Can HERDC-specific metadata be calculated using standard descriptive metadata?
One of the reasons that deriving DEST category codes might be a good idea if you were considering using a repository for HERDC reporting is that in most publication reporting systems, the attribution of DEST categories to publications is highly controlled and audited. One of the reasons for this is that these DEST codes have an impact on the amount of funding that is returned to a University. The assignation of DEST category codes is often entered by administrators, and then signed off on by heads of department. (This at least is the University of Melbourne experience). If this sort of workflow is difficult to implement in a repository, then deriving the DEST category codes from publication metadata using established business rules might be a more appropriate method of enforcing rigour around the reporting of DEST category codes. (Simon Porter) An example might be a calculated field such as IF resource type=journal article AND type=peer-reviewed THEN DEST Category = A1 (Katie Blake) No
