The

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's Common Look and Feel (CLF) Standards for the Internet governed the branding,

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accessibility Accessibility is the design of products, devices, services, vehicles, or environments so as to be usable by people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design and practice of accessible development ensures both "direct access" (i. ...

standards for its

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and

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from 2000 - 2010. It comprised the following four parts, now

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:
Part 1: Standard on Web Addresses
i.e. tbs-sct.gc.ca
Part 2: Standard on the Accessibility, Interoperability and Usability of Web sites
- coding practices for accessibility
Part 3: Standard on Common Web Page Formats
– to create a common look and feel of Web pages so that they could be easily identified as belonging to the

Part 4: Standard on Email
– for consistent identification of government employees

Government of Canada Web Standards

The Common Look and Feel (CLF) Standards for the Internet have been replaced wit
four Web Standards
that incorporate current web practices such as

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, as well as designing for a plethora of devices, browsers and

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through which people navigate the Web. As of 2014, the

Web Standards consist of the following four

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policies:
Standard on Web Accessibility
(in effect: August 1, 2011)
Standard on Web Usability
(in effect: September 28, 2011)
Standard on Web Interoperability
(in effect: July 1, 2012)
Standard on Optimizing Websites and Applications for Mobile Devices
(in effect: April 1, 2013)

History

In 2000, the Canadian CLF 1.0 standard was implemented and government departments had almost two years to make their sites compliant. In 2007, the Canadian CLF standard was revised and a 2.0 version was released.

organizations were given two years to comply. In 2010, the

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announced that CLF 2.0 would be replaced b
four Web Standards
to: * take into account the most recent version of internationally accepted Web content accessibility guidelines; * increase flexibility of Website layout and design; * enable institutions to incorporate the use of innovative and emerging technologies to their online information and services. With various concerns having been raised over problems created by the CLF requirements, future versions of the standard may see significant changes.

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* The Standard on Web Accessibility is based on th
Web Content and Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0)
developed by th
W3C
* Th

is open source software created by the

to enable departments to build websites and

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that comply with the Web Standards. Government of Canada Web accessibility