A directory of people associated with the Department of Computing Science at Newcastle University is maintained. Nameplates will be created for other students on request to the webmaster. These nameplates consist mostly of contact information. Links to home pages can be added to these nameplates on request. These are subject to a standard disclaimer which is included on all nameplates that contain links to home pages.
Home pages have two forms.
For most users, two directories are created directly on the departmental web server, which are also available from several machines on campus so that they can be updated. These directories are called home.formal and home.informal . The intention is to separate a formal description of a person's work and research interests from the other things which people wish to publish. Once these directories have files in them, links are added to the nameplate automatically within a few hours. Either or both of these directories may be used as required.