Categories in Newham.net

General

The Newham.net site is a "gateway" to sites created in and/or about Newham. If you live, work or study in Newham you can submit a personal site providing your site makes reference to Newham.. Any business, voluntary organisation or public body based in Newham can submit a site. Sites that do not emanate from Newham may be acceptable if the content is directly relevant to Newham and Newham is specifically mentioned on the site. 

We do not list Adult sites and Newham.net users are asked to report any Adult material that they find linked to directly from the Gateway site and this may result in the removal of the link from the database.

Please note that only sites established by an organisation can normally be listed in any part of the index other than the personal home pages. Any entry that has a URL of type name.org.uk, name.gov.uk, name.ac.uk, name.co.uk, name.org, name.com and name.net will be presumed to represent an organisation providing the site includes a "real world" contact address. Any URL that is not of this type eg name.virgin.net may be asked to provide proof of its organisational status before the entry is accepted.. 

The categorization of sites is based on the schema used by the Open Directory Project so as to enhance ease of transfer of information to this international effort. The main difference is that the database we use does not permit sub categories to appear under more than one heading so arbitrary decisions have had to be made. The sub headings will be implemented only as need dictates with normally at least three entries of a type being entered before the sub category is created. 

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1. Arts and entertainment

Regional artistic, cultural, and entertainment activities, events, institutions, organizations, etc.
Dance, Libraries, Museums, Movies, Music, Photography, Theatre. All "events" guides and listings should be entered here.
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2. Business and economy (all .co.uk & .com not listed elsewhere)

Most sites here will be name.co.uk or name.com. Local businesses, business associations and services for businesses to be included. If a business site has eCommerce capability it can be listed both here and in Shopping Online. Business related training offered by, say, a College, should be listed under Education and Learning as should a private sector training company. Any business can choose to enter itself here or in another category which fits it more specifically.

Books, Cars, Car Rentals, Classifieds, Clothing, Economic Development, Employment, Event Planning (Conventions, Weddings), Financial Services, Industries (Construction and Maintenance, Financial Services, Legal Services, Publishing), Jewellery, Legal Services, Property, Restaurants and Bars, Shopping, Tour Operators, Travel Services, Travel Agents

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3. Computing and Internet

Web designers, computer consultants, online communities. Training in this area should be listed under Education and Learning not here. This will be categorized as and when necessary.
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4. Culture and society

Activism (not environmental - should go under Science and Environment), Disability Resources, Genealogy, Human Rights, Kids, Men, Politics, Religion, Seniors, Sexuality (not adult sites), Teens, Women.

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5. Education and learning (all .ac.uk home pages)

The place for all local school sites to be listed and indeed any site that promotes learning whether they be academic, private, voluntary or public sector. All .Newham based "name.ac.uk" sites should be here.

Adult Education, Colleges, Educational Services, Home Schooling, Learning Online, Primary Schools, Secondary Schools, University, Vocational Training,

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6. Government (all .gov & .gov.uk home pages)

If is has a ."name.gov.uk"  URL it should be listed here. However the dividing lines between what is and is not Government is tricky thanks to the existence of "quangos". If it has Council staff or public servants then it should be here. Sites that are of type "name.co.uk" or "name.com" should not be here.

Please note that the sites of political parties should be listed under Culture and Society and not here.
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7. Health

Local hospitals, organisations focusing on health and disability including self help groups. Includes governmental services such as Environmental Health.

AIDS, Alternative Medicine, Associations, Care Providers, Conditions and Diseases, Consultants, Counselling Services, Dentistry, Emergency Services, Hospitals, Mental Health, Psychologists, Self Help.
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8. History

Local history sites, an exception to the "organisation only" rule may be made for substantial local history sites run by individuals. 
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9. Home and family

Do it yourself, gardening, decorating, pets and children. Does not include personal family sites which should go under "Personal Homepages" nor does it include estate agents and  mortgages which should go under Business.
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10. Jobs

Sites offering jobs or help to find jobs. Can simply be a link to one page on a site that is used to advertise for staff.
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11. Local and regional

Sites where place is the most important issue unless that place is Newham in which case it should be listed elsewhere. This is NOT the place for sites that cover Newham as a whole . Forest Gate, East Ham, Lee valley and any site that is primarily about a particular locality should be here.
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12. Miscellaneous

Ideally this category should be empty. It is primarily for use by people submitting sites that do not obviously fit anywhere else. 
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13. News

Local newspapers, radio and TV news.
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14. Personal homepages

All sites run by individuals rather than organisations whatever their content. If the content is mainly about a particular issue, for instance cycling, then providing the link description includes this fact it will be found by people searching links for this topic.
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15. Recreation and sport

16. Reference

Directories (such as the http://www.newham.net/ site), Libraries and in general sites that have large lists of information that people would only look at when trying to find something specific. 
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17. Science and environment

Mainly academic departments though can include technology based businesses providing not already listed under "Computing and Internet" The environment topics include Agriculture, Parks, Wildlife, Birds, Zoos as well as pressure groups.
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18. Shopping Online

This category is for online shopping and only includes sites that support this. Sites run by shops that do not have an online shopping capability should be entered under "business and finance".
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19. Travel and tourism

Airlines, Airports, B&B, Buses, Car Rental, Hotels,  Railways, Roads, Tourist attraction, Traffic, Taxis, Tour Operators, Travel Agents, Travel Guides

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20. Voluntary and community (all .org.uk and .org not listed elsewhere)

Will normally have URLs of type "name.org.uk" or "name.org". A voluntary organisation working in the health field should be listed under Health not here. This section does not include churches which should go under culture and society.

Charities, Community groups, Housing organisations, Tenants associations
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Version 1.1
June 2000