Web Services

These prototypes can be run via any browser or Web enabled client but since they are still under improvement we cannot guarantee that they are stable, nor can we provide technical advice and support.

SADIe Transcoder Proxy

The SADIe Experimental Prototype Proxy Transcoder is a tool that uses the structure of web pages to modify the content of the page in order to make the page more accessible. This is achieved by applying semantic transcoding to the page. SADIe uses ontologies to capture the semantics of the CSS Stylesheets and XHTML to make implicit information on a web page explicit.

Research Project:

Structural-Semantics for Accessibility and Device Independence (SADIe)

Further Reading:

SADIe: Structural-Semantics for Accessibility and Device Independence Project Report

SADIe YouTube Video

Available At:

http://wel.cs.manchester.ac.uk/experiments/sadie/

Web 2.0 Widget Catalogue

The Web 2.0 Widget Catalogue is a Web Service that allows applications to query for descriptions and definitions of Web 2.0 Widgets, such as Auto Suggest Lists, Tab Boxes and Slide Shows. The Web Service for the Widget Catalogue can be called using methods that return an XML description of the Widget being searched for. The description includes links to formal ontology definitions of the widget and links to demonstrations of how the widget operates.

Research Project:

Senior Citizens On The Web 2.0 (SCWeb2)

Further Reading:

SCWeb2 Assistance Tool: Technical Documentation and Interface Design

Available At:

http://wel.cs.manchester.ac.uk/tools/services/widget-catalogue