World-Wide-Web Provider Responsibilities
                        Advisory Number 5
                   Last revised: 29 Jan. 1996
                                
Topic:
Both OITS and the CWIS Policy Implementation Committee of the
Council on Information Technologies and Services get questions on
the basic responsibilities which apply to WWW providers at UF.
A summary response to such frequently asked questions seemed to
be useful.

Examples:
"Does a student's home page on a UF machine fall under student
conduct rules?" "What are the basic UF policy requirements for
Web providers?"


Resources used in formulating the Advisory:
 ·    Review of background, scope, and intent of UFRFC-8. (See
   UFRFC's from OITS' Web Site.)
 
 ·    Committee discussion and on-line editing of the primary
   contents of this Advisory by the CWIS Policy Implementation
   Committee .

Premises:
 ·    UFRFC-8 "Policies and Preferred Practices for UF's Campus-
   Wide Information System" is the normative document.
 
 ·    Federal and State law, SUS Standard Practice, and UF
   policies are relevant in a variety of ways.

Conclusions:
 ·    UF's Home Page (and default) URL is  http://www.ufl.edu
   No other URL should be held out as being equivalent or a
   substitute.  Queries about the UF Home Page should be directed to
   www@www.ufl.edu.
 
 ·    Student Organization Web Pages and student individual pages
   are subject to UFRFC-8 and to the policies in the UF Student
   Handbook.  Authors of student pages in either category
   (organization, individual) are accountable to the Office of
   Student Affairs.
 
 ·    Vice Presidents, Deans, Directors, Dept. Chairs, and heads
   of administrative units are responsible for the accuracy and
   content of Web pages generated in and on behalf of their
   respective units.  Such Web pages also are subject to the
   policies in UFRFC-8.
 
 ·    Individual Web pages authored by faculty are subject to the
   policies in UFRFC-8, to the provisions of the Faculty Handbook,
   and to the provisions of the individual's employment contract.
 
 ·    Individual Web pages authored by staff (A&P, USPS, OPS) are
   subject to the policies in UFRFC-8 and to the provisions of the
   individual's employment contract.
 
 ·    UF students, staff, or faculty interested in establishing a
   Home Page can contact the University Help Desk at 392-HELP (392-
   4357) or via email to ufhelp@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu for advice.