Welcome to the web standards project

The Web Standards Project was set up to help improve access to legal and advice information on the Internet.
We are working with the Community Legal Service website, CLS Direct (www.clsdirect.org.uk/ formerly JustAsk!) and other legal and advice sector websites to improve searching and access for visually impaired people, so that all users can more easily locate the information they need.

Latest news

New version of Content Classification Scheme and Thesaurus available from February 2006

The LAMS-CCS has been amended. The latest version (1.4 February 2006) makes amendments to the previous version (1.3) to reflect the introduction of the Civil Partnership Act in December 2005. Amended versions of these documents can be downloaded from the resources section.

Register to receive notification of updates to the Content Classification Scheme

You can now receive automatic notification of updates to the LAMS-CCS (Legal and Advice Sector Metadata Scheme Content Classification Scheme). To register, please complete the form in the resources section of the site.

New development on use of non-leaf terms

Feedback from users of the LAMS-CCS (Legal and Advice Sector Metadata Scheme Content Classification Scheme) indicates that they need to be able to classify their website information using non-leaf terms (terms in the classification scheme for which there are no further subheadings). This has been agreed by the consultation panel. Please see the resources section for more information.

CCS Consultation Panel

Changes to the CCS are agreed through a consultation panel of key legal and advice sector agencies involved in using the scheme. Agreed changes to the scheme will be incorporated into subsequent versions of the CCS.

Agencies interested in being involved with the consultation panel for the Content Classification Scheme should contact the eCLS policy team at the Legal Services Commission on 020 77590 1020 or email webadmin@clsdirect.org.uk.

Please see the resources section for more information on proposing changes to the CCS.

Training materials available

Latest version of the project materials are available from the resources section of this website.

Web Standards Project Report

The Web Standards project officially ended in June 2002. A report on the project is available:

Web Standards Project report 2002 PDF (80 Kb)
Web Standards Project report 2002 Rich Text Format (1Mb)

To read PDF files you will need to Download Adobe Acrobat Reader and install it on your computer (if you don't have it already). To convert Adobe PDF documents into HTML or plain text visit Access Adobe.

Anyone interested in the Community Legal Service Quality Mark Standard for Websites is welcome to use the resources available on this site.

A copy of the Quality Mark and an application form can be downloaded from the Legal Services Commission website: www.legalservices.gov.uk/qmark/intro_forms.htm

This information current when last updated on 21st February 2006