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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hi List,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I’d like to share with you our experience with
OpenCMS and the accessibility issues. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>During these months (starting from the beginning of
2008) we’ve designed and made a full accessible internet site for the
local municipality of La Spezia (Italy). The site is based on linux, apache +
tomcat (in a multisite configuration environment) and OpenCMS and it is visible
at the following address: <a href="http://www.comune.laspezia.it/">http://www.comune.laspezia.it/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The civic network
SpeziaNet is based on high accessibility standards. Not only does it respect
the stated requirements, but also is a "participated" project, which
has been developing through the contribution of the local Consult for
Disabilities along with technicians and web content editors. As certified by
CNIPA, SpeziaNet represents a best practice in Italy. It was awarded by
Ministero della Funzione Pubblica as one of the most relevant best pratices of the
whole public administration, while the presentation Conference was sponsored by
the e-inclusion programme. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>As far as accessibility
and usability are concerned, the project of Comune della Spezia is becoming an
example at a national level.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>In addition to what
stated by the law, Comune della Spezia started up an innovative project aimed
to verify the practical accessibility and usability of the Institutional Web
site with the contribution of disabled people, represented by the local Consult
for Disabilities.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Open-source technologies,
participated development and accessibility are the main tenets of SpeziaNet. Furthermore,
the project is focused on the developement of informative, dispositive and
transaction services. Through the new Web site citizens can get information and
services at home, avoiding bureaucracy and office queues. SpeziaNet provides a Guide
of Corporation Services complete with executives names, phones and e-mail
addresses and offers various possibilities:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>- e-mail accounts and Web
pages for citizens and associations<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=4 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial'>- </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>a
Web page to contact the Mayor of La Spezia and to consult his weekly schedule<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>- e-mai! accounts and Web
pages for Council Groups and single Town Councillors<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=4 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial'>- </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>news
and press releases in real time via RSS and the Newsletter of Comune della
Spezia<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Other features of
SpeziaNet are the names of newborn babies (in collaboration with the
Sant'Andrea Hospital), weather forecast, sentences and quotes about the city,
photos of La Spezia. Citizens can send their own photos of the town, which will
be displayed in the photogallery and soon become online postcards.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Our experience is avaible
to anybody who might be interested, of course all is shared under the statements
of the open source community.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thanks<br>
Rita<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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