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Help - General Navigation
Every page on the Chief Information Officer (CIO) web site shares a common look and feel CLF
. This ensures that you can easily navigate the different services without getting confused by the layout.
The help page will help you to navigate.
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Each page has the same layout.
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The header is the same on all pages and allows quick and easy access to the
CIOB services. Each
page starts with the Federal Identity Program (FIP) Identifier and is
followed by the header/menu bar. There are three levels that
form part of the header/menu bar:
Federal Identity Program (FIP) Identifier
The federal identifier is placed on every page of the Web and serves to
identify a Government of Canada web site as indicated in the
CLF standard 2.1. There a three parts that form the Federal Identity Program (FIP)
identifier:
- the flag:
the flag symbol is used to identify all departments, agencies,
corporations, commissions, boards, councils, and other federal bodies and activities, unless they
are authorized to be identified by the Coat of Arms.
- the institutional signature: the FIP
signature is the combination of a symbol and the bilingual applied
title. Also referred to as the corporate signature.
- the Government of Canada signature or the
"Canada" wordmark:
the "Canada" wordmark is the brand identifier of the Government
of Canada and is used in association with the appropriate FIP signature
The Common Menu Bar serves to facilitate navigation through and between GoC sites and is part of the Commmon Look and Feel
(CLF) Standard 6.1. The common menu bar ensures users have direct access to
five key functions (language choice, contact information, help, search engines,
and a link to the Canada Site or Publiservice), from any page on any government site.
Navigation to the subsequent levels enables you to access content at the
departmental level and then at the Branch level.
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Français |
Gives you access to the identical page in the French
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Contact Us |
Enables you to send electronic mail or to utilize other means of communication (telephone and facsimile numbers, street and post office box addresses, etc.) with the organization or delegated officials. |
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Help |
Indicates our site specifications, how to navigate and find
information such as site maps, a list of the programs, acronyms, terms of reference,
etc. |
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Search |
Enables you to search for a program, a particular document
or presentation by entering a phrase or a keyword. You can search at
one of the different levels of the Web, at the Departmental level (TBS),
the Branch level (CIOB)
or the divisional level (the Web you are
navigating). We provide you with search
tips to give you more precise results. |
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Canada Site
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Publiservice Site |
Provides access to the Government of Canada's
web site.
If you are navigating a Publiservice Web site you will access the
Publiservice Web.
Note: Publiservice is an Intranet web site accessible only to Government of Canada public
servants and agencies. |
The primary institutional menu facilitates attainment of CLF
navigation objectives and further enhances communication and identification
objectives and is part of the Commmon Look and
Feel (CLF) Standard 6.2.
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What's New? |
Updated daily, this section is a current list of the newly created publications and events of the
web site you are navigating. You can also
select for different web sites in the hierarchy. As you move up the
hierarchy of services you are selecting for a broader service and as you
move down you are selecting for a narrower service. You can also select
for a list of 30 days, 3 months, 6 months and up to a year. |
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About Us |
The About Us page describes the service you are navigating. |
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Policies |
Lists the Government of Canada Policies and Standards with a brief
description and the effective date. |
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Documents |
Lists the published documents for the web site you are navigating. If you are navigating at a subsequent
web site, you will get a
selection to request the documents at the Branch level. The list can be
sorted by date created (the default), date modified, document title,
document type. |
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TBS Site |
This link takes you to the main TBS
web site. |
The third menu bar enables you to easily identify where other important
information can be accessed.
