Brian,
You mentioned Queensland .. yes we have also mandated the use of AGLS by
Queensland State Government Departments. Although finally endorsed in July
this year, the Resource Discovery Standard had been around since 1998. One
of the triggers for its initial development was the collaborative work which
was being undertaken (and still is) by Australian Commonwealth, State and
Territory Governments on interoperability issues.
Regards
Caroline
Communication and Information Policy and Planning
Queensland Department of Communication and Information, Local Government,
Planning and Sport
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Wilson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 7:56 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Cc: 'Brian Kelly'; 'Jane Hunter'; 'Jennifer Bulger'
Subject: RE: question
Its not quite a myth but the tools (Reg/Reggie and HotMeta, for instance)
came before metadata was mandated by the states - in fact most states have
not mandated the sue of metadata. The Federal Government mandated the use of
AGLS metadata in April this year (only one other jurisdiction had done so by
then: Tasmania) so this has only been a recent impetus. AGLS has been around
since mid-1997.
I think Jane's reasons are the best :-)
Cheers
Andrew Wilson
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask]
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Brian Kelly
> Sent: Thursday, 16 November 2000 1:42
> To: Jane Hunter; Jennifer Bulger
> Cc: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: question
>
>
> Hi Jane
> I thought one of the reasons was because of Australian
> States mandating
> use of metadata in official Web pages. Didn't this happen in
> Queensland.
> Once you've got large numbers of pages conatinging metadata,
> it's then worth
> funding bodies to develop tools to create and maintain the
> metadata (Reggie,
> etc.) and build the metadata-driven services (HotMETA?) .
> And then we get
> the Australian researchers coming over to Europe and the US
> telling us how
> they did it.
> Was this a factor or is this just a myth?
> Thanks
> Brian
>
>
> > Hi Jennifer,
> >
> > In answer to your first question: "why do the Australians
> seem to use
> > metadata more than the U.S.?
> >
> > I think its because we crave discipline - probably a result of our
> > convict heritage.
> >
> > In answer to your second question : "Do they know something that we
> > don't?"
> >
> > Self-deprecation, high tolerance to jet lag, irony, how to surf etc
> > etc .....
> >
> > jane
> >
> >
> +-----------------------------+-------------------------------------+
> > | Jane Hunter | Senior Research Scientist
> |
> > | DSTC Pty Ltd | Distributed Systems
> Technology CRC |
> > | Level 7, GP South | Tel : +61 7 3365 4310
> |
> > | University of Queensland | Fax : +61 7 3365 4311
> |
> > | Queensland 4072, Australia | Email : [log in to unmask]
> |
> >
> +-----------------------------+-------------------------------------+
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I am a graduate student in the School of Library and
> Information Science
> > > at the University of North Carolina at
> > > Chapel Hill, and I am taking a course devoted to metadata. I have
> > > a presentation to make, and one of the topics I will
> cover is the use
> > > of metadata, specifically Dublin Core, in non-commercial
> search engines.
> > > I was wondering if I could get some thoughts and ideas
> from the list
> > > concerning that subject. Questions I have are about the
> motivations
> > > for using metadata and Dublin Core in a search engine
> that covers a
> > > smaller database, why might the smaller engines use
> metadata when the
> > > commercial engines are not, also the search engines that
> I found were
> > > produced by organizations in Australia, why do the
> Australians seem
> > > to use metadata more than the U.S.? Do they know something that we
> don't?
> > > Any other comments or even questions would be greatly appreciated.
> > > Thank you.
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
> > >
> > > Jennifer Bulger
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
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