Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Classical Aesthetics(also: Classical Design Aesthetics)
- A dimension of visual aesthetics in web design characterised by simplicity, clarity, orderliness, and visual cleanness. Classical aesthetic principles are rooted in early visual design traditions that prioritise clean layouts, minimal complexity, and clear organisation of…
- Cognitive Artifact(also: Cognitive Artefact)
- An artificial device — physical or digital — designed or appropriated to maintain, display, or operate on information in ways that support human cognitive performance. The term was codified by Don Norman to describe how objects like calendars, shopping lists, sticky notes,…
- Context-Aware(also: Context-Aware Design, Context-Sensitive)
- An approach to designing systems, content, or interfaces that adapt their behavior or output based on the context in which they are used, including the user's goals, the platform or source where content appears, environmental conditions, and user preferences. In accessibility,…
- Crosscutting Concern(also: Cross-Cutting Concern)
- In software engineering, a crosscutting concern is a requirement or feature that affects multiple modules of a system and cannot be cleanly decomposed into a single component. Accessibility is a classic crosscutting concern because requirements like providing text alternatives,…
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