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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">109</journal-id>
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        <journal-title xml:lang="en">JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title xml:lang="en">jucs</abbrev-journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">0948-695X</issn>
      <issn pub-type="epub">0948-6968</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Journal of Universal Computer Science</publisher-name>
      </publisher>
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    <article-meta>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.3217/jucs-025-12-1625</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">22687</article-id>
      <article-categories>
        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Research Article</subject>
        </subj-group>
        <subj-group subj-group-type="scientific_subject">
          <subject>H.1.2 - User/Machine Systems</subject>
          <subject>H.5.1 - Multimedia Information Systems</subject>
          <subject>H.5.m - Miscellaneous</subject>
          <subject>J.4 - SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES</subject>
          <subject>K.4.2 - Social Issues</subject>
        </subj-group>
      </article-categories>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>Overcoming the Silver Generation Digital Gap</article-title>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group content-type="authors">
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>De Carvalho</surname>
            <given-names>Carlos Vaz</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:type="simple">cmc@isep.ipp.pt</email>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1">1</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Cano</surname>
            <given-names>Pedro</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A2">2</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Roa</surname>
            <given-names>José Maria</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A2">2</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Wanka</surname>
            <given-names>Anna</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A3">3</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Kolland</surname>
            <given-names>Franz</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A3">3</xref>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <aff id="A1">
        <label>1</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Porto, Portugal</addr-line>
        <institution>Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Porto</addr-line>
        <country>Portugal</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A2">
        <label>2</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain</addr-line>
        <institution>Universidad de Granada</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Granada</addr-line>
        <country>Spain</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A3">
        <label>3</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria</addr-line>
        <institution>University of Vienna</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Vienna</addr-line>
        <country>Austria</country>
      </aff>
      <author-notes>
        <fn fn-type="corresp">
          <p>Corresponding author: Carlos Vaz De Carvalho (<email xlink:type="simple">cmc@isep.ipp.pt</email>).</p>
        </fn>
        <fn fn-type="edited-by">
          <p>Academic editor: </p>
        </fn>
      </author-notes>
      <pub-date pub-type="collection">
        <year>2019</year>
      </pub-date>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>01</day>
        <month>12</month>
        <year>2019</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>25</volume>
      <issue>12</issue>
      <fpage>1625</fpage>
      <lpage>1543</lpage>
      <uri content-type="arpha" xlink:href="http://openbiodiv.net/5F601266-4D0C-5203-B290-726918EF64E0">5F601266-4D0C-5203-B290-726918EF64E0</uri>
      <uri content-type="zenodo_dep_id" xlink:href="https://zenodo.org/record/4840940">4840940</uri>
      <history>
        <date date-type="received">
          <day>17</day>
          <month>05</month>
          <year>2019</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="accepted">
          <day>31</day>
          <month>10</month>
          <year>2019</year>
        </date>
      </history>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>Carlos Vaz De Carvalho, Pedro Cano, José Maria Roa, Anna Wanka, Franz Kolland</copyright-statement>
        <license license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="" xlink:type="simple">
          <license-p>This article is freely available under the J.UCS Open Content License.</license-p>
        </license>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <label>Abstract</label>
        <p>Being able to effectively use online tools has become a fundamental competence in our Society. Therefore, it is important to tackle the age digital divide as there is a rapidly growing number of elderly people. Like everyone else, older adults (senior citizens or the silver generation) must be equipped with the necessary skills to be able to be connected and integrated in the online world to prevent their social isolation and to foster their inclusion. As a contribution to that effort, a European-wide digital literacy development initiative for senior citizens was setup and this article presents the analysis of the achieved results which shows a very positive perception of the seniors on the developed digital abilities.</p>
      </abstract>
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