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Within this section:
Appendix A: NZGLS Qualifier Summary
Appendix B: Further Reading
Appendix C: NZGLS Maintenance Agency
Appendix D: Change History
Changes to Elements
General Changes

Appendix A: NZGLS Qualifier Summary

(This Appendix is not part of the NZGLS Metadata Element Set. It is included for information only.)

Elements	Element refinements
Audience
Availability
Contributor	Role of contributor should appear as an element refinement if required
Coverage	temporal spatial jurisdiction
Creator
Date	created modified valid issued available
Description
Format	extent medium
Function
Identifier
Language
Mandate	act regulation rules case
Publisher
Relation	isPartOf/hasPart isVersionOf/hasVersion isFormatOf/hasFormat references/isReferencedBy isBasedOn/isBasisFor isRequiredBy/requires isReplacedBy/replaces
Rights
Source
Subject
Title	alternative
Type	category aggregationLevel

Appendix B: Further Reading

Further information about the NZGLS metadata standard is available at the URL,

http://www.nzgls.govt.nz/

This website contains information about new developments concerning NZGLS, reports of new initiatives and proposed changes to the NZGLS standard, and information and tools to assist implementation of NZGLS metadata.

Appendix C: NZGLS Maintenance Agency

Archives New Zealand is the NZGLS Custodian, and maintains the standard on behalf of the State Services Commission, which is the NZGLS Steward. Archives New Zealand is supported in this role by the NZGLS Working Group, which comprises members from a range of government agencies.

Appendix D: Change History

To allow for accurate use and understanding of NZGLS metadata over time, it is important that all changes to the standard are recorded. This allows future users to know the rules which applied at the time the metadata was created.

This appendix records the substantive changes between versions of the standard. Each release will also continue to be available.

Changes are categorised as those relating to the definitions of particular elements, and other changes. As NZGLS is heavily based on AGLS, these tables also summarise the changes made in adapting AGLS for New Zealand government purposes.

Changes to Elements

Version	Date	Change
Audience
Version 1.0	2001-04-30	Adaption from AGLS - obligation changed to 'Recommended'
Version 2.0	2001-09-05	Inclusion of NZGLS Audience encoding scheme
Availability
Version 1.0	2001-04-30	Adaption from AGLS - Value Component 'Post Code' deleted; remove GOLD as an encoding scheme
Version 2.0	2001-09-05	Use of AGLS Availability encoding scheme; removal of value components; further guidance on use
Contributor
Version 1.0	2001-04-30	Adaption from AGLS - remove GOLD as an encoding scheme; changes to language and examples
Version 2.0	2001-09-05	Use of AGLS Agent encoding scheme; removal of value components; remove concept of 'secondary' from definition
Coverage
Version 1.0	2001-04-30	Adaption from AGLS - definition aligned with Dublin Core to allow other types of coverage apart from temporal and spatial
Version 2.0	2001-09-05	Change of refinement names to 'jurisdiction', 'spatial' and 'temporal'; three sub-refinements for 'spatial' - 'geographicDescription', 'geographicBox' and 'geographicElement'; inclusion of NZ encoding schemes
Creator
Version 1.0	2001-04-30	Adaption from AGLS - remove GOLD as an encoding scheme; changes to language and examples
Version 2.0	2001-09-05	Use of AGLS Agent encoding scheme; removal of value components
Date
Version 1.0	2001-04-30	Adaption from AGLS - changes to language and examples
Version 2.0	2001-09-05	Definition widened to include any significant date
Version 2.1	2004-04	DC qualifier "Availability" added, but with recommendation to use Availability. Refer NZGLS Working Group Minutes 6 December 2002.
Description
Version 1.0	2001-04-30	Adaption from AGLS - changes to language and examples
Version 2.0	2001-09-05	URI removed as a suggested encoding scheme
Format
Version 1.0	2001-04-30	Adaption from AGLS - changes to language and examples
Version 2.0	2001-09-05	Removed 'Physical' encoding scheme because of imprecise structure
Function
Version 1.0	2001-04-30	Adaption from AGLS - changes to encoding schemes to refer to New Zealand Government Functions Thesaurus (under development)
Version 2.0	2001-09-05	Now mandatory; use of Functions of New Zealand (FONZ) thesaurus mandatory
Identifier
Version 1.0	2001-04-30	Adaption from AGLS - changes to language and examples
Version 2.0	2001-09-05	Minor wording changes only
Language
Version 1.0	2001-04-30	Adaption from AGLS - obligation changed to 'Recommended'; RFC 1766 superseded by RFC3066
Version 2.0	2001-09-05	Minor wording changes only
Mandate
Version 1.0	2001-04-30	Adaption from AGLS - obligation changed to 'Recommended'
Version 2.0	2001-09-05	Minor wording changes only
Version 2.1	2004-04	Qualifier "courtCase" re-labelled to "case" to conform to AGLS
Publisher
Version 1.0	2001-04-30	Adaption from AGLS - remove GOLD as an encoding scheme; changes to language and examples
Version 2.0	2001-09-05	Use of AGLS Agent encoding scheme; removal of value components
Relation
Version 1.0	2001-04-30	Adaption from AGLS - changes to language and examples
Version 2.0	2001-09-05	Additional guidance on using Relation to relate services and documents
Rights
Version 1.0	2001-04-30	Adaption from AGLS - new default value; changes to language and examples
Version 2.0	2001-09-05	Inclusion of 'access terms and conditions' in definition
Source
Version 1.0	2001-04-30	Adaption from AGLS - changes to language and examples
Version 2.0	2001-09-05	Additional guidance on when to use
Version 2.1	2004-04	Use depreciated - use Relation
Subject
Version 1.0	2001-04-30	Adaption from AGLS - changes to language and examples
Version 2.0	2001-09-05	Now mandatory; use of Subjects of NZ (SONZ) thesaurus for at least one value mandatory; reference to other thesauri removed
Title
Version 1.0	2001-04-30	Adaption from AGLS - changes to language and examples
Version 2.0	2001-09-05	Minor language changes only
Type
Version 1.0	2001-04-30	Adaption from AGLS - Type.Category made mandatory
Version 2.0	2001-09-05	List of possible values for documents provided, based on DCMI and AGLS encoding schemes

General Changes

Version 1.0

2001-04-30

Adaption from AGLS - language and examples changed to fit New Zealand; changes to Obligation to introduce Recommended (for elements agencies are strongly encouraged to use) and Conditional (for elements which are Mandatory in some circumstances); integration of service guidelines within the standard; definition of service limited to exclude web pages describing the service; implementation guidance left open pending GUIDE Delivery Project work.

Version 2.0

2001-09-05

Restructure of manual; removal of value components; inclusion of advice on how elements will be used by the Portal; clarification of distinction between various elements

Version 2.1

2004-04

Element definitions reworded to conform to DC.
Standard split into NZGLS Metadata Element Set and NZGLS Usage Guide.

The source of terms (elements and qualifiers) identified.

NZGLS Agent and NZGLS Availability encoding schemes combined as NZGLS Agent.

Summary of encoding schemes accepted for NZGLS added.

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