1. Collaborative tools and Web 2.0
(NEWS/NEWS FROM FAO)

... Aggregating RSS feeds from other Web source As FAO is strengthening its role as a Knowledge Management Organization, these tools could have a central role in building knowledge netwo...

2. The next phase of the FAO Open Archive project begins
(NEWS/NEWS FROM FAO)

...bibliographic cataloguing at FAO. The FAO Open Archive project will be the foundation for the collection, management, maintenance and timely dissemination of material published by FAO. To improve ...

3. What is Enterprise 2.0?
(NEWS/GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS)

...roduction to Enterprise 2.0 "Enterprise 2.0 has the potential to provide knowledge and content management in a surprisingly cheap and easy fashion using Web-based tools. Learn what it's...

4. 2.8 Social Media Policy
(WEBGUIDE/WEB PUBLICATION BASICS)

...em and the presence of a disclaimer. As FAO is strengthening its role as a Knowledge Management Organization, it is important that staff actively participate in the process of...

5. FAO to host Web2ForDev conference
(NEWS/NEWS FROM FAO)

... ways in which international development stakeholders in agriculture, rural development, and natural resource management can take advantage of the technical and organizational opportunities provided b...

6. Merging the Corporate Document Repository (CDR) and the Online Catalogue (FAODOC).
(NEWS/NEWS FROM FAO)

... the CDR and FAODOC into one, sustainable digital repository, offering a solid foundation for the collection, management and maintenance of material published by FAO. A project is under way to ...

7. Acronyms
(RESOURCES/RESOURCES)

...   DWS Distributed Web site management System A Content management system software which au...

8. 9.2 Update procedures for Web sites
(WEBGUIDE/MAINTENANCE)

...ion on a specific Web site and can request an update. Divisional Focal Point for Web Management: the divisional coordinator for the Web. This person could be the data owner, a...

9. 8.2 Promotion
(WEBGUIDE/LAUNCH)

... section of the WAICENT portal. The highlights section contains details of recent developments in information management at FAO and often includes items on new Web sites. To include a news story on th...

10. 7.2 How to use the test environment
(WEBGUIDE/TESTING)

...o the test environment Static and dynamic Web sites Most Web sites, including in house content management systems (DWS), are placed on the server faoint0b. The URL for this test server ...

11. 6.10 Providing access to search
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

... Set-up can be done by KCEW or KCT, and costs are usually involved. If your Web site uses a Content Management System (CMS), the embedded search engine may provide the best results. KCEW and...

12. 6.8 Link management
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

Policy Avoid links to pages under construction or to non-existing pages, i.e. remove the <a href=".."> tag. When a page is not available in the given language, the English version

13. 6.1 Management of files/naming
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

14. 5.3a Design visual identity
(WEBGUIDE/DESIGN)

...e home page and at least one sub-page of the Web site so that staff involved in the project as well as senior management can review and provide comments and eventual approval. Re...

15. 5.4 Define technical implementation
(WEBGUIDE/DESIGN)

...ecting the option most suitable for your requirements and subject matter is the key to successful information management and Web publishing. As a follow-up, this section provides information on...

16. 4.4b Why embed metadata in Web pages?
(WEBGUIDE/CONTENT COLLECTION)

...ake use of: perhaps most importantly, metadata can vastly enhance indexing within an internal content management system or cataloguing system; metadata is very helpful in interpreting multi...

17. 4.4a What is metadata?
(WEBGUIDE/CONTENT COLLECTION)

...re also being developed for other reasons, including: administrative control, security, personal information, management information, content rating, rights management and preservation. While this top...

18. 4.3 Writing for the Web
(WEBGUIDE/CONTENT COLLECTION)

...e Web is very different from writing an FAO technical paper, a country report or an internal brief for senior management. Web writing is usually punchier and more concise compared with its hardco...

19. 4.2 FAO content repositories
(WEBGUIDE/CONTENT COLLECTION)

...with the contact people for each system. Textual information web publishing: Electronic Information Management Services EIMS manages electronic publishing workflows. It also assign...

20. 4.1 Developing a content inventory
(WEBGUIDE/CONTENT COLLECTION)

...ve or archive out-of-date information; and provide the groundwork for migration of a Web site to a content management system. What is in a content inventory? A content inventory can take a...

21. 3.5 Identify resources
(WEBGUIDE/PLANNING)

...ovides guidelines for two often-overlooked issues in planning: ensuring that FAO-specific information management, technology and Web design requirements are correctly included in the terms of ...

