The SciVisum Web Effectiveness Resource List
Resources for website managers
Legislation, standards and best-practice guidelines for web managers
are published in a number of different places - government web sites,
industry bodies such as the W3C and law firms to name a few.
We've had many requests to compile a central list of resources - the
outcome is SWERL - the SciVisum Web Effectiveness Resource List. The URLs
included in SWERL are intended to direct website managers to a range of
resources to help meet the many requirements placed upon them.
Index
 General
website related legislation
eCommerce
legislation
Web
accessibility & HTML validation
Metadata
& the semantic web
Web
services & standards
Caching,
compression, HTTP headers & Favicon
Browser
compatiblity
Additional
information for government websites - FOI, eGMS, Defining outcomes for
2005
Relevant
news articles
The following links open new browser windows:
General website related legislation
The
Data Protection Act 1998
The
EC Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications 2003
eCommerce legislation
The
eCommerce Directive 2002
The
Consumer Protection Act 1987
The
Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000
The
Consumer Protection Act 1987 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1987
Ecommerce
Information
European
Union -Taxation and Customs Union VAT and e-commerce
DTI
- Proposed Revisions on Code of Practice for Traders on Price Indications
DTI
- A Guide for Business to the consumer protection (distance selling) regulations
2000
Internet
Code of Practice and Guide to Legislation - Deans University of Leicester
Web accessibility & HTML validation
The W3C MarkUp Validation
Service
Disability
Discrimination Act - Revised Code of Practice May 2002- Rights of Access
Disability
Discrimination Act 1995 (c. 50)
DWP -
Introduction to the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 explained
Web Accessibility
Initiative (WAI)
Web
Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
WAVE 3.0
Web Accessibility Tool
Bobby Accessibility
Tool
Vischeck
- Tool for colour blindness
Disability
Rights Commission -Web Investigation April 2004
Alternative
Web Browsing- W3C
Dive
Into Accessibility - 30 days to a more accessible web site
American
Foundation for the Blind - Tips & Tricks for accessibility
Metadata & the semantic web
Keeping
an eye on metadata - Computer Weekly Article
Semantic Web
Community Portal - SemanticWeb.org
The Semantic
Web An Introduction
The
Semantic Web, today
Metadata,
Mark II - Webmonkey
Introduction
to Semantic Web Technologies - Hewlett Packard
Web services & standards
Web
Services explained
Web
services - IT Week Focus
Web services
seeks true integration - vnunet
Everything
you need to know about Web services - ZDNet UK
Web
services await standards - vnunet
The
state of Web services - ZDNet UK
Caching, compression, HTTP headers & Favicon
Caching
Tutorial for Web Authors and Webmasters
Web Caching and
Content Delivery Resources - web-caching.com
How
to Control Caches - Web Developers Virtual Library
15
Seconds Web Site Compression
HTTP-1.1
Header Field Definitions
HTTP
Header Fields - Web Developers Virtual Library
What
is FAVICON.ICO And How to Personalise Your Site's Bookmark - thesitewizard.com
Browser compatibility
Another
Look at Browser Detection
Browser Compatibility
tips
Determining
browser type using object detection
IE
6.0 - Javascript - Object detection
Inside
Dynamic HTML -Browser Detection
Intro
to the Document Object Model - Webmonkey
About
the DOM - Mozilla.org
JavaScript
Object Detection - WebReference.com
Objects
and Properties learn about the DOM, and how to access object properties
and methods - HTMLSource
Support
Detection simple checks on a browser's JavaScript object support - HTMLSource
Testing
the DOM API - Mozilla.org
The
Case for Object Detection - The Web Developer's Journal
Additional legislation for government websites
Freedom of Information
About
FOI - Public Partners
Freedom
of Information - timetable - Information Commissioners Office
Department
of Health - Freedom of Information Publication Scheme - Freedom of Information
Act 2000
Department
for Constitutional Affairs - FOI Act
Public
Record Office / National Archives application of Freedom of Information
Act
eGMS
eGovernment
metadata standard - Version UK Gov Talk
NHS
- What Is Metadata?
Defining eGovernment outcomes for 2005
Implementing
electronic government statements
Relevant news stories
Information
commissioner gets tough on DPA - Computer Weekly
Only
four EU countries enacted cookie directive - Computer Weekly
Freeserve
loses AOL VAT case - The Register
EU
snooper data retention - The Register
Ecommerce
sites need best practice - vnunet.com
Small firms
struggle with ecommerce laws - vnunet.com
UK swamped
by data rules - vnunet.com
Tough
new copyright measures become UK law - ZDNet UK
Government
websites address disability access law - silicon.com
ZDNet
UK - News - Microsoft leaves standards group
Key web standards
at least a year away
Web specs
go royalty-free
Top
UK websites diss disabled - The Register - March 2004
Most
UK Web sites break accessibility laws - zdnet - March 2004
Web
is failing the disabled - vnunet.com
Analyst identifies
web services killer app - vnunet.com
Web is failing
the disabled - vnunet.com
Websites-are
you helping the disabled - The Register
Government
websites address disability access law - silicon.com
Making
websites accessible for all - Computer Weekly
Accessibility
of UK government office web sites - Accessify.com
CIOs
slowly turning to web services - silicon.com
Sun
proposes new web services specs - silicon.com
Tech
big boys square up in web services standards battle - silicon.com
Web
services - challenges for users - silicon.com
Web
services are '10 years away' - silicon.com
Web
services must start delivering, says Sun - silicon.com
The wonder
of web services - vnunet
Web services
seeks true integration - vnunet
Web
services uptake is 'encouraging' - yahoo news
e-Traders
fail Web Test - IT Week
UK e-commerce
sites running blind- VNUnet
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