Information Providers Guide

The Information Provider's Guide (IPG) is intended for information publishers on EUROPA (webmasters, editors, developers, coordinators, contractors, etc.). The guide covers all aspects of publishing on the EUROPA site, describing the relevant editorial, technical and presentation standards in force, as well as providing a wide range of recommendations based on best practices.

The rules set out in the IPG are compulsory in order to ensure a coherent and user-friendly service to the users. The IPG is freely available on EUROPA in English, and is a living document which is regularly updated.

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Basics for newcomers, What is EUROPA, Communication & Policy Strategy, Structure, Legal requirements, Managing, Training

Definition and Planning, Creating new Site, Types of SitesProject Workflow, Information Architecture, Off-the-shelf e-services, Accessibility, ErgonomicsUsability, Framework contracts

Content definition, Types of content, Definition, Multilingualism, Optimise access to content (search), Linking to europa.eu, Writing for the web, Work guidelines

Interface and Technical design, General Presentation, Standard templates, Library, References

Developing your website, Infrastructure, Site types, Portals, Integrate off-the-shelf e-service

Publication, Promotion, Search Engines

Maintenance, Tracking, Evaluation and Evolution, Site evaluation (Statistics), Redirection, Archiving, Close-out

Workflow, Checklist, Tools and Services

AuthoringApplication servers, Databases,  BrowsersPluginsScreen readersQuality control, Web streaming,  Off-the-shelf e-services

Accessibility, Communication Protocols, Databases, Document formats, Image formats, Markup languages, Multimedia formats, Presentation, Scripting languages

 

A to Z index
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X

 

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Last update: 11/08/2009 | Top