ICRA label decoder
The table below shows the code for each ICRA descriptor. Below that is the equivalent table for the original vocabulary published in 2000.
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| Nudity | |
| na 1 | Exposed breasts |
| nb 1 | Bare buttocks |
| nc 1 | Visible genitals |
| nz 0 | Nudity may be, but is not known to be, present |
| nz 1 | No nudity |
| Sexual material | |
| sa 1 | Passionate kissing |
| sb 1 | Obscured or implied sexual acts |
| sc 1 | Visible sexual touching |
| sd 1 | Explicit sexual language |
| se 1 | Erections/explicit sexual acts |
| sf 1 | Erotica |
| sg 1 | dotXXX compliant: Websites with this designation provide online sexually-oriented adult entertainment intended for consenting adults. The designation may also be used to label websites that provide affiliated services with or for such service providers. The term "adult entertainment" is not to be construed as a specific regulatory category but is intended as a generic description for voluntary self-identification. |
| sz 0 | Sexual material may be, but is not known to be, present |
| sz 1 | No sexual material |
| Violence | |
| va 1 | Assault/rape |
| vb 1 | Injury to human beings |
| vc 1 | Injury to animals |
| vd 1 | Injury to fantasy characters (including animation) |
| ve 1 | Blood and dismemberment, human beings |
| vf 1 | Blood and dismemberment, animals |
| vg 1 | Blood and dismemberment, fantasy characters (including animation) |
| vh 1 | Torture or killing of human beings |
| vi 1 | Torture or killing of animals |
| vj 1 | Torture or killing of fantasy characters (including animation) |
| vz 0 | Violence may be, but is not known to be, present |
| vz 1 | No violence |
| Language | |
| la 1 | Abusive or vulgar terms |
| lb 1 | Profanity or swearing |
| lc 1 | Mild expletives |
| lz 0 | Potentially offensive language may be, but is not known to be, present |
| lz 1 | No potentially offensive language |
| Potentially harmful activities | |
| oa 1 | Depiction of tobacco use |
| ob 1 | Depiction of alcohol use |
| oc 1 | Depiction of drug use |
| od 1 | Depiction of the use of weapons |
| oe 1 | Gambling |
| of 1 | Content that sets a bad example for young children: that teaches or encourages children to perform harmful acts or imitate dangerous behaviour |
| og 1 | Content that creates feelings of fear, intimidation, horror, or psychological terror |
| oh 1 | Incitement or depiction of discrimination or harm against any individual or group based on gender, sexual orientation, ethnic, religious or national identity |
| oz 0 | Potentially harmful activities may be, but are not known to be, depicted |
| oz 1 | No potentially harmful activities |
| User generated content | |
| ca 1 | User-generated content such as chat rooms and message boards (moderated) |
| cb 1 | User-generated content such as chat rooms and message boards (unmoderated) |
| cz 0 | User generated content may be, but is not known to be, present |
| cz 1 | No user-generated content |
| Context | |
| xa 1 | This material appears in an artistic context |
| xb 1 | This material appears in an educational context |
| xc 1 | This material appears in a medical context |
| xd 1 | This material appears in a sports context |
| xe 1 | This material appears in a news context |
Legacy PICS vocabulary
In order to facilitate filtering for parents using PICS filters (such as Microsoft Internet Explorer's Content Advisor), since April 2006 ICRA has also provided a simplified PICS interpretation of the current vocabulary alongside the RDF labels.
