Importance (IMP) - reflects the importance of this criteria on assessing the quality of the information. 4 - Essential, 3 - Important, 2 - Desirable, 1 - Indifferent, 0 - Not at all.

Ease of Implementation (Ease) - reflects how easy it will be to develop the criteria in a consumer useable way, 4 - very easy, 3 - moderately easy, 2 - minor difficulty, 1 - substantial difficulty, 0 - would not be able to do.

Ideas on how to implement this criteria - how the criteria could be assessed by a consumer (e.g., under the criteria Credentials: Is the name of the author listed?(Yes/No) Are his/her credentials listed? (Yes/No)

Ranking

How to Implement

Criterion

IMP
(4-0)

Ease
(4-0)

How to implement this criteria

Example

Credentials

4

3

Is the name of the author listed? (Y/N)
Are his/her credentials listed? (Y/N)
How well do the credentials match the text? (5 – perfect match, 0 – not related)

C1 Credibility

C1.1 Source

C1.1a Source (e.g., organizational information)

C1.1b Credentials

C1.1.c Conflict of Interest

C1.1d Bias

C1.2 Context(e.g., advertising, medical condition)

C1.3 Currency

C1.4 Relevance/Utility

C1.5 Editorial Review Process

C2 Content

C2.1 Accuracy

C2.2 Hierarchy of Evidence

C2.3 Original Source Stated

C2.4 Disclaimer

C2.5 Omissions Noted

C3 Disclosure

C3.1 Purpose of the site (e.g., promotional, educational)

C3.2 Profiling (capture, sharing)

C4 Links

C4.1 Selection

C4.2 Architecture

C4.3 Content

C4.4 Back Linkages and Descriptions

C5 Design

C5.1 Accessibility (e.g., can be used with low-end device)

C5.2 Logical Organization

C5.3 Internal Search Engine

C6 Interactivity

C6.1 Mechanism for Feedback

C6.2 Chat Rooms (e.g., moderator present)

C6.3 Tailoring (e.g., based on what algorithm, e.g., AHCPR)

C7 Caveats

C7.1 Alerts