Web Standards and Browser Recommendations for UC Davis Web Sites and Applications

The University of California, Davis is a culturally diverse institution rich in research, teaching, learning and administrative activities. This diversity leads to varying IT requirements, including the need to support different web browsers. To ensure that a web site or application works well across the different UCD computing environments, a product needs to work well on all popular web browsers. Web developers and software purchasers need a method of validating services against a common web support framework, thereby ensuring that applications work properly for all users.

This guide recommends web application development and selection strategies to ensure the application:

• is accessible to all users;

• is maintainable;

• can readily adapt to changing needs of users;

• meets applicable legal and UC policy requirements;

The Documents

• Browser Related Recommendations for Developing and Procuring Web Services at UC Davis

  • Identifies strategies for ensuring browser compatibility with web-based applications, content, and services in use at UC Davis.  It provides rationale for the other documents and serves as reference material.

• Minimum Standards Compliance Requirements for UC Davis Web Sites and Applications

  • Establishes minimum standards for browser support at UC Davis.

• Sample RFP Language for Browser Compatibility at UC Davis

  • Provides sample RFP language that can be used to ensure purchased software complies with these specifications.

• Browser Support Matrix for UC Davis Web Content Providers

  • Provides a list of operating systems and browsers that are compatible with these specifications.