3 Detailed differences by element
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Dublin Core |
AGLS |
NZGLS |
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Included in standard |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Obligation |
Optional |
Mandatory |
Mandatory |
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Definition/Usage |
An entity primarily responsible for making the content of the resource. Examples of a Creator include a person an organisation, or a service |
The name of the person or organisation primarily responsible for the content of the resource. |
The name of the person or organisation primarily responsible for the content of the resource or provision of the service |
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Element Refinements |
- |
jurisdiction = Australian state or local council name |
jurisdiction = central government, regional authority or local authority |
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Encoding Schemes |
- |
x.500 Government On-line directory (GOLD) |
On-line directory service |
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Changes from AGLS (applies to NZGLS) |
1.Replace "resource" with "resource and/or service" in several places 2.Purpose: replace Australian reference example with a local one. 3.Value qualifiers - remove reference to Australian X.500 directory GOLD 4.Value components: alter jurisdiction 5.Comment updated 6.Australian examples added - and relocated out of the table 7.Scope & interpretation |
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DC |
AGLS |
NZGLS |
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Included in standard? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Obligation |
Optional |
Conditional: Mandatory for published resources, Optional for Services |
Conditional: Mandatory when referring to published resources; Optional when describing services |
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Definition/Usage |
The entity responsible for making the resource available. |
The name of the entity responsible for making the resource available. |
The name of the entity responsible for making the resource available. |
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Element Refinements |
- |
- |
- |
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Encoding Schemes |
- |
x.500 Government On-line directory (GOLD) |
On-line directory service |
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Changes from AGLS (applies to NZGLS) |
1. Purpose - change agency name 2. Value qualifiers - replace X.500 with "On-line directory service" 3. Value components - jurisdiction 4. Comment updated 5. NZ examples 6. Scope & interpretation |
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DC |
AGLS |
NZGLS |
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Included in Standard? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Obligation |
Optional |
Optional |
Optional |
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Definition/Usage |
An entity responsible for making contributions to the content of the resource. Examples of a Contributor include a person, an organization or a service. |
The name of the person or organisation that has played an important but secondary role in creating the content of the resource and is not specified in the creator element |
The name of the person or organisation that has played an important but secondary role in creating the content of the resource or service and is not specified in the creator element |
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Element Refinements |
- |
The role of the contributor since it is a refinement of the contributor (i.e. a type of) will appear as an element qualifier. |
The role of the contributor since it is a refinement of the contributor (i.e. a type of) will appear as an element qualifier. (plus a list of examples) |
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Encoding Schemes |
- |
X500 -Government Online Directory (GOLD) |
On-line directory service |
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Changes from AGLS (applies to NZGLS) |
1. Replace "resource" with "resource and/or service" in several places 2. Obligation: optional 3. Element Qualifiers 4. Value qualifiers - remove reference to GOLD 5. Jurisdiction 6. Comments 7. NZ examples 8. Scope & interpretation |
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DC |
AGLS |
NZGLS |
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Included in Standard? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Obligation |
Optional |
Optional |
Optional |
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Definition/Usage |
Information about rights held in and over the resource. Typically a Rights element will contain a rights management statement for the resource, or reference a service providing such information. |
A statement or pointer to a statement about the rights management information for the resource |
A statement or pointer to a statement about the rights management information for the resource or service. |
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Element Refinements |
- |
- |
- |
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Encoding Schemes |
- |
URI - Uniform Resource Identifier |
URI - Uniform Resource Identifier |
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Changes from AGLS (applies to NZGLS) |
1. Replace "resource" with "resource and/or service" in several places 2. Default value 3. Purpose -"not intended as a Purpose - Primary search point" - could still be a valid search point 4. Comment 5. Australian examples removed from main table |
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DC |
AGLS |
NZGLS |
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Included in Standard? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Obligation |
Optional |
Mandatory |
Mandatory |
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Definition/Usage |
The name given to the resource. |
The name given to the resource |
The name given to the resource |
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Element Refinements |
- |
Alternative - another name by which the resource is known |
Alternative - another name by which the resource is known including other language versions of the title |
