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Victoria Online Metadata Application Profile (VOMAP)

Overview

Victoria Online (VO) is a government entry point for Victorians - funded and managed by the State Government of Victoria – providing Victorians with a single entry point to Federal, Victorian State and Local Government information and services.

VO is a metadata driven portal which uses the VO Metadata Application Profile (VOMAP) and a taxonomy structure to support information and service discovery via searching and browsing.

The Metadata Application Profile and Taxonomy Guidelines provide a metadata and taxonomic model for VO. The Metadata Application Profile is based on the AGLS Victoria: Metadata Implementation Manual and the Australian Government Locater Service (AGLS) Metadata Standard.

Version

Version 4.2 - August 2007

Published by the eSevices Unit, Information Victoria, Department of Business and Innovation

Purpose of the document

The purpose of the Victoria Online Metadata Application Profile (VOMAP) is to provide guidelines in the use of the metadata profile and taxonomy for anyone who has to catalogue, modify or review a metadata record on Victoria Online. Victoria Online uses a web-based tool called CiTR accesspoint. for cataloguing.

This document will also be of interest to anyone who would like to know how records are catalogued onto Victoria Online.

It is assumed that users of this guideline will have read the AGLS Victoria: Metadata Implementation Manual or have an understanding of the AGLS Metadata Standard.

Users should also refer to the individual documents relating to cataloguing, modifying and deleting records for Victoria Online for detailed instructions.

Further Information

Contact:
eServices Unit
Information Victoria
Department of Business and Innovation, Level 20, 80 Collins Street, Melbourne. VIC. 3000
Email: infovic@dbi.vic.gov.au

Availability

The VOMAP document is available in

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