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title="Special:EditPage/Template:Governance"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Website governance</b> is an <a href="/wiki/Organization" title="Organization">organization</a>'s structure of staff and the <a href="/wiki/Web_content_management_system" title="Web content management system">technical systems</a>, <a href="/wiki/Policy" title="Policy">policies</a> and procedures to maintain and manage a <a href="/wiki/Website" title="Website">website</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Website <a href="/wiki/Governance" title="Governance">governance</a> applies to both Internet and Intranet sites.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Areas_of_responsibility">Areas of responsibility</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Website_governance&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Areas of responsibility"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Governance of a website may include a wide variety of responsibilities, including <a href="/wiki/Web_strategy" title="Web strategy">online strategy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Budget" title="Budget">budgeting</a>, systems and software administration, <a href="/wiki/Web_hosting_service" title="Web hosting service">hosting</a>, online <a href="/wiki/Internet_marketing" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet marketing">marketing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Communications" class="mw-redirect" title="Communications">communications</a>, <a href="/wiki/E-commerce" title="E-commerce">e-commerce</a>, <a href="/wiki/Customer_service" title="Customer service">customer service</a>, <a href="/wiki/Business_development" title="Business development">business development</a>, <a href="/wiki/Online_community" title="Online community">online community</a> and <a href="/wiki/Social_media" title="Social media">social media</a>, <a href="/wiki/Web_content_development" title="Web content development">web content development</a> and <a href="/wiki/Workflow" title="Workflow">workflows</a>, <a href="/wiki/Content_strategy" title="Content strategy">content strategy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Translation" title="Translation">translation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Web_graphic_design" class="mw-redirect" title="Web graphic design">website graphic design</a>, <a href="/wiki/User_experience" title="User experience">user experience</a> (analysis/design), <a href="/wiki/Information_architecture" title="Information architecture">information/data architecture</a>, <a href="/wiki/Web_analytics" title="Web analytics">website analytics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Internet_security" title="Internet security">security</a>, <a href="/wiki/Archiving#Web_archiving" class="mw-redirect" title="Archiving">archiving</a>, <a href="/wiki/Outsourcing" title="Outsourcing">outsourcing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Accessibility#Telecommunications_and_IT_access" title="Accessibility">accessibility</a>, legal issues (for example, <a href="/wiki/Copyright" title="Copyright">copyright</a>, <a href="/wiki/Digital_rights_management" title="Digital rights management">DRM</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trademark" title="Trademark">trademark</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Privacy" title="Privacy">privacy</a>), <a href="/wiki/Information_ethics" title="Information ethics">information ethics</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Training" title="Training">training</a>, among others. These areas may be the responsibility of several or single staff within an organization, depending on available resources and infrastructure, organizational needs and objectives, website size, and how content is managed and delivered.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McGovern<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> argues that there is a limit to the number of web pages that can be professionally managed by one person, although he does not set the outer limit, either in a number of pages (in a centralized model of website governance) or in a number of publishers (in a decentralized model of website governance). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Website_management_team">Website management team</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Website_governance&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Website management team"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A website management team (WMT) can be defined as an authorizing body of a website responsible for setting and achieving high-level goals for a site. This body includes content owner stakeholders and site production staff.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In some organizations, a <a href="/wiki/Chief_web_officer" title="Chief web officer">chief web officer</a> leads the WMT. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Website_governance_roles.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Website_governance_roles.png/300px-Website_governance_roles.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Website_governance_roles.png/450px-Website_governance_roles.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Website_governance_roles.png/600px-Website_governance_roles.png 2x" data-file-width="987" data-file-height="468" /></a><figcaption>Website management team: An example of a tactical steering team organized primarily by production roles.</figcaption></figure><p>Responsibilities and authorities of website staff may be grouped by <a href="/wiki/Strategy" title="Strategy">strategic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tactic_(method)" title="Tactic (method)">tactical</a> and <a href="/wiki/Business_operations" title="Business operations">operational</a> roles, and may be organized as a <a href="/wiki/Cross-functional_team" title="Cross-functional team">cross-functional</a> web team. A strategic site sponsor articulates the high-level vision of the site, and determines if the vision is adequately fulfilled; a tactical-level staff translates the vision into detail by prioritizing projects, specifying site design and negotiating the placement of content.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tactical staff may be a group serving on a website governance board or steering team representing the main constituencies as defined by the organization's overall business plan.