Ensure embedded content meets GOV.WALES product requirements.
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Issues with embedded content
Embedded content includes anything hosted outside the website it’s presented on. For example, GOV.WALES core presents videos which are hosted on YouTube.
Embedded content can add useful features. However, because of how it’s hosted, there are risks.
- cookie compliance, for example setting third party cookies
- accessibility, embedded content tends to be less accessible
- security, we’re dependent on the security of the external service
- search, embedded content is not usually considered part of the website
- design, embedded content may not follow the GOV.WALES GEL design system
Products outside GOV.WALES core
The product owner must consider the issues and ensure embedded content meets the GOV.WALES product requirements.
GOV.WALES core
In GOV.WALES core, the following may be embedded:
- YouTube videos which are hosted on an approved Welsh Government channel
- maps hosted on DataMapWales
- Power BI data visualisations which are hosted and approved by the Data Visualisation Service
Before embedding anything else, you need approval from the Corporate Digital Team email digital@gov.wales.