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MurdochNet Policy

Section 1: PREAMBLE
Section 1.1: Purpose
Section 1.2: Scope
Section 1.3: Field of Application
Section 1.4: Policy Vocabulary
Section 1.5: Key Terms
Section 2: INTRODUCTION
Section 2.1: Goals
Section 2.2: Boundary of MurdochNet
Section 2.3: Environment of MurdochNet
Section 3: CODE OF CONDUCT
Section 3.1: Servers
Section 3.2: Content
Section 3.3: Links
Section 3.4: Misconduct
Section 4: SERVER MANAGEMENT
Section 4.1: Registration of Web Servers
Section 4.2: Murdoch Sub-domains
Section 4.3: Alternate Domain Names
Section 4.4: Naming Conventions for Web Servers
Section 4.5: Availability of Web Servers
Section 4.6: Security of Web Servers
Section 4.7: Backup (Hardware, Software, Data) of Web Servers
Section 4.8: Web Server Software
Section 4.9: Responsibility for Web Servers
Section 5: CONTENT MANAGEMENT
Section 5.1: Content Categories
Section 5.2: Content Management Procedures & Practices
Section 5.3: Standards & Guidelines for Content Preparation
Section 5.4: Murdoch Conventions for Content Preparation
Section 5.5: Murdoch Guidelines for Content Preparation
Section 5.6: Applications & Tools
Section 5.7: Responsibility for Content
Section 6: LINK MANAGEMENT
Section 6.1: Permissible Links
Section 6.2: Link Validation & Checking
Section 6.3: Link Revision & Relocation
Section 6.4: Responsibility for Registered Links
Section 7: Glossary of MurdochNet Terminology
: SCHEDULES
Schedule 1: Forms
Schedule 2: Contracts
Schedule 3: Guidelines
Schedule 4: Regulations
Schedule 5: Disclaimers
Schedule 6: Roles & Responsibilities

Section 4 SERVER MANAGEMENT

Section 4.9 Responsibility for Web Servers

Responsibility for Servers is intended to cover the management of Web Server software and the access by authorised persons to the computers used to run Web Servers.


For the purposes of assigning responsibility for the management of MurdochNet Servers and Affiliated Web Servers at Murdoch University, a number of roles and positions shall have nominated responsibilities for Web Servers.

The roles and positions include:

  1. Content Provider
  2. Director, Office of Information Technology Services
  3. Guild President
  4. Head of Division
  5. Head of School
  6. IT Security Manager
  7. Manager, Communications Services
  8. Manager, Computer Services
  9. MurdochNet Administrator
  10. MurdochNet Coordinator
  11. Senior Executive member
  12. Web Administrator
  13. Web Liaison Officer
Section 4.9.1: Content Provider
Section 4.9.2: Director, Office of Information Technology Services
Section 4.9.3: Guild President
Section 4.9.4: Head of Division
Section 4.9.5: Head of School
Section 4.9.6: IT Security Manager
Section 4.9.7: Manager, Communications Services
Section 4.9.8: Manager, Computer Services
Section 4.9.9: MurdochNet Administrator
Section 4.9.10: MurdochNet Coordinator
Section 4.9.11: Senior Executive member
Section 4.9.12: Web Administrator
Section 4.9.13: Web Liaison Officer