GUIDELINES FOR DESIGN AND CONTENT WITHIN THE MMM WEB SITE
The Computing Advisory Committee, CAC, is charged with establishing the
guidelines for Web Content within the Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology
(MMM) Division. The following are the proposed guidelines.
Web Page Design:
The design of Web pages should be consistent throughout the MMM Web site
and should include the following:
- The MMM header to identify our Web site and to provide navigation information.
- The MMM trailer with copyright and disclaimer for legal reasons.
- Dublin Core metadata (title, author, date, etc.) so that the Web document can be cited like other documents.
- Inclusion of an e-mail contact and date are optional, but are considered good Web style.
Templates are available to help users when creating new Web pages.
Photographs (including animation sequences):
One must obtain permission to use photographs not owned by UCAR or the
individual. Photographic credits should be included in the Web posting.
Data, Data Products, and Software:
Permission should be obtained before posting any data or other products
such as radar and satellite images. The posting should credit the
source of such data and products.
Non-commercial (free) software should not be redistributed unless
permission is given by the originating source. UCAR policy explicitly
prohibits the redistribution of any commercial (purchased) software.
Permission should be obtained before posting any data or other products
such as radar and satellite images. The posting should credit the
source of such data and products.
Links to commercial websites:
The following disclaimer is required: "Any links on the personal pages of
the MMM staff does not imply an endorsement by UCAR."
Site Maintenance:
Web files should be owned by someone currently in MMM. Automated tools
for checking problems and errors within Web documents should send e-mail
to the person who owns the file and to the MMM Systems Group. Ownership
and maintenance of pages previously owned and maintained by an individual
who has left NCAR must be transferred to a current employee or such pages
will be removed.
Files in the MMM Web site:
Files under "/web/htdocs" on Box, should all be directly related to the
Web documents made available by our Web server. The site must not be
used for storage or for files used to create Web content such as tar
files or NCAR Graphics metacode. Such files should be removed as soon
as possible.
Active Web content:
MMM's Web server supports a number of facilities that employ some form
of active Web content. All of these systems provide new, useful,
interactive services, but may pose security problems. CGI scripts, Java
Servlets, and other technologies which provide active Web content must be
reviewed and installed by Systems staff. This is required by UCAR's
Network Security Policies. Individuals within the division who want to
run small local Web servers to facilitate tasks, need to get approval from
their supervisor and the Computing Advisory Committee which includes the
Systems Management Group.
Individual Web Page Guidelines:
The following disclaimers are to be included:
- The opinions and work discussed on this page are those of the individual and do not necessarily represent the views of UCAR.
- The information provided here and accessible from this page is the responsibility of the author.
The contents of individual Web pages should relate to the individual's
work at UCAR. In addition, individual pages should include appropriate
header information such as:
- Contact information: surface mail address, e-mail address, and telephone number.
- Schedule information: work hours, days in office and at home for staff working remotely.
- A photograph may be included; however, photographs that are unprofessional should be avoided.
- Biographical information such as education, curriculum vitae, research interests, service, awards, and lectures may be included.
- A bibliography of work-related papers and books may be included.
- Papers may be included depending on the legal requirements of the journal in which the paper was published. Check with the journal before posting a paper and include the information the journal requires.
- Links to non-work related Web sites or to personal home pages hosted by an individual's Internet provider are not allowed.
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Resource Utilization:
The contents of individual Web pages should not occupy more than a few
megabytes. Temporary use of more space will be allowed within individual
Web pages for slides or animation sequences for off-site presentations.
However, once the presentation is over these large files should be removed.
Questions concerning the appropriateness of content should go to the head of
the System Management Group or to the Chair of the CAC.