[Sigia-l] Feedback on PICS ratings

[Melissa Riesland]

Here's some documentation. Basically, it's a
ratings system that indicates non-family-friendly
content. 

Here's an example. You have to decode them - not
too user friendly:

'(pics-1.1 http://www.classify.org/safesurf/ l
gen t for http://www.playboy.com/ r (ss~~000 6
ss~~100 1))'

Here's the org that coordinates PICS. It's a w3c
thing:

http://www.rsac.org/
http://www.w3.org/PICS/

At one time, the following
companies/organizations said they were into it:
America Online, AT&T, CompuServe, Microsoft,
MicroSystems, NetNanny, Netscape, NewView,
Prodigy, Providence Systems, Recreational
Software Advisory Council, SafeSurf, SurfWatch 

Here's info about Netscape and IE
implementations:
http://developer.netscape.com/docs/technote/metadata/pics_ratings.html
http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/ie/evaluation/features/indepth/contentadv.asp

Articles:
http://www.ilpf.org/groups/content/tech.htm
http://cmc.dsv.su.se/select/rating-choices.html
http://www.ercim.org/publication/ws-proceedings/DELOS5/palme.pdf

M.
(can you tell I'm a librarian?)

--- David Charles Ptak <dptak at r-effects.com>
wrote:
> What are they?  I guess I don't know eiuther --
> can you enlighten
> the list?
> 
> ++
> David Charles Ptak                     
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Melissa Riesland" <riesland65 at yahoo.com>
> To: "ASIS SIGIA Listserv" <sigia-l at asis.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 11:53 AM
> Subject: [Sigia-l] Feedback on PICS ratings
> 
> 
> > The subject of PICS ratings came up in a
> meeting
> > yesterday. I seem to be one of the few people
> in
> > the office that know what they are.
> > 
> > The question posed to me was: How reliable
> are
> > they? If we use these as a filtering device,
> can
> > we be *pretty* sure that porn sites won't
> label
> > themselves as family friendly? 
> > 
> > What has your experience been with PICS? Are
> they
> > even used?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance.
> > M. 
> > 
> >
>
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