1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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)

5. 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

6. 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