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Encoding Schemes |
- |
- |
- |
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Changes from AGLS (applies to NZGLS) |
None |
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DC |
AGLS |
NZGLS |
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Included in Standard? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Obligation |
Optional |
Mandatory (either subject or function must be present) |
Conditional: Mandatory if Function not used |
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Definition/Usage |
The topic of the content of the resource. |
The subject and topic of the resource that succinctly describes the content of the resource. |
The subject and topic of the resource that succinctly describes the content of the resource. |
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Element Refinements |
- |
- |
- |
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Encoding Schemes - examples (acronyms used for thesauri) |
- |
AAT, APAIS, BEP, LCSH, MeSH (examples) |
AAT, APAIS, BEP, LCSH, MeSH, TEST (examples) |
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Changes from AGLS (applies to NZGLS) |
None |
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AGLS |
NZGLS |
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Included in Standard? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Obligation |
Optional |
Optional |
Recommended |
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Definition/Usage |
An account of the content of the resource |
A textual description of the content and/or purpose of the resource |
A textual description of the content and/or purpose of the resource |
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Element Refinements |
- |
- |
- |
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Encoding Schemes |
- |
URI - Uniform Resource Identifier |
URI - Uniform Resource Identifier |
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Changes from AGLS (applies to NZGLS) |
None |
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DC |
AGLS |
NZGLS |
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Included in Standard? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Obligation |
Optional |
Optional |
Optional |
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Definition/Usage |
A Reference to a resource from which the present resource is derived. |
Information about a resource from which the current resource is derived |
Information about a resource from which the current resource is derived |
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Element Refinements |
- |
- |
- |
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Encoding Schemes |
URI - Uniform Resource Identifier ISBN - International Standard Book Number ISSN - International Standard Serial Number |
URI - Uniform Resource Identifier ISBN - International Standard Book Number ISSN - International Standard Serial Number |
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Changes from AGLS (applies to NZGLS) |
None |
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DC |
AGLS |
NZGLS |
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Included in Standard? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Obligation |
Optional |
Optional |
Recommended |
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Definition/Usage |
A language of the intellectual content of the resource |
The language of the content of the resource |
The language of the content of the resource, or in which the resource service can be used |
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Element Refinements |
- |
- |
- |
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Encoding Schemes |
RFC 1766, tags for the identification of languages |
RFC 1766 |
RFC3066 - Tags for the identification of languages |
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Changes from AGLS (applies to NZGLS) |
RFC1766 made obsolete by RFC3066 |
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DC |
AGLS |
NZGLS |
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Included in Standard? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Obligation |
Optional |
Optional |
Optional |
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Definition/Usage |
A reference to a related resource. |
Identification of other resources that are related to the current resource, and the type of relationship |
Identification of other resources or services that are related to the current resource, and the type of relationship |
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Element Refinements |
- |
If this element is used, the type of relationship must be specified by choosing a value from one side of any of the pairs in the [supplied] list |
If this element is used, the type of relationship must be specified by choosing a value from one side of any of the pairs in the [supplied] list - same list as in AGLS |
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Encoding Schemes |
- |
URI - Uniform Resource Identifier ISBN - International Standard Book Number ISSN - International Standard Serial Number |
URI - Uniform Resource Identifier ISBN - International Standard Book Number ISSN - International Standard Serial Number |
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Changes from AGLS (applies to NZGLS) |
None |
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DC |
AGLS |
NZGLS |
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Included in Standard? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Obligation |
Optional |
Optional |
Recommended when describing a service, otherwise Optional |
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Definition/Usage |
The extent or scope of the content of the resource. Coverage will typically include spatial location (a place name or geographic co-ordinates), temporal period (a period label, date, or date range) or jurisdiction (such as a named administrative entity). |
The spatial and/or temporal characteristics of the resource |
The extent or scope of the content of the resource, typically used for spatial location (a place name or geographic coordinates), temporal period (a period label, date, or date range) or jurisdiction (such as a named administrative entity). |
