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This document outlines the Library’s metadata strategies for assigning metadata to resources hosted on the National Library of Australia Web site. The aim of assigning such metadata is to enhance access to resources on the site through the Library's own Site Search facility and through services such as the Commonwealth Government Search Engine.
The strategy has been developed to ensure the Library meets its online obligations as a Commonwealth agency. These are detailed in: Government Online: the Commonwealth Government's Strategy, April 2000. Specifically, in Strategic Priority 1, (iii) Online Information Service Obligations ; and in Strategic Priority 2, (iv) Metadata Standards.
The Library will use the Australian Government Locator Service (AGLS) metadata standard for the description of resources published on its Web site. Metadata will be embedded in the resource using HTML 4.0 as the record syntax.
In addition, the Library will continue to insert the standard HTML metatags Title and Description for use by search engines; and will use a local Element: NLA.Harvest to flag resources assigned metadata that will be included in a Harvest file for use by services such as the Commonwealth Government Search Engine.
The Library hosts a number of services (for example, PictureAustralia, MusicAustralia) at separate domain addressses from the www.nla.gov.au site). To enable metadata for these services to be included in the Harvest file, addresses will be maintained on the NLA Web site for each service, with redirects to the target server.
The Library will assign metadata to the following categories of information on its public Web site:
Catalogues, indexes and directories will be treated as service entry points for resource discovery purposes. Metadata inside the Library’s catalogues, indexes and directories will not be searchable through the Library’s site search facility or by other search engines.
The PANDORA archive will be treated as a service entry point and the content of the archive will not be searchable through the Library’s site search facility or by other search engines.
AGLS metadata will not be created for the Library’s finding aids but these will be searchable through the Library’s site search facility and by other general search engines. The Findings Aids home page will be treated as a service entry point and have its own search facility.
Subject gateway services based on a database application such as the Indexes & Databases service and PADI will be treated as service entry points with their own search facility. The database record schema will be mappable to Dublin Core but will not be directly searchable through the Library’s site search facility.
AGLS metadata will generally not be assigned to image files. The Pictures Catalogue, the Library catalogue and services such as PictureAustralia will be the primary entry points for digital copies of collection items.
Generally, resources on the Library’s Web site consisting of multiple files that deal with a discrete subject, function, activity or service need only have AGLS metadata assigned at the title or collection (index page) level. For example, AGLS metadata need only be assigned at the title page level for the Library’s annual report. Reports for specific years do not need to have their own AGLS metadata as the title level record will allow users to navigate to the relevant report. In addition, within each report, there is no need to assign AGLS metadata to individual files making up the report.
Title and description metatags should still be assigned to all files on the Web site.
Examples of resources that will receive more detailed indexing using metadata at file level include Gateways and Staff Presentations and Papers. As a formal online serial publication of the Library, Gateways will be assigned metadata at title page, issue and article level. Gateways will be structured so that each discrete article is published as a separate file that can have its own associated metadata. Staff presentations and papers have a similar unique authorship and character that require their own associated metadata. The Relation element with the qualifier "isPartOf" should be used to make it clear that the files form part of a larger resource.
Generally, resources that include the Relation qualifier "IsPartOf" will not be eligible for inclusion in the AGLS Harvest file
An announcement of a formal publication of the Library that is not available online may be a candidate for its own metadata. If so, the metadata should describe the announcement, not the publication, and the Relation element with the qualifier "References" should be used to describe the publication. There is no need to use the Availability element as availability refers to the publication, not the anouncement, which will contain information about availability as part of its content.
Similar guidelines apply to announcements of exhibitions or events as against online exhibitions or events themselves, which would have their own associated metadata.
The Web Services Branch will maintain guidelines for assigning AGLS metadata and ensure appropriate tools and training courses are available for staff performing markup to include metadata to the standard required by these guidelines.
Where the Web Services Branch takes on responsibility for markup it will also take responsibility for assigning metadata to the document.
The Web Services Branch will exercise quality checks of metadata created by staff and develop strategies for retrospective conversion of the site to current standards.
