Accessibility
This website is XHTML compliant and makes full use of cascading style sheets (CSS). It will look best on recent browsers (Internet Explorer 6, Firefox, etc.), which are developed with these standards in mind, but will display adequately on all commonly used browsers.
The site is designed for a screen resolution of 1024 x 768.
The technical and content standards we work to are:
- XHTML 1.0 Strict
- CSS 2.0
- the Australian Government Web Publishing Guide
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 published by the W3C.
Links to RecordSearch
The site contains links to the National Archives collection database RecordSearch. RecordSearch works best with Internet Explorer 5.0 and above.
Sound and video files
The site contains downloadable MP3, WMV and MOV files. You will need a media player to listen to them. Windows Media Player (PC) and QuickTime (Mac) are available as free downloads. To install one of these media players, click on the links below and follow the download and installation instructions.
- Windows Media Player (audio and video)
- QuickTime (audio and video)
Metadata
The National Archives website complies with the Australian Government Locator Service (AGLS) Metadata Standard. The standard is a set of 19 descriptive elements that are used to improve the visibility and accessibility of services and information over the internet.
This standard was developed by the National Archives and issued as Australian Standard AS 5044 by Standards Australia in December 2002.