With the growth of the web, the amount and the nature of information available on the web encompasses many different cultures and lifestyles. One frequent requirement from web users has been to be able to select resources based on content. One approach to this problem is the Platform for Internet Content Selection (PICS) as described by Resnick and Miller []. The basic idea is to create a platform for the definition of labels attached to resources.
Each label describes a rating of a resource based on a particular rating service. It is important to
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 11, 1995 - A wide-ranging group of publishers, telecommunications companies, Internet and online service providers and software firms are working together under the auspices of The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to develop an easy-to-use labeling and selection platform, called PICS, that empowers people worldwide to selectively control online content they receive through personal computers.
PICS stands for Platform for Internet Content Selection, and is expected to be available royalty-free in early 1996. PICS is the result
Introduction
With its massive recent growth and popularity, the Internet faces a dilemma that other forms of media have already resolved: censorship. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) quickly recognized the issues surrounding censorship and in May 1995, its members began working on the Platform for Internet Content Selection (PICS). W3C recently issued PICS specifications as a W3C Recommendation.
PICS establishes Internet conventions for label format and distribution methods, while dictating neither a labeling vocabulary nor who should pay
CAMBRIDGE, MA, September 11, 1995 . . A wide-ranging group of publishers, telecommunications companies, Internet and online service providers, and software firms are working together under the auspices of The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to develop an easy-to-use labeling and selection platform, called PICS, that empowers people worldwide to selectively control online content they receive through personal computers. PICS stands for Platform for Internet Content Selection, and is expected to be available royalty-free in early 1996.
PICS is the
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