HTML Analysis Of JISC 5/99 Project Entry Points

A pilot survey of the HTML compliance of the home pages of JISC 5/99 projects has been carried out. The survey makes use of the W3C HTML compliance checking tool.

You can use the service yourself either by going to the HTML Validator or by entering a URL in the following box:

Findings

A summary of the findings is given in the following table. The data was taken from the listing of DNER Development Projects.

Table 1: Access to Teaching and Learning Resources

	Project	Compliant?	HTML Version	Errors	Comments	Try It
1	ANGEL	N	HTML 4	Incorrect format for DOCTYPE		Check
2	FAILTE	Y	XHTML 1			Check
3	ICONEX	N	Not specified	No document type declaration		Check
4	RESULTs Network	N	Not specified	No document type declaration		Check

 

Table 2: Enhancing JISC data services for Teaching and Learning

	Project	Compliant?	HTML Version	Errors	Comments	Try It
5	Biz/ed Virtual Learning Arcade	Y	HTML 4			Check
6	CHCC	N	Not specified	No document type declaration		Check
7	Enhancing Beilstein CrossFire	N	Not specified	No document type declaration		Check
8	e-MapScholar	N	HTML 4		2 errors	Check
9	Geo-Crosswalk Gazetteer				No Web site
10	Go-Geo!: The Geo- data Portal Project				No Web site
11	Timeweb	N	Not specified	No document type declaration		Check
12	Using Numerical Data	N	HTML 4	Many errors		Check

 

Table 3: Images

	Project	Compliant?	HTML Version	Errors	Comments	Try It
13	ARTWORLD				No Web site
14	BIOMED	N	HTML 4	9 errors		Check
15	BuilDNER	N	Not specified	No document type declaration		Check
16	Crafts Study Centre				No Web site
17	Designing Britain 1945-1975	N	Not specified	No document type declaration		Check
18	Filter	N	HTML 4	2 errors		Check
19	PICTIVA	N	Not specified	No document type declaration		Check
20	Textile Images				No Web site

 

Table 4: Moving Image and Sound

	Project	Compliant?	HTML Version	Errors	Comments	Try It
21	Click and Go Video	N	Not specified	No document type declaration		Check
22	HOTBED	N	Not specified	No document type declaration		Check
23	LIFESIGN	N	Not specified	No document type declaration		Check
24	TRILT	N	Not specified	No document type declaration		Check

 

Table 5: Museum Content

	Project	Compliant?	HTML Version	Errors	Comments	Try It
25	Biota of Early Terrestrial Ecosystems	N	Not specified	No document type declaration		Check
26	Digital Egypt for Universities	N	Not specified	No document type declaration		Check
27	LEMUR	N	HTML 3.2	Many errors		Check
28	MIRACLE					No Web site
29	PATOIS	N	Not specified	No document type declaration		Check
30	Virtual Norfolk Project	N	Not specified	No document type declaration		Check

 

Table 6: Miscellaneous

	Project	Compliant?	HTML Version	Errors	Comments	Try It
31	EBONI	N	Not specified	No document type declaration		Check
32	INHALE	N	HTML 4	Many errors		Check
33	PELICAN	N	Not specified	Many errors	Converted from MS Word document	Check
34	VDML	N	Not specified	No document type declaration		Check

 

Table 7: Infrastructure projects - JOIN-UP

	Project	Compliant?	HTML	Errors	Comments	Try It
35	Docusend	Y	HTML 4			Check
36	Xgrain	Y	HTML 4			Check
37	ZBLSA	N	XHTML 1	2 errors		Check
38	ZETOC	Y	XHTML 1			Check

 

Table 8: RDN projects

	Project	Compliant?	HTML	Errors	Comments	Try It
39	British Education Portal	Y	HTML 4			Check
40	Computing Gateway	N	HTML 4	2 errors		Check
41	Euro Subject Portal for the RDN				No Web site
42	History online for learning and teaching	N	HTML 4	1 error		Check
43	Maths Portal				No Web site
44	NMAP	Y	Not specified	No document type declaration		Check
45	Physical Sciences Subject Portal for the RDN				No Web site
46	RDN Virtual Training Suite	N	HTML 4	5 errors		Check
47	SAD-I	N	Not specified	No document type declaration		Check
48	SAD-II				No Web site

 

Table 9: Z projects

	Project	Compliant?	HTML	Errors	Comments	Try It
49	Gate-Z	N	HTML 4	4 errors		Check
50	JAFER	N	XHTML 1	2 errors		Check
51	MIMAS Metadata for the DNER	Y	XHTML 1			Check

 

Table 10: Evaluation projects

	Project	Compliant?	HTML	Errors	Comments	Try It
52	EDNER	Y	XHTML 1			Check

 

Table 11: Studies

	Project	Compliant?	HTML	Errors	Comments	Try It
53	INSPIRAL	N	Not specified	No document type declaration		Check

The information in the table was collected on 2^nd October 2002.

Notes

Please note the following:

• Only the projects with a Web site have been analysed.
• Only the entry points have been analysed.
• Only an automated analysis has been carried out.
• The online version of this page allows the latest findings to be obtained.

Summary

A summary of the findings is given below.

Table 12A: Compliance Compliant 9 21% Not Compliant 34 79%

Table 12B: HTML Type HTML 3.2 1 2.3% HTML 4 14 32.5% XHTML 1 6 14.0% DTD Not Specified 22 51.2%

Nine projects had no Web site.

A summary in graphical format is given below.