These guidelines are based on the Australian Government Locator Service (AGLS) Manual for Users (Version 1.2) - August 2000.
As the first element in the HTML header for a document being assigned AGLS metadata, insert a link element that points to the version of AGLS being used: <LINK REL="Schema.AGLS" HREF="http://www.naa.gov.au/recordkeeping/gov_online/agls/1.2">
AUTHOR OR CREATOR
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| Element name: | DC.Creator |
| AGLS definition: |
The name of the person or organisation primarily responsible for the content of the resource |
| NLA Guidelines: |
National Library of Australia will be the default creator for all documents published on the NLA Information Server (unless it is a document hosted on behalf of another site). Use the GOLD Directory as the authority for DC.Creator where the creator is the National Library of Australia or another Commonwealth Government entity and use the X500 database structure as follows: 'c' for country; 'o' for the organisation (jurisdiction); and 'ou' for all smaller organisational units. Where the creator of a document is not the National Library or another Commonwealth government entity, use value component sector with the value non=government. Use the AGLS value component of corporateName for non-NLA creators associated with the document. Separate multiple occurrences with semi-colons. |
| Examples: | <META NAME="DC.Creator" SCHEME="GOLD"
CONTENT="c=AU;o=Commonwealth of Australia;ou=National Library of
Australia"> <META NAME="DC.Creator" CONTENT="sector=non-government; corporateName=University of New South Wales"> |
PUBLISHER
|
| Element name: | DC.Publisher |
| AGLS definition: |
The name of the entity responsible for making the resource available |
| NLA Guidelines: |
Use the GOLD Directory as the authority for DC.Publisher and use the X500 database structure as follows: 'c' for country; 'o' for the organisation (jurisdiction); and 'ou' for all smaller organisational units. National Library of Australia will be the publisher for all documents published on the NLA Information Server unless it is a document hosted on behalf of another site. Where the publisher of a document is not the National Library or another Commonwealth government entity, use value component sector with the value non=government. Use the AGLS value component of corporateName for non-NLA creators associated with the document. Separate multiple occurrences with semi-colons. |
| Example: | <META NAME="DC.Publisher" SCHEME="GOLD"
CONTENT="c=AU;o=Commonwealth of Australia;ou=National Library of
Australia"> <META NAME="DC.Publisher" CONTENT="sector=non-government; corporateName=University of New South Wales"> |
RIGHTS MANAGEMENT
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TITLE
|
| Element name: | DC.Title |
| AGLS definition: |
The name given to the resource |
| NLA Guidelines: |
Qualifier defined= alternative Transcribe directly from the title of the resource. Where a major link on our site to this resource uses another title for any reason, you may wish to record this as an alternative title. Record alternative titles using the DC qualifier alternative A standard HTML title should also be included for every file on the site. Where needed to facilitate bookmarking, the HTML title should be qualified by "National Library of Australia" |
| Examples: |
<TITLE>What's On - National Library of
Australia</TITLE> |
SUBJECT
|
| Element name: | DC.Subject |
| AGLS definition: |
The subject and topic of the resource that succinctly describes the content of the resource. |
| NLA Guidelines: |
Use SCHEME="APAIS Thesaurus" Assign terms from the APAIS Thesaurus. Use sparingly to enhance access through the site search facility and Government search engine. Include personal names organisation names etc. that form the subject of an item in the DC.Description rather than using them as subject terms. Use the terms as they appear in the Thesaurus including punctuation and capitalisation and separate multiple terms with semi-colons. |
| Examples: | <META NAME="DC.Subject" SCHEME="APAIS
Thesaurus" CONTENT="Standards; Cataloguing> |
DESCRIPTION
|
SOURCE
|
LANGUAGE
|
RELATION
|
COVERAGE
|
FUNCTION DESCRIPTOR
