6. Site 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
- 6.1 Agency sites provide publicly available reports
- 6.2 Agency sites provide consultation documents
- 6.3 Agency sites provide press notices from the agency
- 6.4 Agency sites provide mandatory email addresses
- Recommendation 6.1.9 Media releases and consultation documents available as an RSS feed
- 6.5 Superseded material is marked as superseded
- 6.6 Paid advertising not hosted on a site
- Recommendation 6.1.2 Paper-based forms provided by an agency are made available on its web site
- Recommendation 6.1.3 Agency sites provide contact details for specific policy or services
- Recommendation 6.1.5 Avoid the usage of underscores in URLs
- Recommendation 6.1.6 Discovery-level URLs are descriptive and less than 50 characters long
- Recommendation 6.1.7 Plan in place to ensure material on the website is accurate and up to date
- Recommendation 6.1.8 Disclaiming content
- Recommendation 6.1.9 Media releases and consultation documents available as an RSS feed
