Metadata Working Group -Status update

James Reid, EDINA,University of Edinburgh

GEMINI 2.1 update

• GEMINI 2.1 published after consultation process

• 27 comments , 6 organisations

• No substantive additional amendments

• Documentation – Parts 1 & 2 of the Guidelines have been updated to reflect 2.1. Part 3 (Data Quality) is still being finalised

• Additional documentation:

– GEMINI 2.1 Schematron Schema & Technical Documentation– Encoding Technical Guidance

LIIB No 6 14 October 2010 London 2

Role in Evaluation of Metadata Editor

• Evaluation group is wider than just MDWG members

• Includes English Heritage (Defra and LPSNI)

• Eval group feedback being recorded in OS bug tracker

• Still inputting and critiquing – ongoing MDWG concern over disjoint between documentation and realisation on UI

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MDWG Recommendations for LIIB Approval

• MDWG recommend that the UKLP should document on the UKLP web site the complete set of documents for GEMINI2.1 (AGI docs + OS doc set)

• MDWG recommend UKLP to request AGI to do likewise (at least to have off-sire links to non-AGI docs)

• MDWG recommend that an update process/plan be put in place for ensuring transparency in the synchronicity of documentation set given split governance -the current encoding guidelines are owned by UKLP, the Guidelines by AGI.

• Clarification issue. How far can documents posted on Huddle be circulated within members organisations?

• Registries. The relationship to data.gov and the CKAN definition of 'registry' are at variance. Can UKLP leverage data.gov to ensure representation on the MDWG to assist in resolving inconsistencies.

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LIIB No 4 23 April 2010 London

From extents tab

LIIB No 4 23 April 2010 London

From conformity tab

LIIB No 4 23 April 2010 London

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