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  • Rigorous, comprehensive QA product.
  • Operates independent of the technology used to build the site.
  • Highly automated.
  • Use it to establish a baseline and to track CLF compliance.
  • User-friendly and simple to use.
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Common Look

The Solution for SERIOUS TBS Common Look and Feel compliance

Common Look is a breakthrough product designed to greatly simplify the process of verifying compliance with Treasury Board Common Look and Feel (CLF) Standards for the Internet.

Using Common Look, federal government departments and agencies can greatly speed the CLF verification process, reduce cost and improve the accuracy and consistency of testing.

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Common Look Features and Benefits
Feature

Common Look Benefit
Auto-discovery of web sites

Common Look supports the automatic navigation of web sites to build a Site Image. Pages that cannot be auto-discovered (e.g. dynamically returned pages) can be added manually to the Site Image. The tested status of each page shows in the graphical image created by this step.

 Graphically shows your site with the tested, untested or Passed/failed status of each page

 
Automatic Verification

Common Look supports the automatic (unattended) verification of CLF standards related to the bilingual welcome page / splash page, page alignment, common menu bar and institutional bar, metatags, as well as the W3C priority 1 and priority 2 checkpoints. Colored frames clearly show where elements fall outside specifications.

 Automation of testing for speed and accuracy

 
Assisted Verification

Some checkpoints call for a decision by the tester. By visually enhancing the testers experience, Common Look will improve the quality and consistency of the results. For instance, simultaneously scrolling the screen with/without color, or a style sheet will graphically aid in the compliance testing process.

 Speed, consistency and help with a tedious task

 
Ongoing Maintenance of CLF Compliance

Common Look keeps track of the Site Image and the CLF compliance status of each page within the site image. As pages are updated, and as new pages are added to the site, Common Look detects changes and ensures pages are verified for CLF compliance.

 Ensures enterprise compliance despite constant change

 
Enterprise Solution

Common Look comes in five editions: Small Site, Workgroup, Enterprise, Project and Auditor. The Enterprise edition supports a centralized repository where compliance data for an entire department can be stored. This makes it possible for senior management to have a real-time, high-level view into the CLF compliance status. It also makes it possible for web developers and testers to centrally manage CLF verification activities related to all the sites in a department.

 Centrally manage CLF verification for an entire department

 
Platforms Supported

Client Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP.

Server Any platform.

Database Any database that supports ODBC. No database is needed for the Small Site edition.

  

 
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