Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Figure Accessibility(also: Chart Accessibility, Graph Accessibility)
- The practice of making visual figures, charts, graphs, and diagrams in documents and publications accessible to people who cannot see them, particularly blind and low vision users. Figure accessibility encompasses multiple approaches including descriptive alt text, data tables,…
- Fisheye View(also: Fisheye Lens, Graphical Fisheye)
- A focus+context visualization technique, introduced by Furnas, that magnifies a region of interest while progressively compressing surrounding context — analogous to a fisheye camera lens. Used in tree visualizations, menus, and graphs to help users see detail and structure…
- Focus+Context(also: Focus plus Context, Focus and Context)
- A visualization interaction paradigm that integrates a detailed focus region and its surrounding context into a single unified view, rather than separating them. Techniques include fisheye views, semantic zooming, and lenses that distort or overlay content so users can see fine…
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