|
| Element name: | AGLS.Function |
| AGLS definition: |
The business function of the agency to which this resource is related. |
| NLA Guidelines: |
Use SCHEME="AGIFT" and apply apropriate terms from the
Cultural affairs section in
Australian
Government's Interactive Functions Thesaurus (Extract). If none of these
are appropriate to the resource in hand, then other terms from AGIFT can be
applied. Separate multiple terms with semi-colons |
| Examples: | <META NAME="AGLS.Function" SCHEME="AGIFT"
CONTENT="Collection access; Collection promotion"> <META NAME="AGLS.Function" SCHEME="AGIFT" CONTENT="Cultural affairs"> What's On <META NAME="AGLS.Function" SCHEME="AGIFT" CONTENT="exhibition programs; publicity programs; Cultural affairs"> |
DATE
|
| Element name: | DC.Date |
| AGLS definition: |
The date the resource was created or became available in its current form |
| NLA Guidelines: |
Use SCHEME="ISO 8601". Enter dates in the following forms: 1999 1999-07 1999-07-21 Use qualifier created for each resource. If you need to insert any other types of dates, use the appropriate qualifier in multiple occurrences of the field. Qualifiers: created, valid, available, issued, modified modified should be added each time the content of a resource has been changed, but only if you wish to maintain a document history. If you do not need to maintain a document history, treat significant changes to a resource as a new version of the resource with it own date of creation, and follow the Library's policies and guidelines for managing for persistence. Note that the values in DC.DATE.CREATED and DC.DATE.MODIFIED will be indexed by the site search facility to enable users to limit a search to resources added or modified within a given period. If the change is insignificant or it is the nature of the resource to be updated on a regular basis do not use DC.DATE.MODIFIED or change the date of creation. If you wish to have the resource marked up for access but do not wish to release it until a given date, use qualifier valid and assign start from the DCMIPeriod scheme as a prefix to the date. For resources with content likely to expire or become out-of-date within a 12 month period, use qualifier valid and assign end from DCMIPeriod. Resources without an end date will be subject to the standard 12 month review process to be implemented 1999/2000. issued should be used if you need to distinguish the date created from the date the document is made formally available on the Web. Dates for ongoing publications or serials such as the
Annual Report and Gateways should be indicated using the DCMIPeriod scheme as
follows (pending final approval of the DC.Date Working Group's recommendation).
For the starting date (qualifiers created or issued) use
start as a prefix to the date; and for publications issued serially
but which are no longer being published include end and date as well.
Separate the start and end components with a semi-colon. available should be used to indicate the date the resource will become or did become available. |
| Examples: | <META NAME="DC.Date.created" SCHEME="ISO
8601" CONTENT="1999-06-22"> <META NAME="DC.Date.created" SCHEME="DCMIPeriod" CONTENT="start=1994-11"> <META NAME="DC.Date.created" SCHEME="DCMIPeriod" CONTENT="start="1996-06; end=1997-06"> |
RESOURCE TYPE
|
FORMAT
|
RESOURCE IDENTIFIER
|
| Element name: | DC.Identifier |
| AGLS definition: |
A unique identifier for the resource. |
| NLA Guidelines: |
The scheme for this element will be URI. For new pages, enter a URL here that you think appropriate for the document when it is added to the site, or leave it blank. Web Services staff will ensure the value matches the location on the site. This advice will change when we have a better understanding of how we will implement persistent identifiers on the site. If the resource has an ISBN or ISSN enter this in a multiple occurrence of the field with the appropriate scheme name. |
| Examples: | <META NAME="DC.Identifier" SCHEME="URI"
CONTENT="http://www.nla.gov.au/ucp/"> <META NAME="DC.Identifier" SCHEME="ISSN" CONTENT="1234-5678"> |
AVAILABILITY
|
AUDIENCE
|
MANDATE
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HARVEST FILE
|
