Fwd: Dept of Educ WWW Server Standards & Guidelines

[Elisabeth Roche]

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>Date:         Sat, 20 Jul 1996 00:22:11 -0500
>From:         Gleason Sackman <sackman at plains.nodak.edu>
>Subject:      WWW> DOE WWW Server Standards & Guidelines
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>Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 09:06:13 -0600 (MDT)
>From: Shirl Kennedy <skennedy at bcr.org>
>
>I am holding in my hot little hands a 28-page booklet released late month by
>the National Library of Education (NLE), Office of Educational Research and
>Improvement, U.S. Department of Education.  It's called "World Wide Web
>Server Standards and Guidelines."  Table of Contents includes:
>
>I.      Background
>II.     Definitions
>III.    Content
>IV.     Navigation/Organization
>V.      Style/Markup
>VI.     ED-specific issues (Education Department)
>VII.    Additional Points
>VIII.   References
>        A.      Other Federal Agency Standards
>        B.      HTML Style Guides and Standards
>        C.      Accessibility to Users with Disabilities
>        D.      WWW Security.
>
>This is an excellent document for any organization or institution
>responsible for setting up and/or maintaining a Web server, especially if
>there is an interest in establishing institution-wide standards for the
>server itself, as well as for the style and form of its content.
>
>How can you get snag a copy of this jewel for your very own?  Well, for
>instant gratification, fire up that Web browser and surf to:
>
>        http://inet.ed.gov/~kstubbs/wwwstds.html
>
>For more information about the document, contact:
>
>        Keith M. Stubbs
>        Director, Resource Sharing and Cooperation Division
>        National Library of Education
>        555 New Jersey Avenue, NW,, Room 214c
>        Washington, DC   20208-5725
>        (202) 219-1803
>        (202) 219-1817 (fax)
>        kstubbs at inet.ed.gov
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>Shirl Kennedy                              Sr. Internet Trainer/Web Goddess
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