OWMS defines 9 core elements which are considered to provide crucial metadata for government information:
- dcterms:identifier (Reference)
- dcterms:title (Title)
- dcterms:type (Information type)
- dcterms:language (Language)
- overheid:authority (Responsible)
- dcterms:creator (Maker)
- dcterms:modified (Date modified)
- dcterms:temporal (Coverage in Time)
- dcterms:spatial (Location)
The OWMS standard also provides a translation in Dutch for the other Dublin Core elements.
A number of vocabulary encoding schemes to be used as list-of-values for OWMS metadata are also published. There are lists with labels and identifiers for government organisations such as ministries, provinces, municipalities, water boards but also information types, themes and others. The concepts in these encoding schemes are published as Linked Open Data with Cool URIs, so they are rendered in HTML, RDF, N3 and XML.
As an example, the city of Amsterdam's URI delivers standard HTML as well as RDF resources.
Interested parties are invited to visit the OWMS page and comment, suggest possible improvements or ask questions to Arnold van Overeem, Metadata Adviser at the ICTU foundation, via this link.
Further Information:
- Original news article - SEMIC.EU
- Dublin Core Application Profile for Government information (OWMS) (in Dutch)
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