The AGLS Metadata Terms Namespace providing access to its content by means of an RDF Schema.
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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.
Act
A specific piece of legislation which requires or drives the creation or provision of the resource.
Aggregation Level
The level of aggregation of the described resource.
There are only two values possible for this refinement, either item or collection.
Availability
How the resource can be obtained or accessed, or contact information.
Case
A specific piece of case law which requires or drives the creation or provision of the resource.
Category
The generic type of the resource being described.
There are only three valid values for this property, 'service', 'document' or 'agency'.
Date Licensed
Date a license was applied or became effective.
Document Type
The form of the resource where category = 'document'.
Document is used in its widest sense and includes such things as software, sound files and images.
Function
The business function to which the resource relates.
Is Version Of
A related resource that is a performance, production, derivation, translation or interpretation of the described resource.
Has Version
A related resource of which the described resource is a performance, production, derivation, translation or interpretation.
Jurisdiction
The name of the political/administrative entity covered by the resource.
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.
Mandate
A specific legal instrument which requires a resource to be created or made available.
Protective Marking
A protective marking applied to the resource.
Regulation
A specific regulation which requires or drives the creation or provision of the resource.
Service Type
The form of the resource where category = 'service'.
AGLS Agent Class
A set of agent encoding schemes and/or formats
Availability Class
A set of availability encoding schemes and/or formats
Document Class
A set of document encoding schemes and/or formats
Function Class
A set of function encoding schemes and/or formats
Jurisdiction Class
A set of jurisdiction encoding schemes and/or formats
Service Class
A set of service encoding schemes and/or formats
AAGLS Agent Scheme
The set of agents defined by contact details according to Dublin Core Structured Values
AGLS Availability Scheme
The set of resource availability or physical access to a resource defined by contact details according to Dublin Core Structured Values
Geocode
Geographic coordinates expressed as latitude and longitude.
Government Online Directory
The set of agents defined by contact details according to X500 syntax.
Australian Governments' Interactive Functions Thesaurus
The set of function types specified by the National Archives of Australia.
AGLS Audience Vocabulary
The set of audience types specified by the AGLS Audience Scheme.
AGLS Jurisdiction Vocabulary
The set of Australian jurisdictions specified by the AGLS Jurisdiction Scheme.
AGLS Document Vocabulary
The set of document types specified by the AGLS Document Scheme.
AGLS Service Vocabulary
The set of service types specified by the AGLS Service Scheme.
Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations
The set of occupations specified by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification
The set of industries specified by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Australian Public Affairs Information Service
The set of Australian economic, social, political and cultural affairs subjects specified by the National Library of Australia.
Australian Picture Thesaurus
The set of subject terms for indexing Australian images specified by the National Library of Australia
Australian Standard Geographical Classification
The set of places specified by the Australian Bureau of Statistics
Education Network Australia Audience Vocabulary
The set of audience types specified by Education Network Australia.
Australian Postcode
The set of postcodes specified by the Australian Postal Corporation.
Role Code
The set of functions codes to describe the function performed by the responsible party.
Thesaurus of Australian Governments
The set of labelled subject types specified by the Australian Government Information Management Office