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- access mechanism
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From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18)
A combination of hardware (including one or more
devices
and network connections) and software
(including one or more
user agents
) that
allows a
user
to perceive and
interact
with the Web using one or more
modalities
. (sight, sound, keyboard, voice
etc.)
- active perceivable unit
-
From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18)
- adaptation
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From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18)
- adaptation preferences
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From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18)
A set of preferences, specified by a
user
,
that may affect the
adaptation
for a
given delivery context, and so change the resultant
user experience
.
- aggregated authored units
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From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18)
- aggregation
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From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18)
The act of combining materials in various ways.
- application personalization
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From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18)
A set of factors, specified by a
user
or
other aspects of the
delivery
context
, that may affect the functionality of an application,
independently of its
adaptation
and
delivery, and so change the resultant
user experience
."
- authored unit
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From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18)
Some set of material created as a single entity by an author.
Examples include a collection of markup, a style sheet, and a media
resource
, such as an image or audio clip.
- browser
-
From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18)
- client
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From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18)
- content negotiation
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From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18)
- decomposition
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From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18)
The act of dividing up one or more
authored units
during creation of a set
of
perceivable units
appropriate
for a particular delivery context. This definition has been superseded.
There is a new definition of
decomposition
.
- delivery context
-
From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18)
A set of attributes that characterizes the capabilities of
the
access mechanism
, the
preferences of the
user
and other aspects of
the context into which a web page is to be delivered.
A set of attributes that characterizes the capabilities of
the
access mechanism
, and the
preferences of the
user
. This definition has
been superseded. There is a new definition of
Delivery Context
.
- delivery unit
-
From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18)
A set of material transferred between two cooperating web programs as
the response to a single
HTTP request.
The transfer might, for example, be between an
origin server and a
user agent.
Users are not normally aware of individual delivery units.
- device
-
From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18)
An apparatus through which a
user
can
perceive and
interact
with the Web
- flexible authoring
-
From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18)
- focus of attention
-
From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18)
For example, this might be a paragraph of text or an image on which
the user is concentrating.
- fragmentation
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From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18)
- functional adaptation
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From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18)
- functional user experience
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From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18)
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