DC-Government: Overview

Interest group initiated in 1999.Review of charter

DC + GILS relationship Identify usage of DC in government Promotion of DC for government use

DC-Government: Why?

Wide variety of agencies mandated to deliver services & information to a variety of interested parties.

Facilitate resource description. Facilitate resource discovery. Need for guidance & sharing of experience. Need to identify tools & practices for content

management. Promotion of common approaches. Building trusted services.

DC-Government: Issues

What is government information?Relationship of metadata &

users/applications.Different views on the information.How to deliver more effectively & co-

operatively.One-stop shopping / single window(s).Convergence between agencies.

DC-Government: Next Steps

1. Continue to provide a forum for discussions about DC usage in government.

2. Need to promote the use of DC for government applications.

3. DC-Government website to link to experiences & resources.

4. GILS + DC MOU (draft).