DefinePK

Abstract

Information exchange predominantly had been done using websites. Websites are designed and developed using unstructured languages such as HTML, XML etc. The efficiency of information exchange is quite dependent on the Quality of design and implementation of the website. Many aspects are to be considered in determining quality of the websites such as, quality of navigation, quick access to the content, structured and classified manner of presenting the content, exchange of user-friendliness and the need for minimum movement of data between the client and the server. One has to determine a scientific method of computing the quality of WEB sites. Many quality factors have been defined in the past and not all of the factors are relevant for a given WEB site. There should be a formal structure of presenting the quality factors and a mechanism to select the factors that are more relevant to a given WEB sites. This paper presents a survey of various factors for assessing the quality of a website and provides contextual requirements of those factors which are relevant for a particular website. It also is aimed at evaluating the quality of a given website considering the factors that are relevant for the chosen website.