The Community Group on an Age Labels Data Model is currently deeply intertwined with the MIRACLE pilot project. The project, co-funded by the EC, is aiming at delivering a specification for interoperable age labels and machine-readable classification data. Since the … Continue reading →

The technical pilot project MIRACLE aims at making age classifications technically interoperable, regardless of their originating classification schemes. During the first 18 months of the project, the MIRACLE partners gained a lot of insight in the current practices of age classifications, electronic … Continue reading →

Comments requested – please go to http://www.miracle-label.eu/data-model/consultation/ To consider views and comments from data and metadata experts as well as industry players in the field of age classification, the MIRACLE project currently conducts a public consultation on version 0.93 of its specification. The … Continue reading →

During spring 2014 a lot has happened: After reporting the outcome of the Task Force’s talks and discussions to the CEO Coalition to make the Internet a better place for kids, the participants of the Task Force finally agreed on … Continue reading →

Since the last entry, two meetings took place to discuss the data model proposal in detail: 30 Sep 2013: Recap of last meeting and status quo, discussion of specific data model issues, thinking ahead: implementation context and information exchange issues … Continue reading →

Since a significant amount of discussions regarding an age label data model has taken place before the creation of this group, I’d like to give you an overview on the current state of play. The Technical Task Force I mentioned … Continue reading →

Starting from the insight that the harmonisation of classification schemes is neither desirable nor feasible due to different socio-cultural contexts of classification, technical interoperability between the existing schemes and their electronic labels is seen as a possible way ahead to … Continue reading →

There are a lot of supranational, national, regional, media-, OS- and platform-specific classification systems and age labels out there, all aiming at informing children, their  parents and other consumers about potentially harmful or unwanted content. The more these labels become … Continue reading →