The AGLS Metadata Terms Namespace providing access to its content by means of an RDF Schema.
creator: National Archives of Australia
publisher: National Archives of Australia
rights: Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2007
description: The AGLS Metadata Terms Namespace provides URIs for the AGLS Metadata Terms Vocabulary. Vocabulary terms are declared using RDF Schema language to support RDF applications. The AGLS Metadata Terms form a richer vocabulary, which is intended to facilitate discovery of resources. It will be updated according to AGLS Working Group decisions.
language: English
created: 2002-04-18
modified: 2010-06-30

Act
type: Property
comment: A specific piece of legislation which requires or drives the creation or provision of the resource.
sub property of: mandate
sub property of: Mandate
issued: 2002-04-18
modified: 2009-02-02

Aggregation Level
type: Property
comment: The level of aggregation of the described resource.
description: There are only two values possible for this refinement, either item or collection.
sub property of: type
domain: Collection
issued: 2002-04-18
modified: 2007-12-19

Availability
type: Property
comment: How the resource can be obtained or accessed, or contact information.
sub property of: availability
issued: 2007-12-19
modified: 2009-02-02

Case
type: Property
comment: A specific piece of case law which requires or drives the creation or provision of the resource.
sub property of: mandate
sub property of: Mandate
issued: 2002-04-18
modified: 2009-02-02

Category
type: Property
comment: The generic type of the resource being described.
description: There are only three valid values for this property, 'service', 'document' or 'agency'.
sub property of: type
issued: 2002-04-18
modified: 2009-02-02

Date Licensed
type: Property
comment: Date a license was applied or became effective.
sub property of: date
range: Literal
issued: 2007-12-12
modified: 2009-02-02

Document Type
type: Property
comment: The form of the resource where category = 'document'.
description: Document is used in its widest sense and includes such things as software, sound files and images.
sub property of: type
issued: 2002-04-18
modified: 2007-12-19

Function
type: Property
comment: The business function to which the resource relates.
sub property of: function
issued: 2007-12-19
modified: 2007-12-19

Is Version Of
type: Property
comment: A related resource that is a performance, production, derivation, translation or interpretation of the described resource.
sub property of: relation
issued: 2002-04-18
modified: 2009-02-02

Has Version
type: Property
comment: A related resource of which the described resource is a performance, production, derivation, translation or interpretation.
sub property of: relation
issued: 2002-04-18
modified: 2009-02-02

Jurisdiction
type: Property
comment: The name of the political/administrative entity covered by the resource.
description: Jurisdiction is a description of the territory over which a particular government exercises its authority or a particular business transacts its operations, to which the resource content is applicable.
sub property of: coverage
domain: Jurisdiction
issued: 2002-04-18
modified: 2007-12-19

Mandate
type: Property
comment: A specific legal instrument which requires a resource to be created or made available.
sub property of: mandate
issued: 2007-12-19
modified: 2009-02-02

Protective Marking
type: Property
comment: A protective marking applied to the resource.
sub property of: rights
issued: 2007-12-12
modified: 2009-02-06

Regulation
type: Property
comment: A specific regulation which requires or drives the creation or provision of the resource.
sub property of: mandate
sub property of: Mandate
issued: 2002-04-18
modified: 2009-02-02

Service Type
type: Property
comment: The form of the resource where category = 'service'.
sub property of: type
issued: 2002-04-18
modified: 2007-12-19

AGLS Agent Class
type: Class
comment: A set of agent encoding schemes and/or formats
issued: 2008-05-27
modified: 2010-04-13

Availability Class
type: Class
comment: A set of availability encoding schemes and/or formats
issued: 2007-12-12
modified: 2009-02-02

Document Class
type: Class
comment: A set of document encoding schemes and/or formats
issued: 2007-12-12
modified: 2009-02-02

Function Class
type: Class
comment: A set of function encoding schemes and/or formats
issued: 2007-12-12
modified: 2010-04-13

