Internet publishing

From Regional Knowledge Resource Kit

Requirements for Government Internet Publishing

Australian Government Locator Service (AGLS)

The AGLS standard was developed to describe government electronic resources (information, services and agencies) It uses as a set of metadata elements (elements that describe data and information) for describing and improving discovery of Internet content. Metadata is structured information that allows us to describe, find, control, or manage other information. For example, descriptive information in library catalogues could be called metadata.

AGLS metadata has been mandated for use by Australian Government agencies. Each state and territory specifies its own AGLS elements and qualifiers used in web publishing. The requirements are designed to comply with each state and territory’s own legislation, regulations or guidelines.

The AGLS Metadata Standard is a set of 19 descriptive elements that 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 on the leading international online standard, the Dublin Core standard. There are differing elements of the AGLS metadata standard required depending on the format (type) of material to be hosted on a website e.g. videos have differing metadata elements from published reports.

Dublin Core

Dublin Core is an accepted simple set of metadata elements used in digital libraries, primarily to describe digital objects and for collections management, and for exchange of metadata. The development of these metadata elements were created as a result of a cooperative venture involving academic institutions that took place in Dublin, Ohio.