Hello all,
Can I ask if any list members working in heritage organisations have any
thoughts on the metadata that might be used to document records (both paper
and digital) in their organisations? Do any of you, for example, have
experience of local authority records management policies that require
particular documentation of files etc?
The background to this is that the Data Services Unit is advising on the
metadata requirements for an English Heritage internal records management
system. For the definition of the metadata I expect to be mandated to use
the U.K. e-government metadata standard - see
http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/interoperability/metadata.asp?order=title
(although there is a lot of potential for refinement and localised
'tweaking' in that document)
- but that leaves open the question of indexing terminology. Clearly we're
well supplied with this for the heritage data type stuff, but for things
like business functions within a heritage organisation the options are much
more open. I'd prefer not to build a new terminology standard if one already
exists.
Any thoughts? Discussion on list or contact me off-list of you prefer.
Edmund Lee
Data Standards Supervisor
English Heritage
Data Services Unit Standards Team
National Monuments Record Centre
Kemble Drive
Swindon
SN2 2GZ
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (01793) 414791
Fax: +44 (01793) 414770
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