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Guide to Minimum Website Standards 


This guidance has been superseded by the Australian Government Web Publishing Guide and should be used for reference purposes only.

Guide to Minimum Website Standards, Revised edition April 2003

The Guide to Minimum Website Standards is designed to assist Australian Government departments and agencies implement the Government's minimum website standards. Originally published in 2000, the guide was updated in April 2003.

pdf Download PDF version - 325kb    The PDF version still refers to the National Office for the Information Economy (NOIE). NOIE was replaced by the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) on 8 April 2004.  AGIMO was incorporated into the Department of Finance and Administration on 26 October 2004. 

 Summary of Changes to April 2003 version

Contents

Introduction

The Standards

Information Provision 

Metadata

Electronic Publishing

Electronic Record Keeping and Archiving

Web Content Accessibility

Authentication

Privacy

Security

References

Further assistance

Attachment A - Metadata Checklist
 
Attachment B - Electronic Recordkeeping and Archiving Checklist

Attachment C - Privacy Checklist

Attachment D - Security Checklist

Acronyms

ACSI-33 Australian Communications Security Instructions - 33
AGLS Australian Government Locator Service
AISEP Australasian Information Security Evaluation Program
CEO Chief Executive Officer
DSD Defence Signals Directorate
HREOC Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
HTML Hyper-Text Markup Language
NAA National Archives of Australia
NOIE National Office for the Information Economy
OISO Online Information Service Obligations
PSM Protective Security Manual
PDF Portable Document Format
W3C World Wide Web Consortium


Notes

Please note that in this document 'agency' refers to Australian Government departments, statutory authorities, commonwealth-owned companies, executive agencies and other Commonwealth bodies.

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