Avaliação da acessibilidade do portal Observatório de Dados Abertos dos Sertões dos Crateús

Abstract

The policies regarding the sharing of government data associated with ensuring the right of access to public information have played a crucial role in enhancing a culture of transparency in public administration. Actions like these have facilitated the development of academic research by creating public interest applications aimed at contributing to the democratization of public information. Considering their role in democratizing and amplifying the sharing of public information, it is necessary for the way these applications are developed to pay special attention to the practice of making their content and functionalities accessible to the widest range of users possible. By understanding this reality and acknowledging the importance of accessibility as a means of inclusion, it becomes clear that attention must be given to the aspects of human-computer interaction quality in the development process of these applications, particularly with regard to accessibility criteria. With this in mind, the present research sought to assess the accessibility of the portal of the Open Data Observatory of Sertões dos Crateús from the perspective of the Electronic Government Accessibility Model (eMAG). The evaluative method used was a hybrid approach combining automated accessibility tests with the ASES tool along with manual validation with checklis, screen reader and keyboard navigation. The mainly recommendation not satisfied are HTML code organization; care with links; alternative text in images; high contrast and keyboard navigation issues. The improvements points for accessibility are improve the header levels and logic and semantics organization of the HTML code; eliminate double links; improve the high contrast e the visibility of elements in focus.