1. United Nations ESCAP Third Group Training Course in Application of Information and Communication Technology to Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics: Website Design, 28 May – 1 June 2007, SIAP, Chiba, Japan Module I: Basic Principles Naylin Oo Information, Communication and Space Technology Division UNESCAP

2. United Nations ESCAP Third Group Training Course in Application of Information and Communication Technology to Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics: Website Design, 28 May – 1 June 2007, SIAP, Chiba, Japan Module I: Basic Principles Section 1: Introduction, basic terminology, class discussion, and practical exercise Section 2: Basic principles of a web site and searching data on the Internet (exercise)

3. United Nations ESCAP Third Group Training Course in Application of Information and Communication Technology to Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics: Website Design, 28 May – 1 June 2007, SIAP, Chiba, Japan Session 1: Introduction Naylin Oo Information, Communication and Space Technology Division UNESCAP Module I: Basic Principles

4. United Nations ESCAP Third Group Training Course in Application of Information and Communication Technology to Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics: Website Design, 28 May – 1 June 2007, SIAP, Chiba, Japan If it is not on web...... it does not exist Eric Hermouet

5. United Nations ESCAP Third Group Training Course in Application of Information and Communication Technology to Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics: Website Design, 28 May – 1 June 2007, SIAP, Chiba, Japan Internet Demographics The internet (or WWW) that we know of today is around 15 years old Over 1 billions Internet users worldwide (March 2007) –Asia: 400 millions –Europe: 315 millions –N. America: 235 millions –Latin America: 97 millions –Africa: 35 millions –The rest: 40 millions (Source: Internet World Stats, March 2007)

6. United Nations ESCAP Third Group Training Course in Application of Information and Communication Technology to Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics: Website Design, 28 May – 1 June 2007, SIAP, Chiba, Japan Internet Demographics

7. United Nations ESCAP Third Group Training Course in Application of Information and Communication Technology to Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics: Website Design, 28 May – 1 June 2007, SIAP, Chiba, Japan Session 1: Basic Terminology Module I: Basic Principles

8. United Nations ESCAP Third Group Training Course in Application of Information and Communication Technology to Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics: Website Design, 28 May – 1 June 2007, SIAP, Chiba, Japan The Internet A Network of Computer Networks (Intranet: private network within an organization) Providing a large number of services: –World Wide Web –E-mail –Chat –Internet Phones (VoIP) –File Transfer –Newsgroups –Telnet

9. United Nations ESCAP Third Group Training Course in Application of Information and Communication Technology to Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics: Website Design, 28 May – 1 June 2007, SIAP, Chiba, Japan The Internet

10. United Nations ESCAP Third Group Training Course in Application of Information and Communication Technology to Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics: Website Design, 28 May – 1 June 2007, SIAP, Chiba, Japan An unbalanced network? Global Internet Map (http://www.telegeography.com/products/map_internet/index.php)Global Internet Map Internet Traffic Report (http://www.internettrafficreport.com/main.htm)Internet Traffic Report Different communication protocols Different connection modes –Different speed –Different level of reliability –Different pricing policies

11. United Nations ESCAP Third Group Training Course in Application of Information and Communication Technology to Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics: Website Design, 28 May – 1 June 2007, SIAP, Chiba, Japan Communication Protocols For the communication, we use ‘Protocols’ ‘Protocols’ are agreed standards for data transfer Examples of ‘Protocols’ are: –Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) –File Transfer Protocol (FTP) –HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

12. United Nations ESCAP Third Group Training Course in Application of Information and Communication Technology to Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics: Website Design, 28 May – 1 June 2007, SIAP, Chiba, Japan Different connection modes Dialup 56 Kbs Broadband ISDN –Integrated Services Digital Network –use ordinary phone lines –transmit digital instead of analog signals –64 Kbs or 128 Kbs

13. United Nations ESCAP Third Group Training Course in Application of Information and Communication Technology to Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics: Website Design, 28 May – 1 June 2007, SIAP, Chiba, Japan Different connection modes Broadband (continued) ADSL –Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line –Use traditional copper telephone lines –Download at speeds of up to 1.544 Megabits –Upload at speeds of up to128 Kilobits per second –Maximum distance between user and phone switching office –Becoming the next standard? xDSL –Variations of ADSL

14. United Nations ESCAP Third Group Training Course in Application of Information and Communication Technology to Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics: Website Design, 28 May – 1 June 2007, SIAP, Chiba, Japan Different connection modes Broadband (continued) Cable Modem –Usually using TV cables (fibre optic or coaxial) –Speed up to 10 Mbs Leased line, T1 –Dedicated digital connection –Up to 1.5 Mbs Non-cable based –Satellite –Radio modem

15. United Nations ESCAP Third Group Training Course in Application of Information and Communication Technology to Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics: Website Design, 28 May – 1 June 2007, SIAP, Chiba, Japan Module I: Basic Principles World Wide Web

16. United Nations ESCAP Third Group Training Course in Application of Information and Communication Technology to Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics: Website Design, 28 May – 1 June 2007, SIAP, Chiba, Japan What is WWW? The World Wide Web (or the "Web") is a system of interlinked, hypertext documents that runs over the Internet. - wikipedia Standards used for display of Web-content are: –HyperText Markup Language (HTML) –Extensible Markup Language (XML)

17. United Nations ESCAP Third Group Training Course in Application of Information and Communication Technology to Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics: Website Design, 28 May – 1 June 2007, SIAP, Chiba, Japan Accessing the WWW To access the WWW, you need a web browser: Internet Explorer (IE), Firefox (Mozzila), Opera, etc. In many cases, information are made available in specific and thus you need a specific software or plug-ins (e.g., viewers, players or office applications)

