Presentation by Boris Krumov, BlueLink Information Network at the third International Conference e-Society.Mk: Web Usablity & Accessibility Standards, November 29, 2007, Skopje Macedonia

1. Good practices for usability of web applications by the means of acomplishing their goals

5. Common ISO standards How is usability defined?

6. Web standards regarding usability ISO 23973 Reference Model ISO 23973 uses a reference model for web design comprising design, process and evaluation. The Standard itself is focussed on the design domain aspects only. These are: purpose and strategy, content and functionality, navigation and interaction, and presentation and media design. These aspects can be seen as different levels of the overall design process. The other two parts of the model represent the process domain and the evaluation domain. These constitute important aspects for the user-centred development of Web applications but they are not elaborated in this International Standard.

9. Curious facts Oliver Reed Smoot, Jr. was Chairman of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) from 2001 to 2002 and President of the International Organization for Standardization ( ISO) from 2003 to 2004. He received his Bachelor of Science from MIT and his Juris Doctor from Georgetown University. As a pledge of MIT's Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity in 1958, Smoot's height was used to measure the length of the Harvard Bridge. As he lay on the Harvard Bridge (that carries Massachusetts Avenue across the Charles River), markers were made at each distance between his head and feet. The bridge was determined to be 364.4 smoots (and one ear) in length, and the markers remain to this day. Smoot gave a speech to the hearing to the House Science Committee's Subcommittee on Technology on March 20, 2000, entitled “The Role of Technical Standards in Today's Society and in the Future".

10. Questions? Boris Krumov, web developer BlueLink informational network http://bluelink.net