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 * Skills Needed: [[BR]]fjp: These ranges are still extremely wide. It might be an idea to either add more categories, or use age ranges instead, or have an additional category "Age Range:"
  * Skills::Baby [[BR]]fjp: I would suggest to use Skills:Toddler instead, or as an additional category between Baby and PreTeen (can't really see a real baby using a computer); an alternative category to consider would be Infant (which covers both Baby and Toddler I think)
  * Skills::PreTeen
 * Skills Needed: [[BR]]fjp: These ranges are still fairly wide. It might be an idea to either add more categories, or use age ranges instead, or have an additional category "Age Range:"
  * Skills::Baby [[BR]]fjp: I would suggest to use Skills::Toddler instead, or as an additional category between Baby and !PreTeen (can't really see a real baby using a computer); an alternative category to consider would be Infant (which covers both Baby and Toddler I think)
  * Skills::!PreTeen

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First Draft

  • [http://www.miriamruiz.es/tags/vocabulary.gz First draft] of the ?DebTags structure for the rating. Please note that this is just a draft, and also that many tags are still missing, especially those related to educational software and the skills needed to play a game.

Things that you might not want your kid to see

  • Violence
  • Bloodshed and Gore
  • Nudity
  • Sexual Content
  • Sexual Violence
  • Alcohol / Drugs / Tobacco
  • Discrimination
  • Language / Bad Words
  • Gambling
  • Fear
  • Religious Issues

Things that you might consider positive and valuable

  • Edutainment (Skill development is an integral part of product)
  • Informational (Contains data, facts, resource information, reference materials or instructional text)

  • Classify the games according to the skills needed to play them, taking into account the development stage of the kid

Categories

Violence

  • Tag: rating:violence::none

    • Description: No kind of violence appears in any part of the program

    The package does not contain any violence, nor does any kind of reference or apology of violence. It does not refer to violence as a possible way of solving conflicts and no kind of fight or usage of weapons appear.
  • Tag: rating:violence::brief

    • Description: Violence does only take part in brief parts, and is not a core element

    The package includes violence that do not result in bloodshed or death, that is not a core element of it, and it only appears in brief parts of the game.
  • Tag: rating:violence::brief:optional

    • Description: Violence takes part in brief parts, and it can be removed

    The package includes violence that do not result in bloodshed or death, that is not a core element of it, and it only appears in brief parts of the game.
  • The program allows the user to remove the violence of this kind through the program configuration or through command line switches.
  • Tag: rating:violence::minor

    • Description: Minor Violence

    The package includes violence that do not result in bloodshed or death, and the violence itself is not the goal of the game. The violence shown is not especially cruel nor sadistic, and it is not encouraged or promoted.
  • Violence might be a core part of the program, but in a very light kind of way, like platform games in which the character must jump over other characters or shot at them to make them disappear.
  • Tag: rating:violence::minor:optional

    • Description: Minor Violence, but it can be removed

    The package includes violence that do not result in bloodshed or death, and the violence itself is not the goal of the game. The violence shown is not especially cruel nor sadistic, and it is not encouraged or promoted.
  • Violence might be a core part of the program, but in a very light kind of way, like platform games in which the character must jump over other characters or shot at them to make them disappear.
  • The program allows the user to remove the violence of this kind through the program configuration or through command line switches.
  • Tag: rating:violence::non-realistic

    • Description: Non-realistic characters commiting acts of violence

    Non-realistic characters are shown commiting acts of violence that might result in bloodshed or death, but are not especially cruel nor sadistic.
  • Violence itself might be the goal of the game, or take an important part in it, and might take the form of combats or fights between people, running people over with your car on purpose, soldiers fighting, planes or spaceships fighting or bombing the enemy, etc.
  • Tag: rating:violence::non-realistic:optional

    • Description: Non-realistic characters commiting acts of violence, but it can be removed

    Non-realistic characters are shown commiting acts of violence that might result in bloodshed or death, but are not especially cruel nor sadistic.
  • Violence itself might be the goal of the game, or take an important part in it, and might take the form of combats or fights between people, running people over with your car on purpose, soldiers fighting, planes or spaceships fighting or bombing the enemy, etc.
  • The program allows the user to remove the violence of this kind through the program configuration or through command line switches.
  • Tag: rating:violence::realistic

    • Description: Realistic characters committing acts of violence

    Realistic characters are shown committing acts of violence that might result in bloodshed or death, but are not especially cruel nor sadistic.
  • Violence is a core part of the program, and the characters themselves might be shown or not, as long as the program shows the violence in a way that is felt as real. This might include first person shooters in which the characters are designed to look as realistic as possible, realistic car races in which the purpose is to act violently against other cars, flight simulators with a violent goal such as bombing or fighting with a realistic look and feel, etc.
  • Tag: rating:violence::realistic:optional

    • Description: Realistic characters committing acts of violence, but it can be removed

    Realistic characters are shown committing acts of violence that might result in bloodshed or death, but are not especially cruel nor sadistic.
  • Violence is a core part of the program, and the characters themselves might be shown or not, as long as the program shows the violence in a way that is felt as real. This might include first person shooters in which the characters are designed to look as realistic as possible, realistic car races in which the purpose is to act violently against other cars, flight simulators with a violent goal such as bombing or fighting with a realistic look and feel, etc.
  • The program allows the user to remove the violence of this kind through the program configuration or through command line switches.
  • Tag: rating:violence::hard