22. 3.3 Define the Web site subject scope
(WEBGUIDE/PLANNING)

...g. for development, selection and inventory); and as a starting point for subsequent steps related to the management of the information and the promotion of the site. To define the subject s...

23. 3.1 Consultation
(WEBGUIDE/PLANNING)

...search to define the user requirements?   Information managers - will you need to adopt any information management standards (e.g. document templates and metadata)? Do you need to set up a workf...

24. 2.4 Policy and legal matters
(WEBGUIDE/WEB PUBLICATION BASICS)

...red by the standard clause, a specific copyright notice should be drafted in consultation with the Publishing Management Service. To publish non-FAO copyright material on the FAO Web site, formal perm...

25. 2.2 Roles in Web publishing
(WEBGUIDE/WEB PUBLICATION BASICS)

... compliance to WAICENT standards and guidelines advice on metadata, usability, cataloguing and document management traffic monitoring and analysis   ...

26. 2.3b Minimum level of clearance required
(WEBGUIDE/WEB PUBLICATION BASICS)

Clearance is obviously required from senior management (chiefs and directors) before a Web site is published. Clearance can also be given by an officer responsible for the programme/project (e.g. GI

27. 2.1 WAICENT Project Approach
(WEBGUIDE/WEB PUBLICATION BASICS)

...s a policy with detailed procedures and checklists aimed to formalize Web site and information system project management. In addition, it aims to improve coordination across the Organization at the pl...

28. 1.2 Quality criteria of Web sites
(WEBGUIDE/INTRODUCTION)

...nd effectiveness with which users can achieve tasks in a particular environment. Retrievability Site management should ensure that the Web site contains relevant metadata so that it is retrie...

29. 1.1 FAO and the Internet: What is an FAO Web site?
(WEBGUIDE/INTRODUCTION)

...nical and scientific materials; and dissemination of statistics, data and procedures. Production and management are decentralised, i.e. rests with the originating Division or Organizational U...

30. 6.12b Web site content management systems
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

Distributed Web site Management System (DWS) The Distributed Web site Management System (DWS) is a corporate content management system that has been used to construct FAO Web sites. DWS allows con

31. 6.9b Other ways of preparing print-safe Web pages
(WEBGUIDE/CONSTRUCTION)

Guideline If you are using a content management system, the system can be configured to produce a print-friendly version of the page. In this case, make sure that each Web page contains a link to

32. 2.9c FAO server structure
(WEBGUIDE/WEB PUBLICATION BASICS)

...ing an HTML editor or tool that produces content in HTML. Static content can also be generated by Web content management systems (e.g. Distributed Web site management System - DWS) that allow content ...

33. 2.7c Content Management Systems (CMS)
(WEBGUIDE/WEB PUBLICATION BASICS)

A content management system (CMS) assists users in the process of administering a Web site's content. A CMS facilitates the organisation, control, and publication of a large body of documents, image

34. 2.7b Dynamic content
(WEBGUIDE/WEB PUBLICATION BASICS)

...ystems that allow static Web sites to have dynamic areas. One example of such a system is the News and Events Management System (NEMS). NEMS allows users without HTML knowledge to post news and events...

35. 2.7a Static content
(WEBGUIDE/WEB PUBLICATION BASICS)

...volving parameters or a user-defined query. Static content can be created/edited by an HTML editor or Content Management System (CMS). Static pages may contain some local (browser-based) processing us...

36. 2.6c Designing for the user
(WEBGUIDE/WEB PUBLICATION BASICS)

...sks. Obtain as much information about your target users from people who work with them or meet them. Convince management to do preliminary research so that clear user requirements are incorporated in ...

37. 2.6b How to gather user information: user research
(WEBGUIDE/WEB PUBLICATION BASICS)

...se if the Web site is large or rich in information. You can establish a simple mailing list or use a specific management tool (look for customizable tools where you can introduce profiling questions t...

38. 2.6a FAO Web sites: the user perspective
(WEBGUIDE/WEB PUBLICATION BASICS)

...tional fora; trainers and training institutes: civil society lobbyists; librarians and information management specialists; and the national, international and specialized media. Th...

39. 2.3d Regulation of access to servers
(WEBGUIDE/WEB PUBLICATION BASICS)

... of their Web site before it is placed online. Static Web sites (including those generated by the DWS content management system) are placed on the server Faoint0b. The URL for this test server is alwa...

40. 1.2 Quality criteria of Web sites (FR)
(WEBGUIDE/INTRODUCTION - Français)

...nd effectiveness with which users can achieve tasks in a particular environment. Retrievability Site management should ensure that the Web site contains relevant metadata so that it is retrie...