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Calendar |
Lists the events for the current day. You can navigate to
the previous or next day, previous or next month and also click on a day
of the current month on the small calendar. You can also click on the
current month or year. You can add an event and if approved, it will
be published. Events that get published are related to the CIOB
such as IM/IT,
Metadata, XML etc. |
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Links |
The Links section includes an extensive listing for the CIOB
Portfolio partners, CIOB
sectors and branches, departmental and other related government programs,
products and services, publications, business information by sector,
sponsored/partnered sites, and other related sites. |
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FAQ |
The Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
page includes answers to common queries about technical issues, the branch,
publications, business and other related items. |
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Presentations |
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Home |
Home will take you to the starting page of the service you
are navigating. It is useful to get back to this page if you need to get the
list of services for the Web site, the What's Hot box and a link to the CIOB
Principles. |
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1) Common Sidebar
The Left Common Sidebar is displayed on the Home page and on the main
navigation pages. Each web site has its own common sidebar. On the sidebar you are also able to
navigate your way up the hierarchy to the highest level, the
CIOB.This
enables you to quickly move between various sections of
the web you are in and to the various
CIOB webs. These are
considered vertical bread crumbs. Certain navigation pages contain a sidebar that expands and collapses when the
main item is clicked on (the expandable items are sometimes in a white
background).
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2) Sidebar Boxes
The Sidebar Boxes are also displayed on the Home page and on the main
navigation pages. These boxes can either be placed on the left or right of the
screen with the Personalize Display
Option. There are five boxes which help you retrieve information:
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3) Document Sidebar
The document sidebar is used for a multi-page document. It looks
similar to a common sidebar because it also enables you to
navigate your way up the hierarchy to the highest level, the
CIOB. Each document
has its unique sidebar which lists the main sections of the document
similar to a table of contents. This enables you to quickly jump between various sections of
the document you are in and to other
CIOB webs.
Certain documents contain a sidebar that expands and collapses when the
main item is clicked on (the expandable items are sometimes in a white
background). The "Return" button allows you to exit the
document and return to the page you started with.
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4) Presentation Sidebar
The presentation sidebar is used for a presentation. It looks
similar to a common sidebar because it also enables you to
navigate your way up the hierarchy to the highest level, the
CIOB.
It provides additional navigation features such as:
- the title of the presentation
- the date of the presentation
- the previous and
next page buttons < >
- the first and last page buttons |< >|
- the page number of the slide you are viewing and the total number of
slides
- a return button
which exits the presentation and returns to the page you started with.
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Most content is available in HTML format displayed as a web page.
Web documents are also
usually available in their original format, displayed as a download at the
bottom of the page sidebar using the following graphics. There is a set of arrows that
point to each other, which permit after you click on these, to hide the text description
of the "Printable Version" icon.
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RTF |
PDF |
PowerPoint |
Excel |
Printable |
These downloadable file formats are:
- Word - Text documents are available in MicroSoft Word Format. This is a word
processor that can be viewed by those whose have the MicroSoft Suite.
- RTF - Text documents are available in Rich Text Format. This is a standard format for
most word processors.
- PDF - Text documents, particularly complex documents that contain graphics and tables may also be available as
as Portable Document Format. To view these files
you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- PPT - Presentations are available in Microsoft PowerPoint format. To view these
files you will need PowerPoint
Presentation Viewer.
- Excel - Electronic spreadsheets are available in MicroSoft Excel.
These electronic spreadsheets can be viewed by those whose have the
MicroSoft Suite.
- Printable version - Text only in HTML format and universally
accessible. The header and sidebar have been excluded from this format and the
page is set up to print on most printers.
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The date indicator informs the users of the three dates which are
defined as follows:
- Created: the discrete date on which the resource was first published (made
available) on the Web.
- Updated: the discrete date on which the information content of the
resource was last substantially modified.
- Reviewed: the date when information content was last reviewed for currency.
Dates are represented in the ISO all-numeric date standard YYYY-MM-DD format.
Because of its positioning at the bottom of the page, the date indicator can also signal
to the users that they have reached the end of that page. The date indicator is part of the
Commmon Look and Feel (CLF) Standard 6.4. |
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The "Top of Page" Arrow promptly returns you
to the top of the page you are currently viewing. |
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Important Notices contains valuable copyright
information regarding the reproduction (commercial and non-commercial), use of
Third-party materials, disclaimer, privacy, and official languages of Government of Canada
web site content. |
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