| Nudity | |
| n 0 | No nudity: no bare buttocks, breasts or genitals in any context |
| n 1 | Limited nudity: bare buttocks and/or breasts in artistic, medical, educational, sports or news context. No genitals in any context. |
| n 2 | Some nudity: bare buttocks and/or bare breasts in any context; genitals only in artistic, medical, educational, sports or news context |
| n 3 | Unrestricted nudity: nudity of any kind in any context, although this does not imply sexual content, which is described separately |
| Sexual material | |
| s 0 | No sexual material: no passionate kissing, obscured or implied sexual acts, no visible sexual touching, no explicit sexual language, no erections or explicit sexual acts, no erotica in any context |
| s 1 | Limited sexual material: obscured or implied sexual acts and visible sexual touching may appear in an artistic, medical, educational, sports or news context. Passionate kissing may appear in any context. No explicit sexual language, no erections or explicit sexual acts, and no erotica in any context |
| s 2 | Some sexual material: obscured or implied sexual acts, visible sexual touching, and passionate kissing may appear in any context. Explicit sexual language, erotica, erections or explicit sexual acts only in artistic, medical, educational, sports or news context |
| s 3 | Unrestricted sexual material: sexual material of any kind, in any context, although this does not include sexual violence, which is described separately |
| Violence | |
| v 0 | No violence: no assault/rape; no injury, torture, killing or blood and dismemberment of humans, animals or fantasy characters (including animation) in any context |
| v 1 | Limited violence: injury, torture, killing or blood and dismemberment of fantasy characters (including animation) only in artistic, medical, educational, sports or news context. No injury, torture, killing or blood and dismemberment of humans in any context. No assault/rape |
| v 2 | Some violence: injury, torture, killing or blood and dismemberment of fantasy characters (including animation) in any context. Injury, torture, killing or blood and dismemberment of humans or animals only in artistic, medical, educational, sports or news context. No assault/rape |
| v 3 | Unrestricted violence: violence of any kind in any context, including assault/rape |
| Language | |
| l 0 | No offensive language: no abusive or vulgar terms, no profanity or swearing, no mild expletives in any context |
| l 1 | Limited offensive language: no abusive or vulgar terms in any context. Profanity, swearing, or mild expletives only in artistic, medical, educational, sports or news context |
| l 2 | Some offensive language: abusive or vulgar terms only in artistic, medical, educational, sports or news context. Crude words, profanity or mild expletives in any context |
| l 3 | Unrestricted offensive language: abusive or vulgar terms, profanity, swearing, or mild expletives in any context, although this does not include sexual language, which is described separately |
| Depiction of tobacco use | |
| oa 0 | No depiction of tobacco use: no depiction of tobacco use in any context |
| oa 1 | Limited depiction of tobacco use: depiction of tobacco use only in artistic, medical, educational, sports or news context |
| oa 2 | Unrestricted depiction of tobacco use: depiction of tobacco use in any context |
| Depiction of alcohol use | |
| ob 0 | No depiction of alcohol use: no depiction of alcohol use in any context |
| ob 1 | Limited depiction of alcohol use: depiction of alcohol use only in artistic, medical, educational, sports or news context |
| ob 2 | Unrestricted depiction of alcohol use: depiction of alcohol use in any context |
| Depiction of drug use | |
| oc 0 | No depiction of drug use: no depiction of drug use in any context |
| oc 1 | Limited depiction of drug use: depiction of drug use only in artistic, medical, educational, sports or news context |
| oc 2 | Unrestricted depiction of drug use: depiction of drug use in any context |
| Depiction of weapon use | |
| od 0 | No depiction of weapon use: no depiction of weapon use in any context |
| od 1 | Limited depiction of weapon use: depiction of weapon use only in artistic, medical, educational, sports or news context |
| od 2 | Unrestricted depiction of weapon use: depiction of weapon use in any context |
| Depiction of gambling | |
| oe 0 | No depiction of gambling: no depiction of gambling in any context |
| oe 1 | Limited depiction of gambling: depiction of gambling only in artistic, medical, educational or news context |
| oe 2 | Unrestricted depiction of gambling: depiction of gambling in any context |
| Content that sets a bad example for young children: that teaches or encourages children to perform harmful acts or imitate dangerous behaviour | |
| of 0 | No content that sets a bad example for young children: no content that sets a bad example for young children, that teaches or encourages children to perform harmful acts or imitate dangerous behaviour, in any context |
| of 1 | Limited content that sets a bad example for young children: content that sets a bad example for young children, that teaches or encourages children to perform harmful acts or imitate dangerous behaviour, only in artistic, medical, educational, sports or news context |
