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Community Advice Seamless Portal (CASP)

The draft CASP Application Profile has been developed as metadata profile for community information and is based on the recommendations of the e-Government Metadata Standard.The document outlines what CASP is, how and why the profile has been developed, and describes the various elements. Comments on any aspect of the Profile are sought. Consultation period ended 3 March 2002. The draft profile is available in pdf format (57kb) (To view this document you will need to have installed Acrobat Reader on your computer)

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e-Government Metadata Framework Discussion Paper

A UK e-Government Metadata Framework: a discussion paper, by Andy Powell 6 April 2000 Version 1.3 - http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/publications/e-gov-metadata/

"Metadata is structured data about data. In the context of the development of UK e-government portal services, metadata is crucial. Metadata will underpin much of the functionality that a portal will deliver. Portal-type services effectively bring descriptions of documents, collections, services, people, organisations and other resources together with the particular needs of an end-user and use that information to broker access to a subset of the network services available to that user in the government sphere. This document has been prepared as input to a meeting of the Metadata Working Group of the Information Age Champions. It is intended as a discussion paper, though it is hoped that it may also form a useful basis for the development of a UK e-Government Metadata Framework document.... "

Disclaimer: this discussion paper is now purely informational. It has no formal status within current UK e-Government metadata discussions and should not be taken to indicate current thinking within the UK at this time. I share it here simply on the basis that someone, somewhere might find it of interest. Well... you never know! :-) Looking at the document again now, I'd change one thing. In the 'Syntax and management' section I say In most cases it is probably sensible to create and manage metadata separately from resources, using some kind of metadata database, embedding it into the resource on-the-fly as the resource is delivered to the end-user. I would now strongly consider recommending simple linking between the resource and its metadata (for example, using the tag as per the last message) rather than embedding the metadata on-the-fly into the resource.

Andy Powell -- Distributed Systems and Services UKOLN, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK a.powell@ukoln.ac.uk www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/a.powell Voice: +44 1225 323933 Resource Discovery Network - www.rdn.ac.uk Fax: +44 1225 826838

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e-Government Metadata Standard

e-Government Metadata Standard (e-GMS). Office of the e-Envoy, April 2004 - Version 3.0, 29 April 2004. The e-GMS 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. The e-GMS metadata standard is available in pdf format. (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader) (665kb)

Model for the Future of the e-GMS - Version 1.0. govtalk.gov.uk, 7 April 2005. "Prepared by the Metadata Technical Working Group, this document outlines the proposed development of the eGoverment Metadata Standard (e-GMS). Comments on Model should be sent to GovTalk..."

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esd Standards

esd Standards - Official renderings of controlled lists - This page features controlled lists suitable for populating metadata associated with local government resources. All lists are built on the same XML framework. Each is presented as an XML resource and presented in multiple other formats for both manual inspection and machine reading. Mappings between lists are also published. Each local government list is supported through the esd-toolkit and its online forum.

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GCL - Government Category List

The GCL (Government Category List) is a structured list of categories for use with the Subject.category element of the e-GMS. The categories also help with website and portal directories... GCL tags in the metadata of all resources from the UK public sector will make it much easier for citizens to find information... The GCL is updated twice a year and it may be downloaded in serveral different formats from the Documents page...

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Metadata for Education Group

UK-MEG - The UK's Metadata for Education Group Formed following a meeting of key UK stakeholders, the Metadata for Education Group (MEG) serves as an open forum for debating the description and provision of educational resources at all educational levels across the United Kingdom. Founded upon a set of fundamental principles enshrined in the MEG Concord, this group seeks to reach consensus on appropriate means by which to describe discrete learning objects in a manner suitable for implementation in a range of educational arenas. Having reached such consensus, the group will act to gather and disseminate best practice and guidance across the educational sector. MEG intends to establish itself as an authority in the application of descriptive metadata to predominantly UK educational resources, and seeks to become the first point of call for policy questions surrounding this topic.http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/education/

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Lord Chancellor's Department Consultation Paper

Developing Common Standards Metadata Scheme for Websites in the Legal and Advice Sectors November 2000

They greatly welcome comments on the proposals contained within this paper. A series of questions are posed throughout the paper on which they are particularly interested in your views, as well as more general comments and observations. Responses should be received by 12 January 2001 and sent to: Colin Main Deputy Site Manager Public Legal Services Division Third Floor, Selborne House 54-60 Victoria Street London SW1E 6QW. E-mail: consultation@justask.org.uk

This consultation paper sets out proposals that are aimed at making it easier for the citizen to gain access to information on the Internet about legal and related issues. It is part of a series of projects to enhance Just Ask!, the website of the Community Legal Service. This initiative forms part of the Government's drive to increase confidence in the legal system and the aim of the Community Legal Service to increase access to justice for ordinary people. It forms part of the Government's agenda to combat social exclusion and will contribute to the aim of making it easier for the public to get legal help and advice. The proposals link with the work undertaken by the Office of the e-Envoy to increase the use of electronic delivery of Government services and further contribute to the aim of making public services responsive to citizens' needs through use of technology. These proposals also fit within the framework set by the civil.justice.2000 agenda, which sets out the Lord Chancellor's Department's commitment to using the opportunities presented by IT to deliver better and cheaper services which are responsive to customers' needs. Lord Chancellor's Department November 2000

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Taxonomies and Thesauri

Taxonomies and Thesauri. govtalk.gov.uk, 1 March 2005. "This bibliography has been prepared for the e-Government Unit's taxonomy working group. It is intended to help workers throughout the UK public sector as they plan implementation of taxonomies for use with Subject metadata."

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UK Gemini

UK GEMINI - v1.0 - Version:  Govtalk, Date:  7 October 2004 - "Description:  The UK GEMINI Discovery Metadata Standard is a defined element set for describing geo-spatial, discovery level metadata within the United Kingdom. The profile is the result of a year-long collaboration between the Association for Geographic Information (AGI) and the e-Government Unit, with additional representation from national and local government, and the academic community..."

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UK Metadata Articles

Compulsory categorisation blows £25 million/year hole in eGovernment budgets. Public Technology, 26 November 2003. "New research amongst the country's local authorities has revealed that the compulsory categorisation of website, intranet and portal content may cost some £25 million per year. This cost is not separately budgeted and, for each local council, is equivalent to around one third of the latest e-government grant..."

Major UK initiative to aid Dublin Core metadata development. Public Technology, 26 August 2004. "The UK is at the forefront of the development of common global standards for the Internet and has played a pivotal role in the development and adoption of the Dublin Core – the most widely used international standard for metadata description..."

Taxonomies For Public Sector To Merge. Managing Information, 29 July 2004. "Much of the essential information which people need in their daily lives is produced by public sector bodies such as the Health Service or Local Authorities. The Cabinet Office e-Government Unit, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and seamlessUK are working together to merge the three lists which are used by national and local government plus other public sector bodies to index and categorise their information..."

Guide to Meta-tagging with the IPSV. govtalk.gov.uk, 27 May 2005. "A step by step guide to meta-tagging with the IPSV. Read this document to gain practical advice on adding IPSV terms to your metadata."

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