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* * Complete Response Object Reference Manual](#) * * * The PICS property appends a value to the PICS tag in the response header. **Note:** This property accepts any string value, regardless of whether it is a valid PICS tag. ### **What is PICS?** PICS (Platform for Internet Content Selection) is a rating system used to rate content on websites. It looks something like this: PICS-1.1 "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" by "your@name.com" for "http://www.somesite.com" on "2002.10.05T02:15-0800" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0) | Part | Description | | --- | --- | | PICS-1.1 | PICS version number | | "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" | Rating agency | | by "your@name.com" | Author of the label | | for "http://www.somesite.com" | URL of the document being rated | | on "2002.10.05T02:15-0800" | Expiration date | | r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0) | Rating | One of the most popular rating systems is RSACi (Recreational Software Advisory Council on the Internet). RSACi uses four categories: violence, nudity, sex, and language. Numbers from 0 to 4 are assigned to these categories. 0 indicates the page contains no offensive content, while 4 indicates the highest level of potentially offensive content. | Level | Violence Rating | Nudity Rating | Sex Rating | Language Rating | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 0 | None of the below or sports related | None of the below | None of the below or innocent kissing; romance | None of the below | | 1 | Injury to human being | Revealing attire | Passionate kissing | Mild expletives | | 2 | Destruction of realistic objects | Partial nudity | Clothed sexual touching | Moderate expletives or profanity | | 3 | Aggressive violence or death to humans | Frontal nudity | Non-explicit sexual acts | Strong language or hate speech | | 4 | Rape or wanton, gratuitous violence | Frontal nudity (qualifying as provocative display) | Explicit sexual acts or sex crimes | Crude, vulgar language or extreme hate speech | You have two ways to obtain a rating for your website. You can rate the website yourself, or use a rating provider, such as RSACi. They will ask you to fill out some questions. After completing them, you will receive a rating label for your website. Microsoft IE 3.0 and later versions and Netscape 4.5 and later versions support content rating. You can set the rating in IE 5 by selecting Internet Options from the Tools menu. Select the Content tab, then click Enable. When the level exceeds the defined level, Content Advisor will block the website. In Netscape 4.7, you can set the rating by selecting Help and NetWatch. We can use the META tag or the response.PICS property to add a rating to a website. ### Syntax response.PICS(picslabel) | Parameter | Description | | --- | --- | | picslabel | A properly formatted PICS label. | ### Example The ASP file contains the following code: **Note:** Because the PICS label contains quotes, you must replace the quotes with " & chr(34) & ". <% response.PICS("(PICS-1.1 by " & chr(34) & "your@name.com" & chr(34) & " for " & chr(34) & "http://www.somesite.com" & chr(34) & " on " & chr(34) & "2002.10.05T02:15-0800" & chr(34) & " r (n 2 s 0 v 1 l 2))") %> The added header: PICS-label:(PICS-1.1 by "your@name.com" for "http://www.somesite.com" on "2002.10.05T02:15-0800" r (n 2 s 0 v 1 l 2)) * * Complete Response Object Reference Manual](#)