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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 5 CONTENT MANAGEMENT

Section 5.3 Standards & Guidelines for Content Preparation

Section 5.3.1 International & Australian Standards & Guidelines

(1) Australia. Department of Education, Science and Training. ESOS Guide: An Online Resource for Providers of Education and Training Services to Overseas Students

[ http://www.dest.gov.au/esos/ESOSguide/contents.htm ]

(2) Australia. Information Management Office. . The Guide to Minimum Website Standards

[ http://www.agimo.gov.au/practice/mws ]

(3) Australia. Privacy Commissioner. Information Privacy Principles under the Privacy Act 1988

[ http://www.privacy.gov.au/publications/ipps.html ]

(4) Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA)

[ Prohibited Content

http://www.aba.gov.au/internet/overview/regulation.shtml#prohib

Complaints

http://www.aba.gov.au/internet/overview/complaints.shtml

Take Down Notice

http://www.aba.gov.au/internet/overview/regulation.shtml#aust ]

(5) Australian Vice-Chancellor's Committee. Guidelines on Information Access for Students with Print Disabilities

[ http://www.avcc.edu.au/documents/publications/GuidelinesOnInfoAccessForStudentsWithDisablilities.pdf ]

(6) Dublin Core Metadata Initiative. DCMI Metadata Terms

[ http://dublincore.org/documents/2003/11/19/dcmi-terms/ ]

(7) Dublin Core Metadata Initiative. Dublin Core Metadata Element Set: Reference Description (IETF RFC 2413, 1998; NISO Z39.85)

[ http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/ ]

(8) Electronic Frontiers Australia. Defamation Laws and the Internet

[ http://www.efa.org.au/Issues/Censor/defamation.html ]

(9) Internet Industry Association. Content Regulation Code of Practice (v7.2)

[ http://www.iia.net.au/contentcode.html ]

(10) Policy on Allowed Access to AARNet (Provision and Carriage Services) – May, 2001

[ http://www.aarnet.edu.au/publications/aarnetaccesspolicy2001.html ]

(11) W3C Recommendation - HTML Specification

[ http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/ ]

(12) W3C Recommendation – XHTML Specification

[ http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/ ]

(13) W3C Recommendation – XML Specification

[ http://www.w3.org/TR/xml11/ ]

(14) W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

[ http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/ ]

(15) Western Australia. Department of the Premier and Cabinet. Office of E-Government. Guidelines for State Government Websites

[ http://www.egov.dpc.wa.gov.au/index.cfm?fuseaction=guidelines.introduction ]

(16) World Wide Web Access: Disability Discrimination Act Advisory Notes – Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HEREOC)

[ http://www.hreoc.gov.au/disability_rights/standards/www_3/www_3.html#1.2 ]