NICE metadata standards
The NICE metadata standard defines the metadata elements used on the NICE website. It incorporates elements from Dublin Core and the e-Government Metadata Standard.
| Elements/Terms | Definition | Encoding scheme |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | The resources availability to specific groups. | NICE complies with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0, Level Double-A for html pages. We are currently looking at the ICRA specifications. |
| Audience | The category of user for whom the resource is intended. | NICE Audience Encoding Scheme (NiceAES) |
| Coverage | The extent or scope of the content of the resource. | NICE Country Encoding Scheme (NiceCES) - still to be defined |
| Creator | Person or group responsible for the intellectual or creative content. | NICE Contact Encoding Scheme (NiceContact) |
| Date | A date associated with an event in the life cycle of the resource. | Nice uses dates from eGMS and DCTERMS. |
| Description | An account of the content of the resource. | NICE uses DC description. |
| Disposal | The retention and disposal instruction for the resource | NICE uses eGMS and DCTERMS |
| Format | The physical or digital manifestation of the resource. | NICE uses the Internet Media Type (IMT) Scheme |
| Identifier | The unique url given to the resource | NICE is currently developing this scheme. |
| Language | The language of the intellectual conte of the resource | NICE uses the DCTERMS.ISO639-2 encoding scheme. |
| Publisher | The person or group responsible for making the resource available. | NICE Contact Encoding Scheme (NiceContact) |
| Relation | A reference to a related resource. | NICE is currently developing this scheme. |
| Rights | Information about rights held in and over the resource. | NICE uses eGMS |
| Status | The position or state of the resource. | NICE Status Encoding Scheme (NiceStatusDescriptor) |
| Subject | A topic of the content of the resource. | NICE Subject Encoding Scheme (NiceTaxonomy) |
| Title | A name given to the resource. | NICE uses DCTERMS |
| Type | The nature or genre of the content of the resource. | NICE Type Encoding Scheme (NiceTES) |
This page was last updated: 28 May 2009
