If you wish to use the DPL and you are a member of staff at the University of St Andrews, you must liaise with the digital communications team for access and training. Any member of staff using the DPL will be expected to attend the fortnightly DPL developers’ meeting on a regular basis.
External agencies or partners who wish to use the DPL must request access from the digital communications team. Access to the DPL to external partners is granted on a case by case basis.
All users of the DPL must have an understanding of user-centred design, and keep up to date with amendments to the digital communications team service manual.
New web applications and webpages designed using the digital pattern library must be approved by the digital communications team before they are deployed to a production environment.
All users who wish to use the DPL to build a product must first organise a kick-off meeting with the digital communications team. At this meeting rules and responsibilities will be explained. Once they have been introduced to and understand the DPL and want to continue to use it they will be required to sign a Memorandum of Understanding.
The Memorandum of Understanding will set out clear sign off gateways, which require users to share the information architecture (for web pages) and/or workflow (for web apps) as well as plans for content management with the digital communications team before the DPL is used to build or prototype a product. Once the IA or workflow has been agreed, the product must meet the relevant URL policy. All products using any element of the DPL must conform to the house style, content standards and corporate identity policy of the University.
A clear commitment must be given that no new product using the DPL will go live without the explicit, written sign-off by the digital communications team.
In turn, the digital communications team will provide advice and support for use of the DPL.
