Schema.org Accepts our Accessibility Proposal, which complements LRMI

[Gerardo Capiel]

I am delighted to announce that at the end of last year Schema.org accepted our proposal for a key set of accessibility metadata tagging that could allow anyone with access to the Internet to more easily locate educational resources and applications with accessible features.  Google’s TV Raman and Yandex’s Charles McCathieNevile announced on Schema.org: “This work draws upon many collaborations and projects including the IMS Global Learning Consortium’s Access For All specification, the work of the Accessibility Metadata Project, alongside many discussions that helped ensure the work integrated well into Schema.org.” See my recent blog post on the Benetech web site about the Accessibility Metadata Project for more details. This is a tremendous milestone in our collaborative journey towards enabling a born accessible future and reaping its benefits. 

I'm also excited that the Learning Registry's EZ Publish has added support for the Schema.org accessibility properties to enable accessible learning resources to be more easily discovered.

Many thanks and congratulations to all have contributed to this important work.

Gerardo Capiel

VP of Engineering, Benetech