Guidelines for Publishing Web Pages on the Internet
Appreciating that publishing information through Internet web sites and web pages shares many similarities with print publishing, considerate family historians —
apply a single title to an entire web site, as they would to a book, placing it both in the < TITLE > HTML tag that appears at the top of the web browser window for each web page to be viewed, and also in the body of the web document, on the opening home, title or index page.
explain the purposes and objectives of their web sites, placing the explanation near the top of the title page or including a link from that page to a special page about the reason for the site.
- display a footer at the bottom of each web page which contains the web site title, page title, author's name, author's contact information, date of last revision and a copyright statement.
- provide complete contact information, including at a minimum a name and e-mail address, and preferably some means for long-term contact, like a postal address.
- assist visitors by providing on each page navigational links that lead visitors to other important pages on the web site, or return them to the home page.
- adhere to the NGS “Standards for Sharing Information with Others” regarding copyright, attribution, privacy, and the sharing of sensitive information.
- include unambiguous source citations for the research data provided on the site, and if not complete descriptions, offering full citations upon request.
- label photographic and scanned images within the graphic itself, with fuller explanation if required in text adjacent to the graphic.
- identify transcribed, extracted or abstracted data as such, and provide appropriate source citations.
- include identifying dates and locations when providing information about specific surnames or individuals.
- respect the rights of others who do not wish information about themselves to be published, referenced or linked on a web site.
- provide web site access to all potential visitors by avoiding enhanced technical capabilities that may not be available to all users, remembering that not all computers are created equal.
- avoid using features that distract from the productive use of the web site, like ones that reduce legibility, strain the eyes, dazzle the vision, or otherwise detract from the visitor's ability to easily read, study, comprehend or print the online publication.
- maintain their online publications at frequent intervals, changing the content to keep the information current, the links valid, and the web site in good working order.
- preserve and archive for future researchers their online publications and communications that have lasting value, using both electronic and paper duplication.
©2000, 2001 by National Genealogical Society
Permission is granted to copy or publish this material provided it is reproduced in its entirety, including this notice.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Please drop in and visit us in Looking 4 Kin Genealogy Chat.
Looking 4 Kin Genealogy Chat is open 24 hours a day, 7 days week, 365 days a year for you to discuss your family history.
The next genealogy chat session is waiting for you to join in and get comfortably settled.
Please don't worry about being new as we were all new at one time and understand how you feel. Our genealogy chat room is moderated with volunteers, to ensure a safe chat experience. Just come on in and discuss your family history, talk about your ancestors, or tell us where your brick wall is in your family tree.
Be sure to visit the main site while there Looking 4 Kin Genealogy Links & Chat
This is the original Looking 4 Kin. We need to make it known that we are in no way associated with the other Looking 4 Kin, nor it's owners or helpers. Please do not support the copy cat site, it is the lazy mans way to try and find success because they can't make it by their own means and need to rely on others hard work to succeed. What took years in the making of this site was copied, pasted and placed on the other site in a matter of days where they claim all of our hard work as Jim's and Rosey's Links on the main page of their site. I hope your actions allow you to hold your head high in pride jimgentracer and Rosey. Shame, Shame!! What a sad example for a genealogist to show the world.
Please read Looking 4 Kin Website Stolen and Looking 4 Kin Going Nowhere
apply a single title to an entire web site, as they would to a book, placing it both in the < TITLE > HTML tag that appears at the top of the web browser window for each web page to be viewed, and also in the body of the web document, on the opening home, title or index page.
explain the purposes and objectives of their web sites, placing the explanation near the top of the title page or including a link from that page to a special page about the reason for the site.
- display a footer at the bottom of each web page which contains the web site title, page title, author's name, author's contact information, date of last revision and a copyright statement.
- provide complete contact information, including at a minimum a name and e-mail address, and preferably some means for long-term contact, like a postal address.
- assist visitors by providing on each page navigational links that lead visitors to other important pages on the web site, or return them to the home page.
- adhere to the NGS “Standards for Sharing Information with Others” regarding copyright, attribution, privacy, and the sharing of sensitive information.
- include unambiguous source citations for the research data provided on the site, and if not complete descriptions, offering full citations upon request.
- label photographic and scanned images within the graphic itself, with fuller explanation if required in text adjacent to the graphic.
- identify transcribed, extracted or abstracted data as such, and provide appropriate source citations.
- include identifying dates and locations when providing information about specific surnames or individuals.
- respect the rights of others who do not wish information about themselves to be published, referenced or linked on a web site.
- provide web site access to all potential visitors by avoiding enhanced technical capabilities that may not be available to all users, remembering that not all computers are created equal.
- avoid using features that distract from the productive use of the web site, like ones that reduce legibility, strain the eyes, dazzle the vision, or otherwise detract from the visitor's ability to easily read, study, comprehend or print the online publication.
- maintain their online publications at frequent intervals, changing the content to keep the information current, the links valid, and the web site in good working order.
- preserve and archive for future researchers their online publications and communications that have lasting value, using both electronic and paper duplication.
©2000, 2001 by National Genealogical Society
Permission is granted to copy or publish this material provided it is reproduced in its entirety, including this notice.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Please drop in and visit us in Looking 4 Kin Genealogy Chat.
Looking 4 Kin Genealogy Chat is open 24 hours a day, 7 days week, 365 days a year for you to discuss your family history.
The next genealogy chat session is waiting for you to join in and get comfortably settled.
Please don't worry about being new as we were all new at one time and understand how you feel. Our genealogy chat room is moderated with volunteers, to ensure a safe chat experience. Just come on in and discuss your family history, talk about your ancestors, or tell us where your brick wall is in your family tree.
Be sure to visit the main site while there Looking 4 Kin Genealogy Links & Chat
This is the original Looking 4 Kin. We need to make it known that we are in no way associated with the other Looking 4 Kin, nor it's owners or helpers. Please do not support the copy cat site, it is the lazy mans way to try and find success because they can't make it by their own means and need to rely on others hard work to succeed. What took years in the making of this site was copied, pasted and placed on the other site in a matter of days where they claim all of our hard work as Jim's and Rosey's Links on the main page of their site. I hope your actions allow you to hold your head high in pride jimgentracer and Rosey. Shame, Shame!! What a sad example for a genealogist to show the world.
Please read Looking 4 Kin Website Stolen and Looking 4 Kin Going Nowhere
Labels: Genealogical Guidelines, Web pages
posted by Just M at
9:16 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
<< Home