To take advantage of the older PICS ICRA labelling system using Microsoft Internet Explorer, follow the key steps below. Please note: There are 2 ICRA PICS labelling systems currently in use, and to get the most from your filtering, you will want to set up both of these systems in Content Advisor. This page shows […]
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This procedure provides the solution to the most common problem experienced with Content Advisor. The cause is a corrupted file called “ratings.pol”. Please note that this procedure applies to Windows 9x and NT. Users of Windows ME should click here. If you are running Windows 2000 or Windows XP, please contact Microsoft Support directly as […]
Enter the URL (web address) of the site you want to analyze, select the options you want, then click the “Test” button. There are three possible results: Red: The site is not ICRA labelled. Amber: An Amber light means one of two things: You have an old (PICS) label on your site but not a […]
Through its ICRA division, the Family Online Safety Institute is playing a leading role in the develpment of “trusted metadata”. This takes many forms, including content labels and machine-readable trustmarks, all based on semantic web technologies. The Institute belives that such metadata has the potential to make a significant impact in areas such as trust, […]
* If any of na – nc or sa – sf are present in a revised vocabulary label, the mapping must not lead to nz 1 or nz 0 under the original vocabulary. The presence of nz 1 under the original vocabulary means that there is neither nudity or sexual material present. In the presence […]
The table below shows the code for each ICRA descriptor. Below that is the equivalent table for the original vocabulary published in 2000. Nearby Vocabulary mapping (2000 – 2005 and vice-versa) Nudity na 1 Exposed breasts nb 1 Bare buttocks nc 1 Visible genitals nz 0 Nudity may be, but is not known to be, […]
Once you have created the file that contains your label(s) you need to link your content to that file. How you do this depends on how you construct your site as a whole. Therefore for the most appropriate advice, please select the option that best suits you from the list below: See if your web […]
In general, yes; but if you wish to register for ICRAchecked, and your site is accessible with and without the www prefix to your domain, then no, you must use an absolute URL in the link tag’s href attribute. Why? Filters and the ICRA label tester will follow a relative URL in your link tag, […]
Families using tools such as Internet Explorer’s Content Advisor will continue to benefit from PICS labels for some time. If you have obtained a new (RDF) label since January 2006, then you will have received a PICS version of your label along with your Link tag. You can therefore remove your old v02 PICS tag, […]
Most ISPs take the security of their customers’ websites very seriously and take a number of precautionary measures. One of these can be to only allow certain types of file to be uploaded to their servers – and that list may not include files ending with .rdf. The simplest way around this is to use […]