Content formats

These recommendations have been reviewed and ratified by the E-standards Expert Group.

They are valid for use in the Australian VET system in 2008.

Refer to the background information on Content formats for more info on this topic.

Recommended Standard(s)	Reference	Function
XHTML 1.0 (extensible Hypertext Markup Language). Desktop environments: optimise for 1024x768 pixel screen resolution Mobile environments: usable at 128 pixel width All web page objects should be scalable.	XHTML 1.0	Author web content
CSS1 or CSS2 (Cascading Style Sheets Level 1 or Level 2)	CSS1 level 1 or CSS2 level 2	Describe style and formatting information
PDF (Portable Document Format) that are appropriately tagged to meet accessibility requirements	Adobe PDF Reference	Text documents (fixed display)
RTF (Rich Text Format)DOC (MS Word)	RTF specification Microsoft Word support	Text documents
PNG (Portable Network Graphics) suitable for all types of images GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) for non-photographic images such as logos, line-drawings, etc JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) for photographic images	PNG GIF JPEG	Provide still graphics.
MP3 (Motion Pictures Experts Group Audio Layer 3) AU audio format	MP3 AU Format	Provide audio.
MOV (Apple Quicktime Movie) MPEG2 or MPEG4 (Motion Pictures Experts Group) AVI (Audio Video Interleave) SWF (Shock Wave Flash) FLV (Flash Video)	Quicktime MPEG2, MPEG-4 AVI SWF FLV	Provide video.
Javascript version 1.3 or SWF (Shock Wave Flash)	Sun Javascript reference Adobe player	Provide interactive content