<LINK REL="Scheme.AGLS"
HREF="http://www.naa.gov.au/recordkeeping/gov_online/agls/1.2">
<META
NAME="DC.Creator" SCHEME="GOLD"
CONTENT="c=AU;o=Commonwealth of
Australia;ou=National Library of Australia">
<META NAME="DC.Publisher"
SCHEME="GOLD" CONTENT="c=AU;o=Commonwealth of Australia;ou=National Library of
Australia">
<META NAME="DC.Title" CONTENT="Union Catalogue
Profile">
<META NAME="DC.Subject" SCHEME="APAIS Thesaurus"
CONTENT="Standards; Cataloguing">
<META NAME="AGLS.Function"
SCHEME="AGIFT" CONTENT="Collection management">
<META
NAME="DC.Description" CONTENT="Internationally Registered Profile to be used
with ISO 23950 (Z39.50 Information Retrieval Protocol) Extended Service for
Update">
<META NAME="DC.Rights" CONTENT="© Commonwealth of
Australia, 1999">
<META NAME="DC.Relation.references" CONTENT=" ISO
23950; Z39.50 Information Retrieval Protocol; Extended Services for
Update">
<META NAME="DC.Language" SCHEME="RFC3066"
CONTENT="en">
<META NAME="DC.Date.created" SCHEME="ISO8601"
CONTENT="1999-06-22">
<META NAME="DC.Type.documentType"
SCHEME="agls-document" CONTENT=" ">
<META NAME="DC.Format"
CONTENT="text/html">
<META NAME="DC.Identifier" SCHEME="URI"
CONTENT="http://www.nla.gov.au/ucp/">
<TITLE>Union Catalogue
Profile</TITLE>
<META NAME="NLA.Harvest" CONTENT="AGLS">
<META NAME="DESCRIPTION" CONTENT="Internationally Registered Profile to be
used with ISO 23950 (Z39.50 Information Retrieval Protocol) Extended Service
for Update">
<LINK REL="Scheme.AGLS"
HREF="http://www.naa.gov.au/recordkeeping/gov_online/agls/1.2">
<META
NAME="DC.Creator" SCHEME="GOLD" CONTENT="c=AU;o=Commonwealth of
Australia;ou=National Library of Australia">
<META
NAME="DC.Publisher" SCHEME="GOLD" CONTENT="c=AU;o=Commonwealth of
Australia;ou=National Library of Australia">
<META NAME="DC.Rights"
CONTENT="© Commonwealth of Australia, 2001">
<META
NAME="DC.Title" CONTENT="Pictures Catalogue - National Library of
Australia">
<META NAME="DC.Subject" SCHEME="APAIS"
CONTENT="Paintings; Drawings; Photographs; Information services">
<META NAME="AGLS.Function" SCHEME="AGIFT" CONTENT="Collection access;
Collection management; Collection promotion">
<META
NAME="DC.Description" CONTENT="The National Library of Australia's Pictures
Catalogue contains descriptions of paintings, drawings, prints, photographs and
three-dimensional objects held in the Pictorial Collection of the National
Library of Australia. You can also use the Pictures Catalogue to order copies
of the pictures described">
<META NAME="DC.Language" SCHEME="RFC3066"
CONTENT="en">
<META NAME="DC.Coverage.spatial" SCHEME="LCSH"
CONTENT="Australia">
<META NAME="DC.Date" SCHEME="ISO8601"
CONTENT="2001-09">
<META NAME="DC.Type.category"
CONTENT="service">
<META NAME="DC.Type.serviceType"
SCHEME="agls-service" CONTENT="enquiries; orders and purchases">
<META
NAME="DC.Format" CONTENT="text/html">
<META NAME="DC.Identifier"
SCHEME="URI" CONTENT="http://www.nla.gov.au/catalogue/pictures/">
<TITLE>Pictures Catalogue - National Library of
Australia</TITLE>
<META NAME="NLA.Harvest"
CONTENT="AGLS">
<META NAME="DESCRIPTION" CONTENT="The National Library
of Australia's Pictures Catalogue contains descriptions of paintings, drawings,
prints, photographs and three-dimensional objects held in the Pictorial
Collection of the National Library of Australia. You can also use the Pictures
Catalogue to order copies of the pictures described">
<LINK REL="Scheme.AGLS"
HREF="http://www.naa.gov.au/recordkeeping/gov_online/agls/1.2">
<META
NAME="DC.Creator" SCHEME="GOLD" CONTENT="c=AU;o=Commonwealth of
Australia;ou=National Library of Australia">
<META
NAME="DC.Publisher" SCHEME="GOLD" CONTENT="c=AU;o=Commonwealth of
Australia;ou=National Library of Australia">
<META NAME="DC.Rights"
CONTENT="© Commonwealth of Australia, 2000">
<META
NAME="DC.Title" CONTENT="Collections - National Library of Australia">
<META NAME="DC.Subject" SCHEME="APAIS" CONTENT="Information services;
Acquisitions (libraries)">
<META NAME="AGLS.Function" SCHEME="AGIFT"
CONTENT="Collection access; Collection management; Collection
promotion">
<META NAME="DC.Description" CONTENT="This page provides
access to resources about the collections of the National Library of Australia.
