I think this is one for the Plain English Campaign!
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From: lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Cathy Day
Sent: 23 February 2005 15:12
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Subject: Integrated Public Sector Vocabulary
With apologies for cross posting.
There is a new Public Sector Vocabulary which will be replacing GCL,
LGCL and seamlessUK, the new vocabulary has been built to help citizens
and customers as well as public servants get easier and more efficient
access to information.
The Integrated Public Sector Vocabulary (IPSV) is supported by the
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and is being funded through the LAWs
National Project.
Integrated Public Sector Vocabulary (IPSV) Helps Everyone Get Easier And
More Efficient Access To Information
New Standard Merges GCL, LGCL And seamlessUK Taxonomy To Simplify
Electronic Content Management
The Integrated Public Sector Vocabulary (IPSV), released on April 4th
2005, will no longer require organisations in the UK public sector to
apply the GCL, LGCL and seamlessUK taxonomy separately. The IPSV will
merge all three into one list, applicable to website metadata,
electronic document and record management systems, content management
systems, and all situations for managing electronic information and
services. It will meet recognised quality standards and remove
long-standing confusion about how to apply the three separate lists. It
will link up with other facilities used by local authorities, such as
the Local Government Service List (LGSL)
This initiative has the backing of the Office of the Deputy Prime
Minister (ODPM), the e-Government Unit of the Cabinet Office (eGU), the
Local e- Government Standards Body (eSB) and Essex County Council. The
list owners have contributed:
. The Government Category List (GCL), a high-level category list
which
is currently mandated by the e-Government Metadata Standard (eGMS) for
use throughout the public sector
. The Local Government Category List (LGCL), a product from the LAWs
National Project for use within the Local Government Community
. The seamlessUK Taxonomy, a product of the seamlessUK Project for
use
in a broad community information environment.
The IPSV will help citizens and customers as well as public servants get
easier and more efficient access to information. Terms from the IPSV
will be added to the subject metadata of electronic resources, so that
all such information can be easily pooled, managed and shared. When
resources are tagged consistently with IPSV terms, data sets from
diverse organisations can be retrieved and the results routed through a
variety of delivery channels. The increased interoperability will offer
a strategic advantage in linking e-enabled services to the Government's
Directgov portal ( www.direct.gov.uk). From a local authority's point of
view the integrated vocabulary supports the delivery of the ODPM's
Priority Service Outcome R3 "Community Information." IPSV will also
reduce the overheads, costs and workload required to implement a
controlled vocabulary within content management systems, search systems
and automatic metadata creation systems, a major benefit for any
organisation.
Public sector organisations should prepare to apply or migrate to the
IPSV, as soon as feasible after its release. The next version of the
eGMS, expected mid-2005, will recommend the IPSV in place of the GCL.
Local Authorities that are currently implementing the LGCL as part of
Priority Service R3 should continue to do so and will be offered further
guidance and support around implementation of metadata and migration to
the IPSV after December 2005; this will include mapping to IPSV from
LGCL and LGSL.
There will be opportunities for consultation and discussion about the
new vocabulary as it develops, including various workshops and
dissemination events. The list will be displayed on esd-toolkit and a
discussion forum has been set up jointly between eSB and esd-toolkit.
Please log on to the following link.
http://www.esd-toolkit.org/integratedforums/ for more information.
Development of the IPSV is funded through the LAWs National Project
from the Roll Out and Dissemination budget for the National Projects
(www.localegovnp.org/laws).
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Notes to the editors
For more information, please contact Sheila Apicella, Assistant
Programme Director of the Local e-Government Standards Body,
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For further information about the LAWs National Project, please go to
http://www.localegovnp.org/laws or contact Mark Dixon, LAWs Project
Support Officer, [log in to unmask]
LAWs is holding a joint APLAWS+ and LGOL-net User Group event in London
on 8th March at Holiday Inn Bloomsbury (London), The day will include
introductory and user group sessions on both of the products and will
give you a chance to hear from case study authorities and key suppliers.
For more information please visit http://www.localegovnp.org/laws.
The LAWs National Project's main objective is to help local authorities
to deliver a higher quality and wider range of services online within
the framework of the e-government agenda. This is in line with the key
objective of the ODPM's Public Service Agreement target, "assisting
local government to achieve 100% capability in electronic delivery of
priority services by 2005, in ways that customers will use".
LAWs National Project is one of 22 local e-Government National Projects.
Initiated by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, the National
Projects are a key part of its national strategy for local e-government.
They offer councils cost-effective, proven, standards-based products,
services and implementation roadmaps with which to build effective
e-services tailored to their citizens and each council's own unique
needs.
The 22 Projects have been created to help local authorities deliver
local e- government by December 2005 - meeting their Priority Outcome
requirements and helping them to respond to the recommendations of the
Gershon efficiency review. http://www.localegovnp.org.uk
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