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance_models">Governance models</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Website_governance&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Governance models"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several models of website governance exist. Authors have focused on the content lifecycle;<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> primary components, such as people, process, and standards;<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> attributes, such as accountability, accessibility, participation across business areas, and standards;<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and type of governance structure (centralized, decentralized, or federated).<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Through the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Web_Managers_Council" title="Federal Web Managers Council">Federal Web Managers Council</a>, Federal agencies in the U.S. government collaborate to share common challenges, ideas, and best practices and improve the online delivery of U.S. government information and services.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Harrison, the first co-chair of the Federal Web Managers Council, has proposed the 5 "R's" of web governance: Roles, Responsibilities, Relationships, Rules, and Review.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a 2008 report,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Joint_Inspection_Unit" class="mw-redirect" title="United Nations Joint Inspection Unit">United Nations Joint Inspection Unit</a> reviewed the management of websites in United Nations system organizations and made eight recommendations to improve a website's presence. These included website governance, strategy, and policies and guidelines; content management systems; and staffing, training, and funding.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2011 Jacoby introduced the Website Governance Functional Model.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Based on a <a href="/wiki/Business_reference_model" title="Business reference model">business reference model</a> within Davenport's<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Information_ecology" title="Information ecology">information ecology</a>, the Website Governance Functional Model included at least 16 functional areas within an organization, along with the principles of <a href="/wiki/Project_management" title="Project management">project</a>, <a href="/wiki/Information_management" title="Information management">information</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Knowledge_management" title="Knowledge management">knowledge management</a>. In this article he also introduced the concept "the website <i>is</i> the organization." </p><p>In 2012 Jacoby introduced the Website Governance Modeling Tool, "designed to help Web managers and their stakeholders conceptualize and assess their organization's website governance."<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Website_Governance_Modeling_Tool.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Website_Governance_Modeling_Tool.jpg/300px-Website_Governance_Modeling_Tool.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="231" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Website_Governance_Modeling_Tool.jpg/450px-Website_Governance_Modeling_Tool.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Website_Governance_Modeling_Tool.jpg/600px-Website_Governance_Modeling_Tool.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="809" /></a><figcaption> The <b>Website Governance Modeling Tool</b> provides space and structure to illustrate functional areas of website governance. It as a pre-populated "drawing board", a place to process through Web work areas and strategies. Each work area and strategy is in an expandable, movable, writable box, with more named work areas to the side.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Website_governance&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Content_audit" title="Content audit">Content audit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Content_inventory" title="Content inventory">Content inventory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Design_methods" title="Design methods">Design methods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Information_technology_governance" class="mw-redirect" title="Information technology governance">Information technology governance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internet_governance" title="Internet governance">Internet governance</a></li> <li><a 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Oxford University Press. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/informationecolo00dave/page/288">288</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-511168-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-19-511168-0"><bdi>0-19-511168-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Information+Ecology&rft.pages=288&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=0-19-511168-0&rft.aulast=Davenport&rft.aufirst=Thomas+H.&rft.au=Prusak%2C+Laurence&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Finformationecolo00dave%2Fpage%2F288&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWebsite+governance" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRobert_Jacoby2012" class="citation web cs1">Robert Jacoby (May 24, 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cmswire.com/cms/web-cms/website-governance-new-modeling-tool-puts-you-in-charge-015776.php">"Website Governance: New Modeling Tool Puts You in Charge"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 July</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=DigitalGov.gov&rft.atitle=How+Governance+Supports+Your+Agency%27s+Digital+Government+Strategy&rft.date=2015-06-12&rft.aulast=Jacoby&rft.aufirst=Robert&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.digitalgov.gov%2F2015%2F06%2F12%2Fhow-governance-supports-your-agencys-digital-government-strategy%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWebsite+governance" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLisa_Welchman2015" class="citation book cs1">Lisa Welchman (2015). <i>Managing Chaos: Digital Governance by Design</i>. Rosenfeld Media. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1933820880" title="Special:BookSources/978-1933820880"><bdi>978-1933820880</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Managing+Chaos%3A+Digital+Governance+by+Design&rft.pub=Rosenfeld+Media&rft.date=2015&rft.isbn=978-1933820880&rft.au=Lisa+Welchman&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWebsite+governance" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Website_governance&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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