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Accessibility Metadata Display: Strategies for Implementation

IN COLLABORATION WITH FONDAZIONE LIA

Accessibilità, Editoria digitale

A course in collaboration with Fondazione LIA featuring Chris Saynor from EDItEUR.
The European Accessibility Act requires that every ebook must be accompanied by information describing its accessibility features so that everyone can determine if a digital publication meets their needs. This course will provide a comprehensive overview of how to distribute and effectively display accessibility metadata throughout the digital publishing supply chain. The course is based on the latest Accessibility Metadata Display Guide for Digital Publications 2.0, co-edited by the two presenters.

Whether you're new to metadata or an experienced professional, this course will help you understand the importance of accessibility metadata for your products and provide practical guidance for implementation, in alignment with European Accessibility Act requirements.

The course combines theoretical knowledge with practical examples and implementation techniques, ensuring that participants develop both a solid understanding and actionable skills for effectively displaying accessibility metadata in their digital publications.

Course Overview

This course will cover three main areas:

Part 1: Essential information for communicating ebook accessibility

General metadata for digital publications relevant to accessibility
Critical accessibility information for end users
Metadata standards for ebooks accessibility metadata

Part 2: Effectively communicating accessibility features

Organizing accessibility metadata in meaningful ways for end users
Describing accessibility features clearly and comprehensibly
Designing accessibility-based filters for catalog exploration

Part 3: Technical Implementation

Using existing metadata standards (ONIX, EPUB, Schema.org) to optimize accessibility information
Implementation techniques for different metadata formats
Practical strategies for frontend presentation

Key Topics Include

Understanding accessibility metadata fundamentals
International standards and best practices
ONIX and EPUB Accessibility metadata implementation
Case studies of successful metadata implementations
Latest developments from international working groups on metadata display guidelines
Practical guidance for developers

Featured Expert:

Chris Saynor from EDItEUR and Gregorio Pellegrino from Fondazione LIA will share insights on accessibility metadata standards and implementation strategies from a global perspective.

Seminar conducted within the project: Cofinanziato da UE

Docenti

Gregorio Pellegrino

Gregorio Pellegrino, Chief Accessibility Officer at Fondazione LIA, is an Italian software engineer with a strong focus on improving digital accessibility for visually impaired individuals. His expertise is reflected in his co-editing of key industry documents, such as W3C EPUB Accessibility 1.1, the Accessibility Metadata Display Guide for Digital Publications 2.0, and the EPUB Accessibility - EU Accessibility Act Mapping. He is also technical leader of the DAISY Consortium's "Accessible EPUB from InDesign Expert Group," working with Adobe to enhance the accessibility of EPUBs exported from InDesign. Pellegrino's work with organizations like W3C, DAISY, and EDItEUR helps shape global accessibility standards. Through his consulting, training, and standards development efforts, he continues to support more inclusive reading experiences in digital publishing.

Christopher Saynor

Chris works with EDItEUR's book publishing standards including ONIX, Thema and EDItX. He has been working particularly on the accessibility metadata in ONIX and contributing to the W3C Publishing CG accessibility task force. He joined EDItEUR in late 2016. For the previous eight years, he worked for GiantChair Inc. in Paris as a metadata specialist and project manager, and prior to that, he has a 20-year background in bookselling with Waterstones and WHSmith.