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From: Christophe Strobbe
Date: Aug 8, 2007 4:20AM

Hi Andy,

At 22:38 7/08/2007, you wrote:
>In message < <EMAIL REMOVED> >,
>Christophe Strobbe < <EMAIL REMOVED> > writes
>
> >There's also a Dublin Core Viewer extension for Firefox by Patrick
> >Lauke: <https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/528>.
>
>That reminds me - Patrick kindly agreed to my request that he extend
>this to also discover eGMS metadata:
>
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EGMS>;

Thanks for the pointer. I had never heard of e-GMS, let alone that it
has an Accessibility element (as I have just discovered).
However, it mixes accessibility with ICRA labels.
Here are the notes on the accessbility element from the "e-Government
Metadata Standard" version 2 (December 2003) [1]:
<quote>
This element is mandated for core pages of web sites, which should
carry an Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA) label indicating
the suitability of the material for children. Some applications
designed to protect children will in future not allow access to any
site that does not have a suitable ICRA rating. More information
about this rating can be found at http://www.icra.org
The way in which ICRA and other labels are added to the metadata may
require different notation from the remaining elements, to ensure
they are located and read by the relevant software applications.
This element will be developed further in line with recommendations
by the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, W3C and other international
organisations working on this issue.
Other accessibility information may also be given. See the Government
Web Site Guidelines for further details. The checklist states:
* Web managers should register their web site with at least the ICRA
PICS service
* Meta tags covering your whole site should be placed in the head
element of the default page, e.g. index.htm or default.htm
* Check that all web pages meet the defined rating. Additional meta
tags can be placed in the home page of directories to rate pages
within that directory, and where necessary can be applied to
individual web pages.
Tools for accrediting accessibility can be found on the W3C site. The
Bobby Initiative tests whether web pages meet the criteria for W3C
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0.
</quote>

[1] <http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/documents/metadataV2.pdf>; (referenced
from the wikipedia page).

Best regards,

Christophe


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