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For information, Debbie Campbell Metadata Coordinator National Initiatives And Collaboration Branch ph. 02 6262 1673 fx. 02 6273 1180 e-mail [log in to unmask] http://purl.nla.gov.au/metaweb/home > ---------- > From: Adrian Cunningham[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Friday, 4 September 1998 3:02 PM > To: Debbie Campbell > Subject: Australian Government Locator Service User Manual now > available > > > > I am pleased to announce that the User Manual for the Australian > Government Locator Service (AGLS) metadata schema is now available (in > both html and pdf formats) on the Website of the National Archives of > Australia at > > http://www.naa.gov.au/govserv/agls/ > > The User Manual has been written by DSTC Pty Ltd with input from a > reference group convened by the Office of Government Information > Technology (OGIT) and in response to a tender process funded by OGIT. > The Manual will be an evolving document. The National Archives, as AGLS > Maintenance Agency, will take responsibility for additions and > improvements to the Manual in response to practical deployment > experience. > > What is AGLS? > > The AGLS is a standard set of 17 descriptive elements which government > departments and agencies can use to improve the visibility and > accessibility of their services and information over the Internet. > > The AGLS standard is based upon the leading international online > resource discovery metadata standard, the Dublin Core > [http://purl.oclc.org/metadata/dublin_core/] standard. The AGLS > standard was developed in late 1997/early 1998 in response to a > recommendation in the report of the Information Management Steering > Committee, 'The Management of Government Information as a National > Strategic Resource'. > [http://www.ogit.gov.au/publications/IMSC/imscrept.htm] > > The Manual provides advice on how AGLS metadata can be created and > deployed and defines the semantics of the 17 AGLS elements, 15 of which > are also Dublin Core elements. The Manual does not give explicit > guidance on matters of syntax. On the question of syntax I would refer > interested parties to the 'Reggie' tool for metadata creation. Reggie > provides excellent assistance as regards the syntax for AGLS > meta-tagging. Reggie can be found at > > http://metadata.net > > > > Adrian Cunningham > Director, Records Control > National Archives of Australia > email: [log in to unmask] >