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Peter E. Murray

Library technologist, open source advocate, striving to think globally while acting locally

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  • Resource for Improving Higher Education Instruction

    A few months back I referred to a project that used video to present information about accessibility needs in the classroom. That article was about how difficult it is to create markup for embedded video that is universally accessible and valid HTML. Late last month the larger project that used …

     Posted on  March 03, 2007
     and last updated March 03, 2007
     ·  2 minutes reading time
  • Update to "Embedded Web Video in a Standards-Compliant, Accessible, and Successful Way"

    With the release of Microsoft's Windows Media Player version 11, the Microsoft Media Server (MMS) protocol is officially no longer supported. (Except, of course, for the confusing/amusing footnote on that page that says 'mms://' URIs are "highly recommended" as a protocol rollover URL — only Microsoft can at the same …

     Posted on  February 21, 2007
     and last updated January 15, 2018
     ·  5 minutes reading time
  • Embedded Web Video in a Standards-Compliant, Accessible, and Successful Way

    The word "Successful" in the title, when juxtaposed with "Standards-Compliant" and "Accessible," should be big, bold and flashing (except that the flashing style would then go against web accessibility best practice). The goal is to embed a video clip into a web page that validates as "XHTML4.01 Transitional", includes …

     Posted on  September 25, 2006
     and last updated January 15, 2018
     ·  16 minutes reading time
  • Fedora Disseminators to Enable Accessible Repository Content

    Calling all accessibility technology experts! What follows is a line of thinking about using characteristics of the FEDORA digital object repository to enable access to content through non-graphical interfaces. Thanks to Linda Newman from the University of Cincinnati and others on the Friday morning DRC Developers conference call for triggering …

     Posted on  May 05, 2006
     and last updated May 06, 2006
     ·  2 minutes reading time