Transcript ppt - DC2004

Metadata and Controlled
Vocabularies in the Government of
Canada:
A Situational Analysis
International Conference on Dublin Core
and Metadata Applications
Shanghai, 2004
Gregory Renaud
Chief Information Officer Branch
Treasury Board of Canada, Secretariat
Metadata and Controlled Vocabularies
in the Government of Canada
Why Are We Doing This?
To meet citizen needs and Government of
Canada’s accountabilities through
interoperability of:
• Web Resources
• Information Resources
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Metadata and Controlled Vocabularies
in the Government of Canada
How Did We Begin?
Standards
• Government of Canada web sites; Dublin Core;
controlled vocabularies
Adoption/Creation of Controlled Vocabularies
• Subject; Type; Audience; Format; Coverage
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Metadata and Controlled Vocabularies
in the Government of Canada
How Did We Begin? (con’t)
Governance
• Develop generalized criteria for including terms in
GoC controlled vocabularies
• Guidelines on when and how to use them
• Management by registering vocabularies
Tools
• Content Management Solution
• Web services (CST)
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Metadata and Controlled Vocabularies
in the Government of Canada
Challenges
Specific to Metadata and CV:
• Develop model for extensibility (element & value
sets)
• Configuring search engines to recognize metadata
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Metadata and Controlled Vocabularies
in the Government of Canada
Challenges
More broadly:
• Find, identify, and leverage diverse GoC and
external activities involving metadata, repositories,
information architecture, etc.
• Inserting IM into business processes and
application development
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