Open ThomasFSeeger opened 2 years ago
What content "needs to be" published as a .pdf? Or, is better to publish as such?
https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2018/07/16/why-gov-uk-content-should-be-published-in-html-and-not-pdf/
as a person making business decisions i need to understand the pros and cons of PDFs and similar formats so i can ensure that those that need the information can access it AND so i can make smart business decisions around info delivery
Is it possible/valuable to re-frame this as:
Content should be published as HTML by default unless certain exceptions
that we can define below:
Yes, I think having some succinct and clear guidelines to reference around PDFs would help. Communicating our forms requirements/options to a larger audience could get this info to people before they create, which could steer us more toward accessible HTML than remediated-but-still-complicated PDFs.
On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 6:00 PM Ryan Wold @.***> wrote:
Is it possible/valuable to re-frame this as:
Content should be published as HTML by default unless certain exceptions that we can define below:
- a digital process that requires (per law/policy/statute) that a paper process must be available
- etc, etc
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This command can be used via google to get a list of .pdfs
Search using: filetype:pdf site:example.gov
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As a
content manager
I want toknow what content is appropriate to post as a pdf, and what content is not appropriate
So that Iprovide accessible, timely, authoritative information to the public
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