18. United Nations ESCAP Third Group Training Course in Application of Information and Communication Technology to Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics: Website Design, 28 May – 1 June 2007, SIAP, Chiba, Japan Browser-window Page Title Address bar Standard buttons Connection Status bar Menu bar

19. United Nations ESCAP Third Group Training Course in Application of Information and Communication Technology to Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics: Website Design, 28 May – 1 June 2007, SIAP, Chiba, Japan Elements of a (NSO) website (1) Logo Navigation elements Text links Image links Menu links Search engine

20. United Nations ESCAP Third Group Training Course in Application of Information and Communication Technology to Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics: Website Design, 28 May – 1 June 2007, SIAP, Chiba, Japan Elements of a (NSO) website (2) Feedback: emailto: External Links

21. United Nations ESCAP Third Group Training Course in Application of Information and Communication Technology to Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics: Website Design, 28 May – 1 June 2007, SIAP, Chiba, Japan Elements of a (NSO) website (3) Static Tables Spreadsheets Database Access

22. United Nations ESCAP Third Group Training Course in Application of Information and Communication Technology to Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics: Website Design, 28 May – 1 June 2007, SIAP, Chiba, Japan Elements of a (NSO) website (4) Graphs Documents in PDF- format

23. United Nations ESCAP Third Group Training Course in Application of Information and Communication Technology to Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics: Website Design, 28 May – 1 June 2007, SIAP, Chiba, Japan Web Addresses To find the right connection with the right computer, we use Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) http://www.unsiap.or.jp/training/web/index.htm protocolhost namepath (location)file name

24. United Nations ESCAP Third Group Training Course in Application of Information and Communication Technology to Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics: Website Design, 28 May – 1 June 2007, SIAP, Chiba, Japan Session 2: Basic Principles of a web site Naylin Oo Information, Communication and Space Technology Division UNESCAP Module 1: Basic Principles

25. United Nations ESCAP Third Group Training Course in Application of Information and Communication Technology to Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics: Website Design, 28 May – 1 June 2007, SIAP, Chiba, Japan Before you begin 1.Planning process 2.Design and development process (including testing and debugging) 3.Publishing process

26. United Nations ESCAP Third Group Training Course in Application of Information and Communication Technology to Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics: Website Design, 28 May – 1 June 2007, SIAP, Chiba, Japan Planning Process Purpose Goals and objectives Assessment –Target audience and scope –Requirements (resources and contents) –Timeline Then, Development process, Publishing process

27. United Nations ESCAP Third Group Training Course in Application of Information and Communication Technology to Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics: Website Design, 28 May – 1 June 2007, SIAP, Chiba, Japan Resource planning Human resources requirements Technical requirements –Hardware/Equipment –Software/Platform –Internet/Security architecture Planning and Managing a Web site

28. United Nations ESCAP Third Group Training Course in Application of Information and Communication Technology to Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics: Website Design, 28 May – 1 June 2007, SIAP, Chiba, Japan Roles and functions Webmaster function Organizational support Users In-house data suppliers Etc. Planning and Managing a Web site

29. United Nations ESCAP Third Group Training Course in Application of Information and Communication Technology to Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics: Website Design, 28 May – 1 June 2007, SIAP, Chiba, Japan Competency Management competence Technical competence Web design competence Web development competence Database competence Language competence Etc. Planning and Managing a Web site

30. United Nations ESCAP Third Group Training Course in Application of Information and Communication Technology to Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics: Website Design, 28 May – 1 June 2007, SIAP, Chiba, Japan The Webmaster functions: Web site planning and development Day-to-day management and monitoring Evaluate new trends and technology Ensure that standards are followed Devise in-house training Keeping-up the quality Promote cooperation and coordination Ensure that policy directives are followed Planning and Managing a Web site

31. United Nations ESCAP Third Group Training Course in Application of Information and Communication Technology to Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics: Website Design, 28 May – 1 June 2007, SIAP, Chiba, Japan Organizational support: Management and policy support Technical support (IT) Coordination support Resource support Planning and Managing a Web site

32. United Nations ESCAP Third Group Training Course in Application of Information and Communication Technology to Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics: Website Design, 28 May – 1 June 2007, SIAP, Chiba, Japan Development Process Six major stages: 1.Site definition and planning 2.Information architecture 3.Site design 4.Site construction 5.Site marketing 6.Tracking, evaluation, and maintenance

33. United Nations ESCAP Third Group Training Course in Application of Information and Communication Technology to Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics: Website Design, 28 May – 1 June 2007, SIAP, Chiba, Japan Development Process Required: Resources (financial, human, etc.) Contents (web pages, images, etc.) Design (structure, navigation, etc.) Hosting (shared, dedicated, etc.) Domain (TLD -.com,.net,.org, etc.)

34. United Nations ESCAP Third Group Training Course in Application of Information and Communication Technology to Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics: Website Design, 28 May – 1 June 2007, SIAP, Chiba, Japan Testing and Debugging the Site Users has different: Hardware (PC, Mac, etc.) Software (Windows, Linux, MacOS) Connections speed Languages Etc.

35. United Nations ESCAP Third Group Training Course in Application of Information and Communication Technology to Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics: Website Design, 28 May – 1 June 2007, SIAP, Chiba, Japan Sustaining quality - Management: Monitoring for functionality Check for misuse and pages not following standards Look out and evaluate new methods and techniques Apply security patches immediately Good training programs Good user relationship Publishing and Maintenance

36. United Nations ESCAP Third Group Training Course in Application of Information and Communication Technology to Production and Dissemination of Official Statistics: Website Design, 28 May – 1 June 2007, SIAP, Chiba, Japan Crawler-Based Search Engines Create their listings automatically Human-Powered Directories Depend on humans for its listings "Hybrid Search Engines" Or Mixed Results How Search Engine Work?