Abstract
BACKGROUND: The importance of providing accessible and accurate information on Assistive Technology products to all the stakeholders needing it is widely acknowledged. A standardization in the description of assistive products can facilitate the selection of the products that best match the individual needs. Furthermore the definition of a standard for describing product technical details is needed for building up the knowledge base for Decision Support Systems.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of our work was the development of a Taxonomy that can be used to standardize the description of ICT-Based assistive products.
METHODS: The taxonomy described in this paper has been developed by the ETNA project-a EU-funded Thematic Network that has been carried out within the framework of the European Assistive Technology Information Network (EASTIN). The taxonomy has been built trough a consensus procedure within the ETNA consortium.
RESULTS: The taxonomy is based on a two-level hierarchy of Clusters and Features, and has been connected to the third-level categories of the ISO 9999 standard "Assistive Products for Persons with Disability-Classification and terminology". A procedure has also been defined to manage the continuous update of the taxonomy.
CONCLUSIONS: The taxonomy has been implemented on the EASTIN information system, the web portal of the European Assistive Technology Information Network.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 127-136 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Technology and Disability |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 2-3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Keywords
- assistive technology databases
- assistive technology information providers
- ICT assistive products
- product description
- Taxonomy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Rehabilitation
- Health Informatics