Platform for Internet Content Selection (PICS) The PICSTM specification enables labels (metadata) to be associated with Internet content. It was originally designed to help parents and teachers control what children access on the Internet, but it also facilitates other uses for labels, including code signing and privacy. The PICS platform is one on which other rating services and filtering ...

Metadata, PICS and Quality Chris Armstrong looks at the possibility of a PICS application acting as a quality filter. A recent Ariadne article by Anagnostelis, Cooke and McNab ended with a reference to the Platform for Internet Content Selection (PICS) and added that while PICS controls neither the publication nor the distribution of information, it offers individuals and organisations the ...