Required Elements

Required elements for Web content published on UTHSC-H server.

General Requirements

A template for page header and footer elements that meets state and university requirements is available. The following elements are required on all pages hosted on UTHSC-H servers:

• All university Web pages must use the institutional logo and name as outlined in UTHSC-H Graphic and Editorial Standards.
• A text-based link to UTHSC-H’s home page must be on every Web page posted to a university Web server.

Metadata Tag Requirements

Below are the metadata tags required for all information accessed through the Internet.  Adding these tags ensures external and internal search engines properly index the content.

• <title>page title </title>
• <meta name="creator" content=“Jane Doe, PhD">
• <meta name="publisher" content="The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston"> (this does not change)
• <meta name="publisher.component" content="Administration and Finance: Office of the President"> (Corresponds to your department’s HRMS department www.uth.tmc.edu/search/department_codes.htm)
• <meta name="description" content="The home page for The …">
• <meta name="keywords" content="keywords from the page">

Header Requirements

• A title (and if needed or desired a textual description) that concisely and accurately describes the page contents.
• Unless included elsewhere on the page, the department, division, unit or group name. This information should provide a clear indication of the site or sites that the page is a part of. For example, a faculty member’s publication page, might have links back to the faculty member’s home page and department or school.

Footer Requirements

• The name and contact link of the primary content owner or Web author of a page.
• A link to the department/school’s home page.
• Date of creation or most recent revision of the document or site.

In addition to the previous mandatory elements, the following items must be on each of the pages within a specified tier level.

Additional Requirements By Tier

Tier 1

• UTHSC-H Accessibility Standards
• Required Links:
  
  • Accessibility policy
  • Agency contact information
  • Emergency Information
  • Open Records/public information act policies/procedures
  • State of Texas home page
  • Statewide search
  • Site Policies
    
    • Compact with Texans
    • Digital Millenium Copyright Act
    • Legal Disclaimer
    • Linking policy
    • Privacy and Security policy
    • Statutorily required reports
  • Texas Homeland Security

Tier 2

• UTHSC-H Accessibility Standards
• Required Links:
  • Accessibility policy - currently in development (6/29/04)
  • Emergency Information
  • Site Policies

Tier 3 & 4

• UTHSC-H Accessibility Standards

Date modified: 11/19/2008