Internet Explorer to feature XML-based content labeling feature

Iria · Oct 24, 2005, 10:51 PM

Washington (DC) - The Internet Content Rating Association, which produces a content labeling framework to enable Web filters and voluntary content blockers, has announced that Microsoft has signed a licensing agreement with it, and is also making a financial investment in the Association, for an undisclosed amount.

The current version of ICRAplus, produced by the Association, is an implementation of the W3C's Resource Description Framework (RDF), which is an XML framework for describing in general terms the content of documents. This content enables screening systems, such as filters in users' Web browsers, to block the display of documents whose content labels match listings in their exclusion policies. Such a system would give the producers of questionable content a way to tag themselves with "XXX" or another codeword, in order to trigger exclusions in the Web browsers of schools, libraries, and conscientious parents.

Such a system would give adult content providers an alternate mechanism for making themselves "filter-friendly," especially with recent proposals for an ".XXX" top-level domain mired in political and social controversy.

But another clear use of RDF, mentioned in the ICRA's own press release this morning, is to give search engines a clearer idea of the nature of document content as well.
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Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Internet Explorer to feature XML-based content labeling feature Washington (DC) - The Internet Content Rating Association, which produces a content labeling framework to enable Web filters and voluntary content blockers, has announced that Microsoft has signed a licensing agreement with it, and is also making a financial investment in the Association, for an undisclosed amount. The current version of ICRAplus, produced by the Association, is an implementation of the W3C's Resource Description Framework (RDF), which is an XML framework for describing in general terms the content of documents. This content enables screening systems, such as filters in users' Web browsers, to block the display of documents whose content labels match listings in their exclusion policies. Such a system would give the producers of questionable content a way to tag themselves with "XXX" or another codeword, in order to trigger exclusions in the Web browsers of schools, libraries, and conscientious parents. Such a system would give adult content providers an alternate mechanism for making themselves "filter-friendly," especially with recent proposals for an ".XXX" top-level domain mired in political and social controversy. But another clear use of RDF, mentioned in the ICRA's own press release this morning, is to give search engines a clearer idea of the nature of document content as well. __________ Read More / Source: TG Daily