    • Description: Acts of violence that are sadistic, cruel or bloody

    Realistic or non-realistic characters commiting acts of violence that result in bloodshed or death, or are cruel or sadistic. Blood, death or the mutilation of body parts might be shown, or especial delight is taken care to show the bloody aspect of the violence. Extreme cruelty might be shown.
  • Tag: rating:violence::hard:optional

    • Description: Acts of violence that are sadistic, cruel or bloody, but it can be removed

    Realistic or non-realistic characters commiting acts of violence that result in bloodshed or death, or are cruel or sadistic. Blood, death or the mutilation of body parts might be shown, or especial delight is taken care to show the bloody aspect of the violence. Extreme cruelty might be shown.
  • The program allows the user to remove the violence of this kind through the program configuration or through command line switches.

Sexual contents

  • Tag: rating:sex::none

    • Description: No sexual contents of any kind appear in the game

  • Tag: rating:sex::nudity

    • Description: Graphical depictions of nudity

  • Tag: rating:sex::nudity:optional

    • Description: Graphical depictions of nudity, but they can be removed

  • Tag: rating:sex::non-realistic

    • Description: Non-realistic depictions of sexual activity

  • Tag: rating:sex::non-realistic:optional

    • Description: Non-realistic depictions of sexual activity, but they can be removed

  • Tag: rating:sex::realistic

    • Description: Realistic depictions of sexual activity

  • Tag: rating:sex::realistic:optional

    • Description: Realistic depictions of sexual activity, but they can be removed

  • Tag: rating:sex::hard

    • Description: Strong sexual contents without violence of sexual nature

  • Tag: rating:sex::hard:optional

    • Description: Strong sexual contents, but they can be removed

  • Tag: rating:sex::violence

    • Description: Violence of a sexual nature or references to it

  • Tag: rating:sex::violence:optional

    • Description: Violence of a sexual nature or references to it, but it can be removed

Language issues

  • Tag: rating:language::benign

    • Description: No crude language or bad words are used

  • Tag: rating:language::insults

    • Description: Includes insults

  • Tag: rating:language::insults:optional

    • Description: Includes insults, but they can be removed

  • Tag: rating:language::bad-words

    • Description: Includes or promotes the usage of crude language

  • Tag: rating:language::bad-words:optional

    • Description: Usage of crude language, but it can be removed

  • Tag: rating:language::religious-expletives

    • Description: Includes religious expletives

  • Tag: rating:language::violence

    • Description: Verbal violence

    Includes severe verbal violence, harassing, despective talking, verbal agressions or verbal violence in general.

Discrimination or prejudice

  • Facet: rating:discrimination

    • Description: Prejudice or discrimination

  • Tag: rating:discrimination::none

    • Description: No prejudice or discrimination is shown

    No unfair treatment of a person or group is shown based on social, racial, religious, sexual, ethnic, age-related or any other similar reason.
  • Tag: rating:discrimination::racism

    • Description: Discrimination based on race

    Includes the promotion of discrimination based on race, especially the belief that one race is superior to another. It might include the stereotyping of the members of a race or etnia, or the belief that genetic or inherited differences produce the inherent superiority or inferiority of one race over another.
  • Tag: rating:discrimination::sexism

    • Description: Prejudice or discrimination based on gender

  • Tag: rating:discrimination::other

    • Description: Involves some kind of discrimination

Social issues

  • Facet: rating:theme

    • Description: Sensitive themes

    Packages that contain themes that some people might consider offensive
  • Tag: rating:theme::war

    • Description: Armed conflict against an enemy

  • Tag: rating:theme::horror

    • Description: Provokes intense and profound fear

  • Tag: rating:theme::genocidal

    • Description: Deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group

  • Tag: rating:theme::gambling

    • Description: Promotes gambling or gambling is a core element

  • Tag: rating:theme::health:alcohol

    • Description: Promotes or enhances the usage of alcoholic drinks

  • Tag: rating:theme::health:tobacco

    • Description: Promotes or enhances the usage of tobacco

  • Tag: rating:theme::health:drugs

    • Description: Promotes or enhances the usage of illegal drugs

  • Tag: rating:theme::health:unsafe-sex

    • Description: Promotes or enhances unsafe sexual acts

  • Tag: rating:theme::religion

    • Description: Religion, sacred matters or religious institutions

    Religious matters play a core and major part in the program. The goals or main usage of the program involves taking into account the supernatural, sacred or divine, or the moral codes, practices and institutions associated with some religious belief.
  • Tag: rating:theme::politics

    • Description: Politics

    Political matters play a core and major part in the program.

Pending tags / Still to be done

  • Skills Needed: ?BRfjp: These ranges are still fairly wide. It might be an idea to either add more categories, or use age ranges instead, or have an additional category "Age Range:"

    • Skills::Baby ?BRfjp: I would suggest to use Skills::Toddler instead, or as an additional category between Baby and PreTeen (can't really see a real baby using a computer); an alternative category to consider would be Infant (which covers both Baby and Toddler I think)

    • Skills::PreTeen

    • Skills::Teenager
  • Educational Contents:
    • Edu::Lang:English

    • Edu::Lang:Spanish

    • Edu::Technology
    • Edu::Geography
    • Edu::History
    • Edu::Maths