CommonLook^TM Government of Canada Edition

CommonLook Government of Canada Edition is the most advanced software solution available for testing Government of Canada websites for compliance with Treasury Board Common Look and Feel (CLF) 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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Features and Benefits

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

• 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;
• Automates the complete testing of individual standards, thereby increasing productivity, and providing a time-and-money saving solution;
• Is ready to use, out of the box, and without customization, providing an immediate solution;
• Manages the progressive test-and-correction cycle of multiple developers and testers, in a multi-website environment, providing a full enterprise solution; and,
• Provides detailed and summary test results information at the page, website and enterprise levels, providing a complete management solution.

Supported Platforms

Client: Windows XP, 2000 and NT.
Server: Any platform.
Database: MS SQL Server.