Managing Information Resources for egovt, Brussels, June 2001 Metadata Standard Development for New Zealand: Development of the draft New Zealand Government Locator Service (NZGLS)

Managing Information Resources for egovt, Brussels, June 2001 OVERVIEW NZ Egovernment strategy Portal strategy Metadata Project Services Thesaurus work Next steps

Managing Information Resources for egovt, Brussels, June 2001 NZ EGOVERNMENT VISION New Zealanders will be able to gain access to government information and services and participate in our democracy using the Internet, telephones and other technologies as they emerge New Zealand will be a world leader in E government by 2004 the Internet will be the dominant means of enabling ready access to government information, services and processes

Managing Information Resources for egovt, Brussels, June 2001 NZ GOVERNMENT PORTAL Be the preferred way for customers to find and access government services and information. Provide single gateway to government services by customers Enable customers to help themselves Be recognised as being customer centric – not government centric. Cost effective delivery of government information and services

Managing Information Resources for egovt, Brussels, June 2001 THE METADATA PROJECT A brief history Primary focus –Discovery Level Metadata set –Identification/Development of Supporting Thesauri –Governance Processes and Lead Agencies

Managing Information Resources for egovt, Brussels, June 2001 NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT LOCATOR SERVICE Pan Government Working Group Two phases 3 categories of “resource” –document, service, agency draft completed 30 April 2001 Initial user testing June 2001 review/ratification as a Standard - July 2001

Managing Information Resources for egovt, Brussels, June 2001 NZGLS ELEMENTS Creator Publisher Contributor Rights Title Subject Description Source Language Relation Coverage Function Date Type Format Identifier Availability Audience Mandate

Managing Information Resources for egovt, Brussels, June 2001 NZ No ElementDublin CoreAGLSNZGLS 1Creator Mandatory 2Publisher Mandatory 3Contributor 4Rights 5Title Mandatory 6Subject Mandatory Either Subject or Function Mandatory Either Subject or Function 7Description Recommended 8Source 9Language Recommended 10Relation 11Coverage 12FunctionNot IncludedMandatory Either Subject or Function Mandatory Either Subject or Function 13Date Mandatory 14Type 15Format 16Identifier Mandatory Either Identifier or Availability Mandatory Either Identifier or Availability 17AvailabilityNot IncludedMandatory Either Identifier or Availability Mandatory Either Identifier or Availability 18AudienceNot Included 19MandateNot Included

Managing Information Resources for egovt, Brussels, June 2001 DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES USING METADATA Customer-centric requirement Describe on and off- line services Function, availability- Mandatory Type, relation, coverage also mandatory? Describe at both high and low level, eg –Student loan service; applying for a student loan

Managing Information Resources for egovt, Brussels, June 2001 THESAURUS DEVELOPMENT Function thesaurus –in parallel with Archives NZ function project Subject thesaurus –identify key thesauri being used by agencies –one thesaurus in future? Maori thesaurus –scoping study

Managing Information Resources for egovt, Brussels, June 2001 NEXT STEPS Metadata management tools Service and agency description - further work to be completed Agencies to start with key information resources and services Goal - achieve critical mass on portal