Welcome to the I2Web project!

I2Web is a research project that aims to enable an accessible Future Internet for people with special needs (people with disabilities and older adults). The project is co-financed by the 7th Framework Programme of the European Commission under its ICT Programme under the Grant Agreement number 257623. We collaborate with the «Software & Service Architectures and Infrastructures» unit of the European Commission. The project duration is from November 2010 to April 2013 and has a total cost of 2,7 M€.

The Future Internet Community is more mainstream in people's lives, which makes the inclusiveness of its services' front ends of paramount importance, avoiding the isolation of the aforementioned social groups.

The project is coping with several challenges of the Future Internet in regard to the ageing population (see, for instance, World Population Ageing 2007 from the United Nations) and the needs of people with disabilities (see, for instance, Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament «Towards an accessible information society»):

• the ubiquitous and mobile Web,
• Web 2.0 developments, with user-generated content and social networks, and
• media convergence, like for instance, WebTV and IPTV.

I2Web is developing tools for inclusive Internet service front-ends that implement user-centred design and Design for All principles, and which are supported by compliance testing tools like imergo®, developed by the project coordinator.