Our project, "Improving Metadata for Better Accessibility to Scholarly Archives for Disabled People," takes a very broad approach to the fifth point of this vision by developing a system that makes it possible for physically disabled visitors and those with sensory sensitivities to know the kind of experiences a work involves so that they can make informed decisions about engaging with it. Specifically, the system pairs a controlled vocabulary that extends traditional metadata fields to include those related to disability access - what we refer to as sensory modalities - and with descriptive language expressed in Plain/Simple English that further details particular hazards disabled visitors need to know before encountering a work.

TIME

content timing

Describes the speed of a work's content.

SIGHT

text format

Describes how a work implements font families, font size, and effects.

color and contrast

Attends to partial visual disability and color blindness.

blinking and flashing

SOUND

auditory

Describes sounds produced by the work.

TOUCH

touch

Describes how visitors interface with the work physically by making contact with screens, buttons, dials, etc.

haptic feedback

Describes how the work registers meaningful physical feedback in a visitor's body, usually with varied methods of vibration.

MOTION, GESTURE, KINESTHETIC INVOLVEMENT, PROPRIOCEPTION, INTEROCEPTION

repetitive motion

Describes works that require repetitive physical input from visitors.

movement & gesture

The work registers the visitor's non-touch physical movements as input.