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Recreational Software Advisory Council
Recreational Software Advisory Council (RSAC) is a non-profit organization that provides an advisory system for software titles. They are extending their system for use on the Internet, based on the PICS technology.
Platform for Internet Content Selection
Platform for Internet Content Selection (PICS) is a W3C committee that has defined a technology standard for creating rating systems,
and a mechanism for obtaining ratings of content types. PICS has recieved wide industry support. PICS provides a way for any number of rating systems can be supported simultaneously. The choice of which rating system to use is left up to the parent, and the content provider. Microsoft will support the PICS technology in future versions of Internet Explorer.