Bridging the gap between website accessibility and lexicography: information access in online dictionaries

IF 2.1 4区计算机科学 Q3 COMPUTER SCIENCE, CYBERNETICS

Universal Access in the Information Society Pub Date : 2023-09-16 DOI:10.1007/s10209-023-01031-9

Blanca Arias-Badia, Sergi Torner

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Abstract

Abstract Information access has been one of the main concerns of lexicography since the first dictionaries were compiled. This paper draws an explicit link between the proposals made from the fields of applied linguistics and website accessibility to enhance the users’ experience in consulting online dictionaries. The paper starts with a reflection on two intertwined notions that are relevant for the discussion: Access and accessibility. After that, it focuses on elements connected to two Web Content Accessibility Guidelines principles, namely perceivability and understandability. It reflects on real practices regarding the way in which information is structured in today’s dictionaries, the use of text alternatives, typographic choice, the writing of definitions, and the use of abbreviations, and proposes measures to tackle the identified challenges. The implementation of easy-to-understand language is highlighted as a relevant resource for prospective lexicographic projects.

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弥合网站可访问性和词典编纂之间的差距:在线词典中的信息访问

摘要自第一部词典问世以来，信息获取一直是词典编纂的主要问题之一。本文在应用语言学和网站可访问性领域提出的建议之间建立了明确的联系，以提高用户在咨询在线词典时的体验。本文首先反思了与讨论相关的两个相互交织的概念:访问和可访问性。之后，重点关注与两个Web内容可访问性指南原则相关的元素，即可感知性和可理解性。它反映了当今词典中信息的结构方式、文本替代的使用、排版选择、定义的书写和缩写的使用等方面的实际做法，并提出了解决已确定挑战的措施。易于理解的语言的实现被强调为未来词典编纂项目的相关资源。

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来源期刊

Universal Access in the Information Society COMPUTER SCIENCE, CYBERNETICS-

CiteScore

6.10

自引率

16.70%

发文量

审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Universal Access in the Information Society (UAIS) is an international, interdisciplinary refereed journal that solicits original research contributions addressing the accessibility, usability, and, ultimately, acceptability of Information Society Technologies by anyone, anywhere, at anytime, and through any media and device. Universal access refers to the conscious and systematic effort to proactively apply principles, methods and tools of universal design order to develop Information Society Technologies that are accessible and usable by all citizens, including the very young and the elderly and people with different types of disabilities, thus avoiding the need for a posteriori adaptations or specialized design. The journal''s unique focus is on theoretical, methodological, and empirical research, of both technological and non-technological nature, that addresses equitable access and active participation of potentially all citizens in the information society.