| of 2 | Unrestricted content that sets a bad example for young children: content that sets a bad example for young children, that teaches or encourages children to perform harmful acts or imitate dangerous behaviour, in any context |
| Content that creates feelings of fear, intimidation, horror or psychological terror | |
| og 0 | No content that creates feelings of fear, intimidation, horror or psychological terror: no content that creates feelings of fear, intimidation, horror or psychological terror in any context |
| og 1 | Limited content that creates feelings of fear, intimidation, horror or psychological terror: content that creates feelings of fear, intimidation, horror or psychological terror only in artistic, medical, educational, sports or news context |
| og 2 | Unrestricted content that creates feelings of fear, intimidation, horror or psychological terror: content that creates feelings of fear, intimidation, horror or psychological terror in any context |
| Incitement or depiction of discrimination or harm against any individual or group based on gender, sexual orientation, ethnic, religious or national identity | |
| oh 0 | No incitement or depiction of discrimination or harm against any individual or group: no incitement or depiction of discrimination or harm against any individual or group based on gender, sexual orientation, ethnic, religious or national identity in any context |
| oh 1 | Limited incitement or depiction of discrimination or harm against any individual or group: incitement or depiction of discrimination or harm against any individual or group based on gender, sexual orientation, ethnic, religious or national identity only in artistic, medical, educational, sports or news context |
| oh 2 | Unrestricted incitement or depiction of discrimination or harm against any individual or group: incitement or depiction of discrimination or harm against any individual or group based on gender, sexual orientation, ethnic, religious or national identity in any context |
| User generated content | |
| c 0 | No user-generated content: no user-generated content such as chat rooms and message boards in any context |
| c 1 | Limited user-generated content: moderated user-generated content such as chat rooms and message boards content in any context |
| c 2 | Some user-generated content: moderated user-generated content such as chat rooms and message boards in any context. Unmoderated user-generated content only in artistic, medical, educational, sports or news context |
| c 3 | Unrestricted user-generated content: unmoderated user-generated content such as chat rooms and message boards in any context |
Original (2000) ICRA vocabulary
The table below shows the codes for the ICRA vocabulary used between 2000 and June 2005. The original definitions are also available.
| Nudity and sexual material | |
| na 1 | Erections and female genitals in details |
| nb 1 | Male genitals |
| nc 1 | Female genitals |
| nd 1 | Female breasts |
| ne 1 | Bare buttocks |
| nf 1 | Explicit sexual acts |
| ng 1 | Obscured or implied sexual acts |
| nh 1 | Visible sexual touching |
| ni 1 | Passionate kissing |
| nr 1 | appears in an artistic context and is suitable for young children |
| ns 1 | appears in an educational context and is suitable for young children |
| nt 1 | appears in a medical context and is suitable for young children |
| nz 0 | Nudity or sexual material may, but is not known, to be present |
| nz 1 | No nudity or sexual material |
| Violence | |
| va 1 | Sexual violence/rape |
| vb 1 | Blood and gore, human beings |
| vc 1 | Blood and gore, animals |
| vd 1 | Blood and gore, fantasy characters (including animation) |
| ve 1 | Killing of human beings |
| vf 1 | Killing of animals |
| vg 1 | Killing of fantasy characters (including animation) |
| vh 1 | Deliberate injury to human beings |
| vi 1 | Deliberate injury to animals |
| vj 1 | Deliberate injury to fantasy characters (including animation) |
| vk 1 | Deliberate damage to objects |
| vr 1 | appears in an artistic context and is suitable for young children |
| vs 1 | appears in an educational context and is suitable for young children |
| vt 1 | appears in a medical context and is suitable for young children |
| vu 1 | appears in a sports context |
| vz 0 | Violence may, but is not known to, be present |
| vz 1 | No violence |
| Language | |
| la 1 | Explicit sexual language |
| lb 1 | Crude words or profanity |
| lc 1 | Mild expletives |
| lz 0 | Potentially offensive language may, but is not known to, be present |
| lz 1 | No potentially offensive language |
| Other topics | |
| oa 1 | Promotion of tobacco use |
| ob 1 | Promotion of alcohol use |
| oc 1 | Promotion of drug use |
| od 1 | Gambling |
| oe 1 | Promotion of weapon use |
| of 1 | Promotion of discrimination or harm against people |
| og 1 | Material that might be perceived as setting a bad example for young children |
| oh 1 | Material that might disturb young children |
| oz 0 | Topics in this section may, but are not known to, be present |
| oz 1 | None of the "Other topics" |
| Chat | |
| ca 1 | Unmoderated chat |
| cb 1 | Moderated chat suitable for children and teens |
| cz 0 | Chat facilities may, but are not known to, be present |
| cz 1 | No chat facilities |
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