It includes links to policy documents, what we collect and how we acquire it,
preservation activities and statistics on collection use">
<META
NAME="DC.Language" SCHEME="RFC3066" CONTENT="en">
<META NAME="DC.Date"
SCHEME="ISO8601" CONTENT="1999-05">
<META
NAME="DC.Type.aggregationLevel" CONTENT="collection">
<META
NAME="DC.Format" CONTENT="text/html">
<META NAME="DC.Identifier"
SCHEME="URI" CONTENT="http://www.nla.gov.au/collections/">
<TITLE>Collections - National Library of
Australia</TITLE>
<META NAME="NLA.Harvest"
CONTENT="AGLS">
<META NAME="DESCRIPTION" CONTENT="This page provides
access to resources about the collections of the National Library of Australia.
It includes links to policy documents, what we collect and how we acquire it,
preservation activities and statistics on collection use">
<LINK REL="Scheme.AGLS"
HREF="http://www.naa.gov.au/recordkeeping/gov_online/agls/1.2">
<META
NAME="DC.Creator" SCHEME="GOLD" CONTENT="c=AU;o=Commonwealth of
Australia;ou=National Library of Australia">
<META
NAME="DC.Publisher" SCHEME="GOLD" CONTENT="c=AU;o=Commonwealth of
Australia;ou=National Library of Australia">
<META NAME="DC.Rights"
CONTENT="© Commonwealth of Australia, 2001">
<META
NAME="DC.Title" CONTENT="Our Catalogue - National Library of Australia">
<META NAME="DC.Subject" SCHEME="APAIS" CONTENT="Information services;
Cataloguing; Books; Periodicals">
<META NAME="AGLS.Function"
SCHEME="AGIFT" CONTENT="Collection access; Collection management; Collection
promotion">
<META NAME="DC.Description" CONTENT="This is the
catalogue home page for the National Library of Australia. It provides access
to the main catalogue as well as specific catalogues for journals and
newspapers, maps, pictures, manuscripts, oral history and folklore, printed
music, films and videos. You can also use this site to register for
e-CallSlips">
<META NAME="DC.Language" SCHEME="RFC3066"
CONTENT="en">
<META NAME="DC.Date" SCHEME="ISO8601"
CONTENT="2001-09">
<META NAME="DC.Type.aggregationLevel"
CONTENT="collection"
<META NAME="DC.Type.category"
CONTENT="service">
<META NAME="DC.Type.serviceType"
SCHEME="agls-service" CONTENT="enquiries; bookings and
registrations">
<META NAME="DC.Format" CONTENT="text/html">
<META NAME="DC.Identifier" SCHEME="URI"
CONTENT="http://www.nla.gov.au/catalogue/">
<TITLE>Our Catalogue -
National Library of Australia</TITLE>
<META NAME="NLA.Harvest"
CONTENT="AGLS">
<META NAME="DESCRIPTION" CONTENT="This is the
catalogue home page for the National Library of Australia. It provides access
to the main catalogue as well as specific catalogues for journals and
newspapers, maps,pictures, manuscripts, oral history and folklore, printed
music, films and videos. You can also use this site to register for
e-CallSlips">
Date last verified: 18 March 2003
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