5. Writing Content
New standards released
The New Zealand Web Standards 2.0 were released in March 2009 and replace the previous version, the New Zealand Government Web Standards 1.0 (below). See Meeting the standards for more information.
Standards
- 5.1 Identify changes in natural language of document text
- 5.2 Identify the primary natural language of a document
- 5.3 Expansion of abbreviations and acronyms in a document
- 5.4 Substituting umlauted vowels for macronised vowels
- 5.5 Height and width attributes are specified in the IMG element
- 5.6 Underlining is not used for any items making up text or headings
- 5.7 Provide metadata to pages and sites
- Recommendation 5.1.1 Use the clearest and simplest language appropriate for the site content
- Recommendation 5.1.2 Supplement text with graphic or auditory presentations
- Recommendation 5.1.3 The alt text ends with a full point and a space
