VET+E-standards

=2011 VET E-standards Release notes= = //Purpose// = This document summarises recent updates to the VET E-standards. The standards are available from the E-standards for Training website [] in html, Word and PDF.


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 * **Background** ||  Clarification of the development and purpose of the VET E-standards  ||
 * ** File format for web content ** || The usage notes have been updated to clarify the effect of LMS delivery on screen dimensions and resolution and the application of the XHTML specification. A note regarding HTML 5.0 has also been added.   ||
 * ** Style and formatting of web content ** ||  Updated to include the use of CSS3 provided that it degrades to CSS2.0   ||
 * ** Text documents (standard) ** || Usage notes have been updated to clarify that the usage of the txt format for plain-text alternatives is not the only means of creating a text alternative.  ||
 * ** Presentation formats ** ||  A new section has been added for presentation software: PowerPoint is a cross-platform compatible application   ||
 * ** Image formats ** || The usage notes have been updated to provide greater guidance for format choice  ||
 * ** Audio formats ** || Updated to remove references to outdated formats  ||
 * ** Video file formats ** ||  Updated to reflect new file formats and codecs: MPEG 4 (H.264 codec) and SWF(incorporating FLV and F4V with the H.264 codec).   ||
 * ** Mobile device optimised content formats ** ||  A new section has been added that mirrors the structure of the desktop content formats section, it includes a number of recommended standards for the optimisation of content for mobile devices   ||
 * ** Share headlines and other web content ** ||  The RSS standard is now RSS 2.0   ||
 * ** Accessibility ** ||  Updated to reflect the adoption of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines v2 (WCAG 2.0) Double A success criteria   ||
 * ** Minimum set of desktop applications ** ||  Updated to Java Runtime Environment 1.6   ||
 * ** Recommended test platform ** || Updates to the CPU minimums for Macintosh and Linux  ||
 * ** Supported Operating Systems ** ||  Windows 2000 for Windows is not longer supported and the information for Linux has been updated to - Ubuntu 9.04 or a distribution of equivalent support are supported   ||
 * ** Supported browsers ** ||  Updated to remove support for IE6   ||
 * ** Mobile environments ** ||  The entire section has been updated.   ||