ICRA projects
PEGI Online
November 2005 - October 2006
As part of the European Union's Safer Internet Programme, in late 2005 a working group was set up to create a new
PEGI Online Seal of Approval. The work builds upon that done by PEGI itself (Pan European Game Information) to label all
computer games sold in Europe to indicate their appropriateness for certain age groups. PEGI operates in all major
European countries except Germany and is the counterpart to ESRB in the USA.
Where displayed, the PEGI Online Seal of Approval will indicate to users that the website follows an agreed code
of conduct and that all games offered are rated using the PEGI system.
ICRA was pleased to be invited to join the working group to offer advice and expertise on making the Seal of
Approval and the individual game ratings machine-readable. This project fits in perfectly with the QUATRO project and
ICRA's wider work in improving online safety.
Mobile Web Initiative
June 2005 - May 2007
ICRA is participating in the World Wide Web Consortium's Mobile Web Initiative. The aim is to
make web-based resources as accessible on mobile devices (phones, PDAs etc.) as on desktop computers.
The activity is divided into two closely-related working groups:
The Device Description Working Group is seeking to devise a reliable method through which things like screen and
memory size, operating system and software can be identified by content providers.
The Best Practices Group is seeking to define an agreed set of best practice guidelines for content providers.
Resources that meet those guidelines will be eligible for a newly created "Mobile OK" trustmark. ICRA is
taking part in this group as trustmark provision is very much in line with its work on moving to RDF-based labels and
into the semantic web.
Quatro
Autumn 2004 - 2006
The Quality Assurance and Content Description project (Quatro) is a major project being led by ICRA and UK publishing
consultants, Pira International. The project will build on the established ideas about website labelling, whether for
content descriptions using ICRA's system, for quality assurance or any other reason. The aim is to help internet
users find what they want, to trust what they find, and to avoid material that, for whatever reason, they choose not
to see.
The project has already attracted the attention of major search engines and quality labelling schemes across the
world.
For full details, see the main QUATRO project pages.
SIFT Project
January 2002 - June 2003
A project under the European Union's Internet Action Plan. Led by Spanish family software developers
Optenet with the Greek National Centre for Scientific Research "Demokritos," the project
built on ICRAfilter to create a very powerful and flexible system now known as ICRAplus.
5 year strategic plan
February 2003
ICRA has launched a five year strategic plan to truly fulfil its mission on an international scale. A summary, which
includes ICRA's planned strategic initiatives, benefits and funding requirements can be seen
here (PDF format, 81Kb).
Customization and Personalization through RDF
February 2003
This project has now been superseded by Quatro.
Protecting Kids with Digimarc™
October 2001
ICRA is delighted to be working closely with Digimarc, the leader in digital watermark
technology and applications, to bring a new kind of labelling to the internet. Using features
already available in the some of thew world's leading image software, it is now possible
to add a persistent "Adult content" flag to images. Known as Protecting Kids
with Digimarc™ (or PKD for short), the system is complementary to the ICRA system and
shares our "empowering parents through self-regulation" ethos. Although
Digimarc's technology is well established throughout the world, PKD is a new venture with
plans for future development already in place. For full details, please click here.
ICRAsafe
April 2000 - April 2002
The ICRAsafe project provided much of the foundation for ICRA. Co-funded by the European
Union's Safer Internet Action Plan, the project partners were AOL Europe, the Bertelsmann Stiftung, Thus Plc., and
Cable & Wireless.
Project details available from the Safer Internet Action Plan website
here.
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