The Platform for Internet Content Selection is a specification created by W3C that uses metadata to label webpages to help parents and teachers control what children and students can access on the Internet. The W3C RDF project is trying to integrate RDF labels with PICS labels.
Abstract: "PICS, the Platform for Internet Content Selection is a system for associating metadata (PICS 'labels') with Internet content. PICS provides a mechanism whereby independent groups can develop metadata vocabularies without naming conflict. The syntax of a PICS label
The PICS specification enables labels (metadata) to be associated with Internet content. It was originally designed to help parents and teachers control what children access on the Internet, but it also facilitates other uses for labels, including code signing and privacy. The PICS platform is one on which other rating services and filtering software have been built.
The PICS system has two types of components: rating systems and rating labels. A rating system defines the criteria for how content is rated.
The rating label is the actual rating
Security online is a vast field that is being worked on by a number of organizations, including W3C. Mapping the entire field would be a huge endeavor; hence, this page focuses on work that W3C is involved in.
The traditional W3C Security Resources page is no longer maintained, but remains online for archival purposes.
Web Security Context Working Group
The Web Security Context Working Group (part of the Security Activity) is chartered to specify a baseline set of security context information that should be accessible to Web users, and practices
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