Reminds of me of PICS, something that was designed to help teachers and parents what children at a school can view online. <br> <a href="http://www.w3.org/PICS">http://www.w3.org/PICS</a><br> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_for_Internet_Content_Selection">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_for_Internet_Content_Selection</a><br>
<br>Website authors could add some code into the header of a web page that
would help identify and classify the site or specific pages. If you are curious, why not generate your own PICS metadata to drop into a website.<br> <a href="http://vancouver-webpages.com/VWP1.0/VWP1.0.gen.html">http://vancouver-webpages.com/VWP1.0/VWP1.0.gen.html</a><br>
<br>Ken is right .. this is only as good as those that adopt these rules. Still, it is something that particular industries have been pushing for.<br><br>Regards Roland<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 7:00 PM, ken price <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kenjprice@gmail.com">kenjprice@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div>It's interesting to wonder whether this new domain will be adopted voluntarily well enough to make web filtering almost trivial. </div>
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<div>If the various "industries" that ought to be in the .xxx domain actually self-regulated and moved there, this could be beneficial both to them and to education.</div>
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<div>Or - they could totally ignore the new domain. We'll see.</div>
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<div>Mark KELLY <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kel@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au" target="_blank">kel@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au</a>></span> wrote:<br></div>
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<blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">Just FYI, Andrew.<br><br>On 20 March 2011 13:40, Townsley, Andrew A<br>
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<div><<a href="mailto:townsley.andrew.a@edumail.vic.gov.au" target="_blank">townsley.andrew.a@edumail.vic.gov.au</a>> wrote:<br>> What has this got to do with teaching children!<br>><br>> A.Townsley<br>> <a href="mailto:townsley.andrew.a@edumail.vic.gov.au" target="_blank">townsley.andrew.a@edumail.vic.gov.au</a><br>
> Fountain Gate SC<br>><br>><br>><br>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: <a href="mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au</a> on behalf of Mark KELLY<br>
> Sent: Sun 20/03/2011 12:24 PM<br>
> To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List<br>> Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] Here comes .XXX<br>><br>> "The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has<br>> given the .XXX top-level domain (TLD) its final seal of approval. The<br>
> TLD is meant to give pornographic websites a clearly marked home on<br>> the Internet, but it has gone through so many ups and downs over the<br>> last 11 years that it's almost a shock that it has finally gone<br>
> through."<br>><br>> <a href="http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/03/icann-approves-xxx/" target="_blank">http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/03/icann-approves-xxx/</a><br>><br>> --<br>> Mark Kelly<br>
<br>--<br>Mark Kelly<br>Manager of ICT, Reporting, IT Learning Area<br>McKinnon Secondary College<br>McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia<br>Direct line / Voicemail: <a href="tel:%2B613%208520%209085" target="_blank">+613 8520 9085</a>, Fax <a href="tel:%2B613%209578%209253" target="_blank">+613 9578 9253</a><br>
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