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Compliance Checklist for Web sites
Table of Contents
- CLF Standards
- Directive on the Use of Official Languages on Web Sites
- Directive on the Use of Official Languages in Electronic Communications
- TBITS 39: Treasury Board Information Management Standard, Part 1: Government On-Line Metadata Standard
- Federal Identity Program Policy, Appendix A - Official Languages
CLF Standards
Part 1: Standard on Web addresses
| Requirements | Meets | Does not meet |
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| R1 - Domain names | ||
| R2 - Page addresses |
Part 2: Standard on Accessibility, interoperability and usability
Part 3: Standard on Common Web page formats
Part 4: Standard on Email
| Requirements | Meets | Does not meet |
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| R1 - Email addresses | ||
| R2 - Generic email addresses | ||
| R3 - Email signature blocks | ||
| R4 - Third-party references |
Directive on the Use of Official Languages on Web Sites
Bilingual Web sites
| Requirements | Meets | Does not meet |
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| The institutional signature appears in both official languages on the welcome page. | ||
The domain name of the welcome page:
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| The greeting or other introductory text appears on the welcome page in both official languages in the prescribed order and navigation links marked "English" and "Français" are provided so that users can choose the official language in which to access content. | ||
| Within the site, each page includes a navigation link marked "English" or "Français" that enables users to access the equivalent page in the other official language. | ||
| The values of metadata elements and attributes for any given Web page are expressed in the official language(s) used on the page. Optionally, other languages may also be used. This requirement does not apply to element names, attribute names or any values expressed as standardized codes. | ||
An office or facility of an institution that posts information or whose information is posted on a site on its behalf ensures that:
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| An office or facility of an institution that provides a hyperlink to a unilingual site clearly informs users that the content of the site is not available in both official languages. | ||
| The text equivalents and other non-textual elements used to describe the purpose and functions of images and graphics displayed on a page of a Web site are in the language of that page. | ||
| Server messages are in the language of the page consulted on a Web site or, if the technology cannot offer a language choice for server messages, the messages are in both official languages. |
Unilingual Web sites
| Requirements | Meets | Does not meet |
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| The institutional signature appears in both official languages on the welcome page. | ||
| The welcome page includes a bilingual message indicating that, under the OLA, the site provides information in one official language only. This message also informs users of a hyperlink to another site of the same institution that provides general information in both official languages. | ||
| If the welcome page of a unilingual site contains a navigation link, the link is labelled with a term such as "Content" or "Access" and not with the name of the official language of the office or facility using the site (i.e., "English" or "Français"). | ||
| The greeting and other introductory text appearing on the welcome pages are in the official language of the site. |
Multilingual Web sites
| Requirements | Meets | Does not meet |
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If a Web site is required to be in both official languages and other languages are used on that site in addition to English and French:
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Directive on the Use of Official Languages in Electronic Communications
Procedures related to electronic communications required to be in both official languages and also those not required to be in both official languages
| Requirements | Meets | Does not meet |
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| In a signature block, the information appears in both official languages in the prescribed order. |
TBITS 39: Treasury Board Information Management Standard, Part 1: Government On-Line Metadata Standard
| Requirements | Meets | Does not meet |
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| The elements Title, Creator, Language, Date and Subject are mandatory. |
Federal Identity Program Policy, Appendix A - Official Languages
For all Web sites
| Requirements | Meets | Does not meet |
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Within Canada, the order of the official languages in the signature on stationery is determined by the official language of the majority of the population of the province or territory in which the issuing federal office is located. Thus, French appears to the left in Quebec, and English to the left in the other provinces and the territories. |
For international Web sites
| Requirements | Meets | Does not meet |
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| Canadian offices located abroad shall use both English and French in their signature. Of these, the language placed to the left shall correspond to the one used by the Secretariat of the United Nations in communicating with the country concerned. |
For multilingual Web sites
| Requirements | Meets | Does not meet |
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| In the corporate signature, no language other than English and French may be used. When a message needs to be communicated in another language, the requirements of government policy with respect to the use of the official languages shall nevertheless be met. |