• New Zealand Government Web Standards 2.0

• New Zealand Government Web Standards 1.0
  • » 1. Images
  • » 2. Colour
  • » 3. Site Markup
  • » 4. Special Purpose Documents
  • » 5. Writing Content
  • » 6. Site Content
  • » 7. Page Layout
  • » 8. Navigation
  • » 9. Style Sheets
  • » 10. Dynamic Content
  • » 11. Tables
  • » 12. Frames
  • » 13. Scripting and Applets
  • » 14. Page Refreshing
  • » 15. Site Behaviour
  • » 16. Site Layout
    • 16.1 Links to homepage of Main agency web site
    • 16.2 Minimum content of homepages
    • 16.3 Minimum content within About This Site
    • 16.4 Minimum content within Main agency web site
    • 16.5 Crown Copyright
    • 16.6 Copyright of third parties
    • 16.7 Privacy Statement
    • Recommendation 16.1.1 Divide large blocks of information into manageable groups
    • Recommendation 16.1.2 Provide information about the general layout of a site
    • Recommendation 16.1.3 Placement of distinguishing information
    • Recommendation 16.1.4 Provide information about document collections
    • Recommendation 16.1.5 Create a style of presentation that is consistent across pages
    • Recommendation 16.1.6 A homepage has a link to Search or a search box
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16.3 Minimum content within About This Site

The Standard

16.3 The content of the section or page titled "About this Site" contains (as a minimum):

• "Site Owner". The associated content contains (as a minimum):
  • a link back to the main agency web site
  • site owner name (can contain a logo, but a logo alone is insufficient)
• "Accessibility". This can be a content header or a link to a page titled "Accessibility". The associated content contains (as a minimum):
  • Access Keys, refer standard 8.4
  • Other information detailing navigational aids within the site is preferred.
• "Copyright". This can be a content header or a link to a page titled "Copyright". If the agency is providing a general crown copyright statement, it is expected to reside here, refer standard 16.5 for further detail.
• "Privacy". This can be a content header or a link to a page titled "Privacy". The associated content contains (as a minimum):
  • A privacy statement, refer standard 16.7.

Guide to this standard

A general crown copyright statement is to be provided in the "Copyright" page, or content section on the agency web sites within "About this Site", as required in standard 16.3 - Minimum content within "About this Site".

Related Recommendation

6.1.8 - Disclaiming content

Rationale for this standard

Provides consistency across all NZ Government web sites – users will find these links and/or sections on all such sites.