been added to the soundtrack to describe important visual details that cannot be understood from the main soundtrack alone (WCAG2).

• http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#audiodescdef.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

auditory

Information is conveyed that requires the sense of hearing.

Linguistic

N/A

String

N/A

backgroundColour

Indicates the ability to manipulate the background colour   of a resource’s text content.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

BlackberryAccessibility

Indicates the application provides support for the Blackberry Accessibility API for Blackberry Java Applications:

• http://docs.blackberry.com/en/developers/deliverables/6022/net/rim/device/api/ui/accessibility/package-summary.html

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

braille

Indicates that the resource is formatted in an electronic data format for representing braille books. Braille is a tactile system of raised dots representing letters of the alphabet:

• http://www.cnib.ca/en/living/braille/braille-system/ and http://www.braille.org.

One example of an electronic braille format is Portable Embosser Format (PEF):

• http://www.daisy.org/projects/braille/braille_workarea/pef.html.

Another example is BRF, a version of braille ASCI:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braille_ASCII.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

captions

Synchronized visual and/or text alternative for both speech and non-speech audio information needed to understand the media content (WCAG2):

• http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#captionsdef]

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

ChemML

Indicates that the resource is formatted using ChemML(Chemical Markup Language), an XML-based markup language for the management of chemical information:

• http://cml.sourceforge.net/.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

colour

Information is conveyed that requires the ability to perceive colour.

Linguistic

N/A

String

N/A

cursorPresentation

Indicates the ability to change the mouse cursor type.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

DAISY

Indicates that the resource is formatted using DAISY (the Digital Accessible Information System), a digital talking book format.

• http://www.daisy.org/.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

e-book

Electronic book, a book published in electronic form:

• http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/e-book.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

enhanced

An adaptation with more extensive forms of alternative than the standard for that kind of adaptation; enhanced captions might include images or speech bubbles, and enhanced audio description might pause the video to insert extra audio.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

enriched

Indicates a resource that presents the same intellectual content as another resource but at a higher education level or with more complexity.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

EPUB3

Indicates that the resource is formatted using EPUB3, a distribution and interchange format standard for digital publications and documents.

• http://idpf.org/epub/30

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

flashing

A resource whose visual pattern flashes more than three times in any one second; this level of flashing can cause seizures in some users (WCAG2 Guideline 2.3.2):

• http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#seizure].

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

fontFace

Indicates that the face of the font may be manipulated.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

fontSize

Indicates that the size of the font may be manipulated.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

fontWeight

Indicates that the weight of glyphs in the font, their degree of blackness or stroke thickness may be manipulated.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

foregroundColour

Indicates the ability to manipulate the foreground colour   of a resource’s text content.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

fullKeyboardControl

Indicates a resource that can be controlled effectively using only a keyboard.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

fullMouseControl

Indicates a resource that can be controlled effectively using only a mouse or other pointing device.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

haptic

Of, or relating, to the sensation of touch; used here to identify resources that include force feedback or other three-dimensional interfaces:

• In part from http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/H/haptic.html.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

highContrast

A resource offering an alternative visual version of another resource, with visual presentation of text and images of text that has a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1, or, for larger text, a contrast ratio of at least 3:1 (WCAG2 Checkpoint 1.4.3):

• http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#visual-audio-contrast.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

highlightPresentation

Indicates the ability to change the highlight colour   of text.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

IAccessible2

Indicates the application provides support for the IAccessible2 accessibility API:

• http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/accessibility/iaccessible2.

IAccessible2 must be used with Microsoft Active Accessibility; used for Windows applications from Windows XP forward.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

itemSize

Information is conveyed that requires the ability to distinguish the relative sizes of items using vision.

Linguistic

N/A

String

Refines visual

JavaAccessibility

Indicates the application provides support for the Java accessibility API.

• http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/accessibility/index.jsp.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

LaTeX

Indicates that the resource is formatted to be machine processable by a LaTeX   processor.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

layout

Indicates the ability to change the layout   of the resource to facilitate comprehension for a given user.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

letterSpacing

Indicates the ability to increases or decreases the space between characters in a text.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

LIT

Indicates that the resource is formatted for use with Microsoft Reader, a free electronic book reader from Microsoft. Files stored in this format are named using an extension   of ".lit" ( http://www.microsoft.com/reader/ ).