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Element Refinements |
- |
Jurisdiction - the jurisdiction covered by the resource (Commonwealth, ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA, local council name) Spatial - the geographic coverage Temporal - the time period covered Postcode - the postcode applicable to the spatial coverage |
jurisdiction the jurisdiction covered by the resource (New Zealand, local council name) placeName spatial coverage periodName temporal coverage |
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Encoding Schemes/Value Qualifiers |
Recommended best practice is to select a value from a controlled vocabulary, e.g. TGN - Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names |
ISO 8601 - Standard for Date Encoding TGN - Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names |
ISO 8601 - Standard for Date Encoding TGN - Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names LCSH - Library of Congress Subject Headings |
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Changes from AGLS (applies to NZGLS) |
1. Definition changed from emphasis on spatial / temporal description, to emphasis on 'bounded subset' concept 2. Extension to include other forms of coverage (eg demographic) 3. Work in progress to harmonise with ISO 19115 |
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DC |
AGLS |
NZGLS |
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Included in Standard? |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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Obligation |
N/A |
Mandatory (either subject or function must be present) |
Conditional: Mandatory if Subject not used |
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Definition/Usage |
N/A |
The business function of the agency to which this resource relates. |
The business function of the agency to which this resource relates |
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Element Refinements |
N/A |
- |
- |
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Encoding Schemes |
N/A |
AGIFT - Australian Government Interactive Functions Thesaurus KAAA - Keyword AAA Thesaurus of General Terms |
New Zealand Government Functions Thesaurus (under development) |
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Changes from AGLS (applies to NZGLS) |
None |
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DC |
AGLS |
NZGLS |
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Included in Standard? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Obligation |
Optional |
Mandatory |
Mandatory |
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Definition/Usage |
A date associated with an event in the life cycle of the resource. |
The date the resource was created or became available in its current form |
The date the resource was created or became available in its current form |
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Element Refinements |
- |
Created - creation date of the resource Modified - modification date of the resource Valid = the date the resource becomes valid or ceases to be valid, or the date range for which the resource is valid Issued - the date on which the resource was formally made available |
created - creation date of the resource modified - modification date of the resource valid = the date the resource becomes valid or ceases to be valid, or the date range for which the resource is valid issued - the date on which the resource was formally made available |
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Encoding Schemes |
ISO 8601 - Standard for Date encoding |
ISO 8601 DCMI Period - a standard for expressing validity dates and date ranges using ISO 8601 for encoding the actual dates |
ISO 8601 DCMIPeriod - a standard for expressing validity dates and date ranges using ISO 8601 for encoding the actual dates |
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Changes from AGLS (applies to NZGLS) |
Deleted (i.e. occurs in AGLS, but removed from NZGLS) Deleted. "·Purpose: It is not intended to be a primary search point. For example, 'Find all web pages modified yesterday'." |
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DC |
AGLS |
NZGLS |
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Included in Standard? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Obligation |
Optional |
Optional |
"Type.category" Mandatory |
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Definition/Usage |
The nature or genre of the content of the resource |
The category or genre of the resource |
The category or genre of the resource |
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Element Refinements |
- |
Category AggregationLevel AocumentType ServiceType |
category aggregationLevel documentType serviceType |
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Encoding Schemes |
- |
AGLS-document AGLS-service |
NZGLS-document NZGLS-service |
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Changes from AGLS (applies to NZGLS) |
Deleted (i.e. occurs in AGLS, but removed from NZGLS) Deleted. "Purpose: A search tool is also able to differentiate between collections of items and individual items by using this element." Deleted and replaced: Australian Example |
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DC |
AGLS |
NZGLS |
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Included in Standard? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Obligation |
Optional |
Optional |
Optional |
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Definition/Usage |
The physical or digital manifestation of the resource. |
The data format of the resource |
The data format of the resource, or the channel(s) through which the service is delivered |
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Element Refinements |
- |
extent (size or duration) medium (material or physical carrier of the resource) |
extent (size or duration) medium (material or physical carrier of the resource) |
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Encoding Schemes |
- |
IMT - Internet Media Types from the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority Physical - the resource is a physical resource ISO - International Standards Organisation-based resource |
