Metadata Policies and Standards
Policies and standards relating to the use of metadata in government.
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AGLS Victoria: Metadata Implementation Manual
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The AGLS Victoria: Metadata Implementation Manual provides online content and web staff with guidance on how to ensure compliance with AS5044-2010, the Victorian Government Discoverability Standard and the requirements of the Victorian Information Management Framework (IMF).
The manual focuses on practical metadata implementation advice using Victorian Government examples of AGLS (Australia Government Locator Service) compliant metadata.
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Discoverability Standard
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Discoverability is the degree to which something can be easily found and/or navigated. Ensuring websites are discoverable can have considerable benefits, including: a better web experience for users through efficient, targeted access to information and services; increased traffic to the website from external search engines, portals and other websites; and a means to consistently describe information and services, eg., metadata.
- Metadata management guideline - in pdf format (584kb)
- (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). Queensland Government Enterprise Architecture. Final, November 2010 - v1.0.0. ICT Policy and Coordination Office, Department of Public Works. "This guideline provides information for Queensland Government agencies on the recommended practices for implementing metadata and metadata schemas. This document supports practitioners in the management of metadata describing information assets and aids in implementation of the mandatory principles of IS34..."
- Metadata (Information Standard 34) - Queensland
- Queensland Government Enterprise Architecture, v3.0.0, November 2010. "This standard provides the minimum requirements for the management of metadata schemes for [Queensland] Government information assets and services. This standard draws on Queensland Government, Australian and international standards and practices for detailed implementation requirements..."
- Electronic Recordkeeping Metadata Standard
- Archives New Zealand, 26 August 2008. "Archives New Zealand has developed a metadata standard to assist government agencies in New Zealand with the management of their records in electronic systems..."
- New record keeping standards announced
- Hon Judith Tizard, Minister Responsible for Archives New Zealand, Press Release: New Zealand Government, 27 August 2008. "Archives Minister Judith Tizard announced two new recordkeeping standards today, the Create and Maintain Recordkeeping Standard and the Electronic Recordkeeping Metadata Standard. "Information management is an essential and important legacy," said Judith Tizard when launching the two new recordkeeping standards for government and local government agencies..."
- e-Government Metadata Standard Version 3.1
- GovTalk.gov.uk, 29 August 2006. Version: 3.1. "Description: The e-Government Metadata Standard lists the elements and refinements that will be used by the public sector to create metadata for information resources. It also gives guidance on the purpose and use of each element..."
- NZGLS metadata and thesauri
- State Services Commission. "The New Zealand Government Locator Service (NZGLS) strategy takes care of the way in which government information and services - online and offline - are described...."
- AGLS Metadata Element Set
- National Archives of Australia, Version 1.3, 2002. The current version of the AGLS Metadata Standard, the AGLS Metadata Element Set, is published in two parts. Part 1: Reference Description, Part 2: Usage Guide.
- e-GMS v3.0e (Draft for consultation)
- Version: 3.0e. Govtalk, 7 June 2006. "The e-Government Metadata Standard (e-GMS) has been redrafted to reflect a change in the mandated encoding scheme for the subject element. Editorial comments, examples and syntax have also been revised throughout the Standard, in line with current guidance and preferred practice. We welcome your comments on the draft. Please submit them to GovTalk by 5th July 2006..."
This category last updated: 18 October 2005