IBM is looking to boost AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) with extensions to the Dojo Toolkit that accommodate persons with disabilities.
Specifically, IBM plans to contribute technology via open source that will enable internationalization of applications and access to the disabled, through use of assistive technologies such as DHTML (Dynamic HTML) and Accessible widgets. The Dojo Toolkit is an open source JavaScript toolkit for building Web applications. It is sponsored by the Dojo Foundation.
Also, IBM will help integrate support of the Dynamic Web Accessibility specification into the Dojo Toolkit widget set. This specification is being developed as part of the World Wide Web's (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative, IBM said. The W3C technology is intended to enable development of rich user interface components for Web applications that are accessible via the keyboard and when using assistive technologies such as screen readers and screen magnifiers.
The IBM contribution will extend the Dojo Toolkit data model and provide a foundation architecture and Web-based tools pertinent to software development best practices.
Posted by Paul Krill on June 5, 2006 04:05 PM
