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  • Built specifically for TBS CLF standards, providing a comprehensive and accurate CLF testing solution, right out of the box.
  • Highly automated.
  • Accelerates CLF compliance.
  • Operates independently of the technology used to build the site.
  • Use it to establish a baseline and to track CLF compliance.
  • User-friendly and easy to use.

Our CommonLook™ Website CLF Testing Tool is the most advanced software solution available for testing Government of Canada websites for compliance with Treasury Board Common Look and Feel standards. CommonLook™ enables a forty-fold productivity improvement in the CLF-testing of websites, ‘out of the box’, and without customization.

CommonLook™ is useful to Government On-Line managers who are responsible for meeting the Treasury Board standards for CLF accessibility and branding for current and new websites. The urgent requirements for public accessibility and consistent branding of Federal websites are presenting departments with major workload and quality control issues which current manual and generic solutions do not address





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CommonLook™ Features and Benefits

Unlike generic and W3C-limited testing tools, the CommonLook™ solution:

o Applies all CLF standards, including W3C Priority 1 and Priority 2 checkpoints, and identifies all instances of website non-compliance, providing a comprehensive and accurate solution;

o Automates the complete testing of individual standards, thereby increasing productivity, and providing a time-and-money saving solution;

o Is ready to use, out of the box, and without customization, providing an immediate solution;

o Manages the progressive test-and-correction cycle of multiple developers and testers, in a multi-website environment, providing a full enterprise solution; and,

o Provides detailed and summary test results information at the page, website and enterprise levels, providing a complete management solution.

CommonLook™ Feature CommonLook™ Benefit

Auto-discovery of web sites

CommonLook™ 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

CommonLook™ 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, CommonLook™ 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

CommonLook™ 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, CommonLook detects changes and ensures pages are verified for CLF compliance.
Ensures enterprise compliance despite constant change.

Enterprise Solution

CommonLook™ 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.
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Supported Platforms

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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