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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>
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      <issn pub-type="ppub">0948-695X</issn>
      <issn pub-type="epub">0948-6968</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Journal of Universal Computer Science</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.3217/jucs-019-18-2639</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">23963</article-id>
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        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Research Article</subject>
        </subj-group>
        <subj-group subj-group-type="scientific_subject">
          <subject>J.4 - SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES</subject>
          <subject>K.3 - COMPUTERS AND EDUCATION</subject>
          <subject>K.4.1 - Public Policy Issues</subject>
          <subject>L.2.0 - Adaption/Adaptive eLearning</subject>
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        <article-title>Can I Access my School Website? Auditing Accessibility of the Portuguese Teaching Institutions Websites</article-title>
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          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Gonçalves</surname>
            <given-names>Ramiro</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:type="simple">ramiro@utad.pt</email>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Martins</surname>
            <given-names>José</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1">1</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Pereira</surname>
            <given-names>Jorge</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1">1</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Santos</surname>
            <given-names>Vitor</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A2">2</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Pérez Cota</surname>
            <given-names>Manuel</given-names>
          </name>
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      <aff id="A1">
        <label>1</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal</addr-line>
        <institution>University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Vila Real</addr-line>
        <country>Portugal</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A2">
        <label>2</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Nova School of Statistics and Information Management, Lisbon, Portugal</addr-line>
        <institution>Nova School of Statistics and Information Management</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Lisbon</addr-line>
        <country>Portugal</country>
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      <author-notes>
        <fn fn-type="corresp">
          <p>Corresponding author: Ramiro Gonçalves (<email xlink:type="simple">ramiro@utad.pt</email>).</p>
        </fn>
        <fn fn-type="edited-by">
          <p>Academic editor: </p>
        </fn>
      </author-notes>
      <pub-date pub-type="collection">
        <year>2013</year>
      </pub-date>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>01</day>
        <month>12</month>
        <year>2013</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>19</volume>
      <issue>18</issue>
      <fpage>2639</fpage>
      <lpage>2655</lpage>
      <uri content-type="arpha" xlink:href="http://openbiodiv.net/9D7194B2-9433-578C-9B24-FF1DA16E4AF7">9D7194B2-9433-578C-9B24-FF1DA16E4AF7</uri>
      <uri content-type="zenodo_dep_id" xlink:href="https://zenodo.org/record/5506161">5506161</uri>
      <history>
        <date date-type="received">
          <day>25</day>
          <month>02</month>
          <year>2013</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="accepted">
          <day>30</day>
          <month>10</month>
          <year>2013</year>
        </date>
      </history>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>Ramiro Gonçalves, José Martins, Jorge Pereira, Vitor Santos, Manuel Pérez Cota</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>
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      <abstract>
        <label>Abstract</label>
        <p>Web accessibility is becoming a current topic in social and scientific discussions. With the advances in technology, a need for access to all Web resources is becoming more and more recurrent due to the several advantages that the Web brings to those with some sort of disability, allowing them accessing and integrating in society. With this document we aim to present indicators regarding the lower accessibility levels of the Portuguese teaching institutions websites. A set of background and theoretical considerations is made alongside the article, as well as the results of an accessibility evaluation made to the Portuguese secondary schools websites using a specialized software tool and according to WCAG 2.0. The present document also contains a proposal for a model that aims on improving Web accessibility Levels in Portugal by fostering the creation of relations and group activities between the actors that, in our opinion, are those with the most relevance in the Web content accessibility issue.</p>
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