Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Metadata
New/review £ ...contains relevant keyword metadata
...conforms to the eGMS government metadata standard and can be
New/review £ ...has relevant IPSV subject term(s)
indexed by the website software and other systems in multiple ways
New/review £ …has meaningful description metadata
New/review £ …has a suitable review date, max 1 year ...is reviewed regularly (every 6-12 months) by its author/owner
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All pages
New/review £ ...passes W3C validation ...is written in valid XHTML1.0 and CSS 2.0
New £ ...is available in Welsh if applicable …does not discriminate and complies with the Welsh Language Scheme
FOR PUBLICATIONS
When Check that the publication Record any feedback… The perfect publication…
New £ ...has a unique reference number (URN) ...is catalogued in BIS systems and deposited in the British Library
New/review £ ...is an accessible, bookmarked PDF ...is tagged for screen readers and bookmarked for online navigation
New/review £ ...is appropriately branded & designed ...uses the corporate front cover, back page and boilerplate
New/review £ ...is optimised for downloading online ...is a small enough file size to download on slow bandwidths
FOR CONSULTATIONS
When Check that the consultation Record any feedback… The perfect consultation…
New £ …is approved by Better Regulation …conforms to the consultation code of best practice
New £ ...has correct opening and closing dates ...makes it clear when the period for submitting repiles starts and ends
New £ ...has full, accurate contact details ...provides multiple ways for people to respond in writing and online
New £ …has correct RDFa data …is marked up in RDFa for indexing on Directgov and elsewhere
New £ ...provides a meaningful abstract ...states clearly what the consultation is about and who it's for
New £ ...has all consultation files(s) attached …provides consultation documents that are easy to download and print
New £ ...has the impact assessment attached
Review £ ...has the response document attached …is updated with the government response when available
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Media sizes
Media type Dimensions
Embeddable media
Youtube video Use Rich text editor control
Scribd publication Use Rich text editor control
Flickr set/library Use Rich text editor control
Etc.
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Media sizes
File size & format Alignment
Max 15MB?
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