Jurisdiction Class
type: Class
comment: A set of jurisdiction encoding schemes and/or formats
issued: 2007-12-12
modified: 2009-02-02

Service Class
type: Class
comment: A set of service encoding schemes and/or formats
issued: 2007-12-12
modified: 2010-04-13

AAGLS Agent Scheme
type: AgentClass
comment: The set of agents defined by contact details according to Dublin Core Structured Values
issued: 2002-04-18
modified: 2009-02-02
type: Datatype

AGLS Availability Scheme
type: Availability Class
comment: The set of resource availability or physical access to a resource defined by contact details according to Dublin Core Structured Values
issued: 2002-04-18
modified: 2009-02-02
type: Datatype

Geocode
type: AgentClass
comment: Geographic coordinates expressed as latitude and longitude.
issued: 2008-10-21
modified: 2010-04-13
type: Datatype

Government Online Directory
type: AgentClass
comment: The set of agents defined by contact details according to X500 syntax.
issued: 2002-04-18
modified: 2009-02-02
type: Datatype

Australian Governments' Interactive Functions Thesaurus
type: Function Class
comment: The set of function types specified by the National Archives of Australia.
type: VocabularyEncodingScheme
issued: 2002-04-18
modified: 2009-02-02

AGLS Audience Vocabulary
type: AgentClass
comment: The set of audience types specified by the AGLS Audience Scheme.
type: Class
type: VocabularyEncodingScheme
issued: 2002-04-18
modified: 2009-02-02

AGLS Jurisdiction Vocabulary
type: Jurisdiction Class
comment: The set of Australian jurisdictions specified by the AGLS Jurisdiction Scheme.
type: VocabularyEncodingScheme
issued: 2002-04-18
modified: 2009-02-02

AGLS Document Vocabulary
type: Document Class
comment: The set of document types specified by the AGLS Document Scheme.
type: VocabularyEncodingScheme
issued: 2002-04-18
modified: 2009-02-02

AGLS Service Vocabulary
type: Service Class
comment: The set of service types specified by the AGLS Service Scheme.
type: VocabularyEncodingScheme
issued: 2002-04-18
modified: 2010-04-13

Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations
type: AudienceClass
comment: The set of occupations specified by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
type: Datatype
issued: 2002-04-18
modified: 2009-02-02

Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification
type: AudienceClass
comment: The set of industries specified by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
type: VocabularyEncodingScheme
issued: 2002-04-18
modified: 2009-02-02

Australian Public Affairs Information Service
type: SubjectScheme
comment: The set of Australian economic, social, political and cultural affairs subjects specified by the National Library of Australia.
type: VocabularyEncodingScheme
issued: 2002-04-18
modified: 2009-02-02

Australian Picture Thesaurus
type: SubjectScheme
comment: The set of subject terms for indexing Australian images specified by the National Library of Australia
type: VocabularyEncodingScheme
issued: 2002-04-18
modified: 2009-02-02

Australian Standard Geographical Classification
type: AudienceClass
comment: The set of places specified by the Australian Bureau of Statistics
type: VocabularyEncodingScheme
issued: 2002-04-18
modified: 2009-02-02

Education Network Australia Audience Vocabulary
type: AudienceClass
comment: The set of audience types specified by Education Network Australia.
type: VocabularyEncodingScheme
issued: 2002-04-18
modified: 2009-02-02

Australian Postcode
type: AudienceClass
comment: The set of postcodes specified by the Australian Postal Corporation.
type: VocabularyEncodingScheme
issued: 2008-03-05
modified: 2009-02-02

Role Code
type: AudienceClass
comment: The set of functions codes to describe the function performed by the responsible party.
type: VocabularyEncodingScheme
issued: 2008-10-07
modified: 2009-02-02

Thesaurus of Australian Governments
type: SubjectScheme
comment: The set of labelled subject types specified by the Australian Government Information Management Office
type: VocabularyEncodingScheme
issued: 2002-04-18
modified: 2009-02-02