TY - JOUR
T1 - SEMA4A
T2 - An ontology for emergency notification systems accessibility
AU - Malizia, A.
AU - Onorati, T.
AU - Diaz, P.
AU - Aedo, I.
AU - Astorga-Paliza, F.
PY - 2010/4
Y1 - 2010/4
N2 - Providing alert communication in emergency situations is vital to reduce the number of victims. Reaching this goal is challenging due to users' diversity: people with disabilities, elderly and children, and other vulnerable groups. Notifications are critical when an emergency scenario is going to happen (e.g. a typhoon approaching) so the ability to transmit notifications to different kind of users is a crucial feature for such systems. In this work an ontology was developed by investigating different sources: accessibility guidelines, emergency response systems, communication devices and technologies, taking into account the different abilities of people to react to different alarms (e.g. mobile phone vibration as an alarm for deafblind people). We think that the proposed ontology addresses the information needs for sharing and integrating emergency notification messages over distinct emergency response information systems providing accessibility under different conditions and for different kind of users.
AB - Providing alert communication in emergency situations is vital to reduce the number of victims. Reaching this goal is challenging due to users' diversity: people with disabilities, elderly and children, and other vulnerable groups. Notifications are critical when an emergency scenario is going to happen (e.g. a typhoon approaching) so the ability to transmit notifications to different kind of users is a crucial feature for such systems. In this work an ontology was developed by investigating different sources: accessibility guidelines, emergency response systems, communication devices and technologies, taking into account the different abilities of people to react to different alarms (e.g. mobile phone vibration as an alarm for deafblind people). We think that the proposed ontology addresses the information needs for sharing and integrating emergency notification messages over distinct emergency response information systems providing accessibility under different conditions and for different kind of users.
KW - Accessibility
KW - Emergency response information systems (ERIS)
KW - HCI
KW - Ontology management
KW - Universal design
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=71349084891&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.eswa.2009.10.010
DO - 10.1016/j.eswa.2009.10.010
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:71349084891
SN - 0957-4174
VL - 37
SP - 3380
EP - 3391
JO - Expert Systems with Applications
JF - Expert Systems with Applications
IS - 4
ER -