IMT - Internet Media Types from the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority Physical - the resource is a physical resource ISO - International Standards Organisation-based resource |
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Changes from AGLS (applies to NZGLS) |
Deleted (i.e. occurs in AGLS, but removed from NZGLS) Deleted. Purpose:It is not intended to be a primary search point. Deleted. Comment: The version number in Appendix C for WordPerfect has been deleted. |
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DC |
AGLS |
NZGLS |
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Included in Standard? |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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Obligation |
N/A |
Mandatory - either Identifier or Availability must be present |
Conditional: Mandatory for online resources, otherwise recommended where available. |
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Definition/Usage |
N/A |
A unique identifier for the resource |
A unique identifier for the resource |
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Element Refinements |
N/A |
- |
- |
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Encoding Schemes |
N/A |
URI - Uniform Resource Identifier ISBN - International Standard Book Number ISSN - International Standard Serial Number X500 - X.500 Directory Services |
URI - Uniform Resource Identifier ISBN - International Standard Book Number ISSN - International Standard Serial Number |
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Changes from AGLS (applies to NZGLS) |
Deleted (i.e. occurs in AGLS, but removed from NZGLS) Deleted: Encoding schemes:X500 - X.500 Directory Services. Deleted and replaced: Australian Example |
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AGLS |
NZGLS |
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Included in Standard? |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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Obligation |
N/A |
Mandatory - either Identifier or Availability must be present |
Conditional: Mandatory for off-line resources |
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Definition/Usage |
N/A |
How the resource can be obtained or contact information |
How the resource can be obtained or contact information |
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Element Refinements |
N/A |
- |
- |
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Encoding Schemes |
N/A |
X500 - Government Online Directory (GOLD) |
Online directory service |
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Changes from AGLS (applies to NZGLS) |
Purpose: This element is not intended as a search point. Rather, this element will be displayed to the consumer as significant information regarding the availability of the resource. Added (from Comment field). Purpose: The Availability element is primarily used for non-electronic resources to provide information on how consumers may obtain physical access to the resource. The Identifier element can also be used in conjunction with the Availability element to indicate how to obtain this resource. Deleted: Encoding schemes: X500 - Government Online Directory (GOLD) Deleted: Value components: postcode - the Australian postcode where the resource is available Deleted: Comment: The Availability element is primarily used for non-electronic resources to provide information on how consumers may obtain physical access to the resource. The Identifier element can also be used in conjunction with the Availability element to indicate how to obtain this resource. If the creator is registered in GOLD, then their address can also be included. Deleted and replaced: Australian Example |
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DC |
AGLS |
NZGLS |
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Included in Standard? |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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Obligation |
N/A |
Mandatory if no Identifier element is specified |
Recommended |
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Definition/Usage |
N/A |
The target audience of this resource |
The target audience of the resource |
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Element Refinements |
N/A |
- |
- |
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Encoding Schemes |
N/A |
ANZSIC - Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification BEP - Industry EdNA-userlevel Agegroup EEOASCO - Australian Standard Classification of Occupations |
ANZSIC - Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification NZSCO99 - New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations 1999 NZSC - NZ Standard Classification for Age 1995 |
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Changes from AGLS (applies to NZGLS) |
Deleted: Encoding schemes: BEP-Industry , EdNA, agegroup, EEO, ASCO Deleted: Comment: Types of audiences commonly used in this element include particular industry sectors, education levels, skill levels, occupations and EEO categories. Deleted and replaced: Australian Example |
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DC |
AGLS |
NZGLS |
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Included in Standard? |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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Obligation |
N/A |
Optional |
Recommended |
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Definition/Usage |
N/A |
A specific legal instrument which requires the resource to be created or provided |
A specific legal instrument which requires the resources to be created or provided. Legal instrument includes ACTS, Regulations and other secondary legislation and binding determinations or rulings by statutory authorities |
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Element Refinements |
N/A |
Act Regulationcase |
act regulation rules courtCase |
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Encoding Schemes |
N/A |
URI - Uniform Resource Identifier |
Act, Regulation, Rule or Order name and shoulder number Court Case reference number URI - Uniform Resource Identifier |
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Changes from AGLS (applies to NZGLS) |
Deleted and replaced: Australian Example: |
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