What is the relationship between LGCL and Metadata?
LAWs has produced guidelines for applying metadata to Local Authorities Web sites at http://www.esd.org.uk/LAWsMetadataGuidelines.pdf. These build on the Office of the e-Envoy’s electronic Government Metadata (eGMS) guidelines published at http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/schemasstandards/metadata.asp. eGMS provides elements (types of information, such as ‘creator’ and ‘subject’) and element refinements which contain values describing resources, such as Web pages. Guidelines recommend, and LAWs data schemas mandate, that certain metadata elements be populated from controlled lists. LGCL provides a controlled list for populating the ‘subject’ metadata element. Two subject refinements are relevant: • subject.category – broad subject categories • subject.keyword – words or terms used to describe, as specifically as possible, the subject matter of the resource LGCL (like its predecessor, ACL) provides terms suitable to populate subject.category. It also provides more detailed terms which may be u
