Guidelines for Parliamentary Websites

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This Wiki is a collaborative workspace for the Advisory Group on Guidelines for Parliamentary Website. The group is updating the Guidelines for the Content and Structure of Parliamentary Websites[1] published by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in 2000. A link to the current draft of each section of the revised guidelines is given below. Members of the group are invited to add their comments and suggestions in accordance with the instructions at the top of each section. In addition, members are encouraged to share information with others in the group by adding or updating information on any of the pages listed under the Documents and Links section below.

Section 1: General Information about Parliament Section 2: Legislation and Oversight Section 3: Access Tools Section 4: Interactivity Tools Section 5: Usability, Accessibility and General Design Section 6: Oversight and Management Principles for Designing Parliamentary Websites Explanatory Notes Lingering Issues

Documents and Links

• About: brief description of the mandate of the advisory group.
  
• Members: list of the members of the group with their bio information and their email address.
  
• Working Documents: list with links to the documents the group is working on.
  
• Published Standards and Guidelines: list with links to standards and guidelines that others have established for websites.
  
• Related Documents, Presentations, and Websites: list with links to documents, presentations and websites (non parliamentary) related to the work of the group.
  
• Parliamentary Websites: list with links to parliamentary websites that illustrate the issues the group is discussing.