Non-linguistic

String

String

N/A

lineHeight

Indicates the ability to manipulate the text line height.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

longDescription

An alternative text that is longer than a few sentences.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

MacOSXAccessibility

Indicates the application provides support for the Mac OSX Accessibility Protocol:

• http://developer.apple.com/Mac/library/documentation/Accessibility/Conceptual/
  AccessibilityMacOSX/OSXAXModel/OSXAXmodel.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/
  TP40001078-CH208-TPXREF101.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

MathML

Indicates that the resource is formatted using MathML, an XML-based specification for describing mathematical expressions so that they can be displayed, manipulated and shared over the World Wide Web ( http://www.w3.org/Math/ ).

Non-linguistic

String

String

N/A

motionSimulation

A resource that simulates motion; this may result in a feeling of nausea to the user.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

MSAA

Indicates the application provides support for the Microsoft Active Accessibility API, used for Windows applications from Windows XP forward:

• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms788733.aspx.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

Nemeth

Indicates that the resource is formatted using Nemeth   (the Nemeth Braille Code for Mathematics), a braille   code for encoding mathematical and scientific notation linearly ( http://www.dotlessbraille.org/NemethIntro.htm ).

Non-linguistic

String

String

N/A

NIMAS

Indicates that the resource is formatted using NIMAS   (National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard), a technical standard used by publishers to produce source files (in XML)   that may be used to develop multiple specialized formats (such as braille   or audio books) for students with print disabilities ( http://nimas.cast.org/ ).

Non-linguistic

String

String

N/A

OEPBS

Indicates that the resource is formatted using Open eBook Publication Structure (OEBPS) , an XML-based specification for the content, structure, and presentation of electronic books ( http://www.openebook.org/oebps/oebps1.2/index.htm ).

Non-linguistic

String

String

N/A

olfactory

Information is conveyed that requires the sense of smell.

Linguistic

N/A

String

N/A

olfactoryHazard

A resource generating a smell that may generate an allergic reaction [ISO   29138].

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

orientation

Information is conveyed that requires the ability to distinguish the direction in which an item is pointing using vision.

Linguistic

N/A

String

Refines visual

PDF

Indicates that the resource is formatted using Portable Document Format (PDF), a common document format used to represent documents in a manner independent of the application software, hardware, and operating system:

• http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=38920;
• http://www.adobe.com/devnet/pdf/pdf_reference.html.

Non-linguistic

String

String

N/A

position

Information is conveyed that requires the ability to distinguish the relative locations of items using vision.

Linguistic

N/A

String

Refines visual

realTime

An adaptation produced at the time a resource is being produced; real-time captions   are often used for live newscasts.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

recorded

An audio adaptation featuring a human voice reading the material.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

signLanguage

A language using combinations of movements of the hands and arms, facial expressions, or body positions to convey meaning (WCAG2):

• http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#sign-languagedef.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

simplified

Indicates a resource that presents the same intellectual content as another resource but at a lower education level or with less complexity.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

sound

A resource generating audio pattern that can cause the user to have seizures [ISO   29138].

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

structurePresentation

Indicates the ability to change the presentation of structured information such as a table of contents or document overview.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

symbolic

An adaptation offering a symbolic rendition of the material, for example a document using Bliss symbolics:

• http://www.blissymbolics.org/pfw/.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

synthesized

An audio adaptation featuring text-to-speech technology.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

tactile

Information is conveyed that requires the sense of touch.

Linguistic

N/A

String

N/A

textOnImage

Information is conveyed using text where the text is embedded in an image.

Linguistic

N/A

String

Refines visual

textual

Information is conveyed that requires the processing of text.

Linguistic

N/A

String

N/A

transcript

A written, typewritten, or printed copy; something transcribed or made by transcribing:

• http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/transcript.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

UIAutomation

Indicates the application provides support for the Microsoft User Interface Automation API, used for Windows applications from Windows Vista forward:

• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms788733.aspx.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

verbatim

An exact transcription of audio; verbatim   captions   capture all speech word for word.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A

visual

Information is conveyed that requires the sense of vision.

Linguistic

N/A

String

Refined by colour,   itemSize,   orientation,   position,   and textOnImage

wordSpacing

Indicates the ability to increases or decreases the space between words in a text.

Linguistic

String

String

N/A