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OATS ("Open Source Assistive Technology Software") is a source code repository or "forge" for assistive technology software. It was launched in 2006 〔Steve Lee: "(OATSoft, a new service and a landmark for Accessibility )", 6 May 2006.〕 with the goal to provide a one-stop “shop” for end users, clinicians and open-source developers to promote and develop open source assistive technology software. It also allows users to find other software that is free but not open source,〔OATS: (Project Summary ).〕 and open-source software that is developed elsewhere, for example NVDA,〔OATS: (NVDA (Non Visual Desktop Access) ).〕 Orca〔OATS: (Orca ).〕 and FireVox.〔OATS: (Fire Vox ).〕 The OATS website was launched at the end of the OATS project, a one-year pilot project that ended in March 2006, and claimed to be the first open-source repository dedicated to assistive technology.〔〔OATS: (OATS Launch Press Release ), 3 May 2006.〕 In April 2006, the British Computer Society (BCS) announced that it was backing the OATS project;〔Justin Richards: "(BCS backs open source project to boost software for disabled users )" ''Computer Weekly'', Thursday 20 April 2006.〕 in August 2006, the British Computer Society's Open Source Specialist Group organised a meeting about the project.〔"(OATS Meeting Aftermath )", BCS Open Source Specialist Group Blog, Friday, August 11th 2006.〕 The OATS project was made up of five partner organisations co-ordinated by the ACE Centre.〔OATS: (OATS Consortium ).〕 The OATS repository wants to offer an efficient and intuitive way to access good quality assistive technology.〔OATS: (Project Context ).〕 The OATS repository offers the following facilities to developers:〔OATS: (Hosting on OATS ).〕 * project pages to document and manage a software project, * a code repository (Subversion), * a project management system (Trac or Poi). ==See also== * AccessApps * Design for All (in ICT) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「oats」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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