Metadata Catalogue

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AES Audience List ( AES ) Controlled List of Customer Groups. To aid discovery of information on websites relating to customer groups.
BS7666 BS7666 Address Format
BS8723 BS8723 Structured vocabularies for information retrieval
BS8766 BS 8766 Names and identifiers of individuals and groups.
DCMI Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) Metadata Terms

The standard includes elements, element refinements, encoding schemes, and vocabulary terms.

The information in this row is extracted from the www.dublincore.org website. Fifteen elements, the DCMI Metadata Element Set, have been formally endorsed in the NISO Standard Z39.85-2001 [Z3985] and ISO Standard 15836-2003 [ISO15836]. The extended set is used as the basis for eGMS although eGMS does not fully comply with the abstract model for DC metadata and therefore cannot be considered as a true Application Profile of Dublin Core.
To facilitate finding, sharing and managing information by describing resources in a common manner.
DoH_Terms Department of Health thesaurus of health and social care terms Controlled vocabulary for health and social care management

To support retrieval in internal and external Departmental information systems
Department of Health
ebXML ebXML Standard vocabulary for business communication
eCare eCare Scottish data sharing standards for health, education, social work intersection Scotland
ED Education and Skills Thesaurus controlled vocabulary for education and children's services subject terms To support retrieval in Departmental information systems. DCSF
EDRM EDRM Metadata Standard Management, discovery, helps ascertain evidential weight
e-GMS e-Government Metadata Standards (e-GMS) Definition of the metadata elements that should be applied to Public Sector information assets Consistency of metadata across public sector for discovery and interoperability.
FCO geographical names index FCO geographical names index Controlled geographical terms To support HMG policy and cartography
GDSC Government Data Standards Catalogue (GDSC ) Formats and definitions of data commonly used the public sector, including information entity keys where applicable. To derive 'type libraries' so that common concepts can be consistently incorporated into data exchange schemas.
GEMINI GEMINI geospatial discovery and interoperability
GROS GROS Census Controlled Lists for Census
IPSV Integrated Public Sector Vocabulary (IPSV) Hierarchical list of subjects relevant to the Public Sector. To categorise and so aid discovery of Public Sector resources across organisational boundaries.
ISO11179 ISO 11179 Metadata Registry Specification
ITS ITS Metadata Registry Intelligent Transport Systems
LGAL Local Government Audience List (LGAL) Hierarchical list of audience types or segments of citizens to whom a service or local government resource is relevant. To target the marketting and delivery of information and services. Local Government
LGATL Local Government Agency Types List (LGATL) Hierarchical list giving standard definitions of agency types involved in delivering public sector and community services. To identify what services are relevant to an oganisation and what role it might play in a partnership derived from its type. Local Government
LGBCL Local Government Business Categories List ( LGBCL) Hierarchical list categorising businesses by sector. To identify which local government information and services are relevant to which businesses. Local Government
LGChL Local Government Channels List (LGChL) Heirarchical list giving standard definitions of access/delivery channels used by public sector organisations for communicating with their customers.

To help public sector organisations share information on means of delivering services.

To provide a common classification of each channel to support comparisons in measurements and monitoring.
Local Government
LGCS LGCS (Classification) A template file plan for a local authority records management system. To support local authorities in the areas of Data Protection, Freedom of Information and the Local Government Act. Its objective is to promote improved records management practices within local government. Local Government
LGDL Local Government Directory List (LGDL) List defining the generic departmental structure of a UK local authority and other agencies delivering public services To allow sharing of information cross-referenced against standard lines of business. Local Government
LGIL Local Government Interactions List (LGIL) Hierarchical list defining type of interaction types (publish information, make a payment, etc) that might form part of a public sector service transaction. To identify the ways in which a public sector organisation supports a service according to a common vocabulary to allow benchmarking, comparison and information sharing. Local Government
LGNL Local Government Navigation List Poly-hierarchal list providing a local authority browse navigation structure that cross-references with LGSL services atv the lowest level. To provide a standard browse navigation structure for Local Authority Web sites. Local Government
LGSL Local Government Services List (LGSL) List of services delivered locally by Public Sector bodies in the UK. LGSL includes the external services subset which defines services provide by Local Authorities under powers or statutory duties to citizens and businesses in England and Wales, and the SSL subset which performs the same role in Scotland.

To aid the discovery of Public Sector services and, information and Good Practice.

To provide a common classification of each service to support comparisons of measurements and monitoring.
Local Government
LGTL Local Government Types List (LGTL) List of types of resource, often seen as 'document types'. To categorise and so aid discovery of Public Sector resources across organisational boundaries. Local Government
NHS-Data NHS Data Dictionary Definition of data terms for NHS data sets NHS
NHS-Data Standards NHS Data Standards & Products

NHS Data Standards & Products (NHS DS&P), part of the Technology Office of NHS Connecting for Health, are responsible for the introduction, development and delivery of coding system products used in the patient records of the NHS Care Records Service, and for the phasing out of dated systems. This is our principal and main focus. The vast majority of codes produced by NHS DS&P are unique and almost all of our coding systems are interrelated.

As part of NHS Connecting for Health's membership of the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO), NHS Data Standards & Products also acts as host of the UK Terminology Centre (UKTC) on behalf of the UK.

The products NHS DS&P are responsible for include:

SNOMED CT

Read Codes

Dictionary of Medicine & Devices (dm+d)

ICD-10

OPCS4

NHS Data Dictionary

As part of the delivery and ongoing development, support and maintenance of these products, NHS DS&P provide a set of Data Product services and helpdesk facilities which incorporate:

NHS Terminology Service

NHS Classifications Service

NHS Data Model and Dictionary Service

NHS DS&P also provide a number of other Services delivering codes, and data and quality standards to the NHS incorporating:

National Administrative Codes Services (NACS)

Spine Directory Service (SDS)

Standards Consulting Group (SCG)

Information Quality Assurance Programme (IQAP)
NHS
NHS-Info NHS Information Standards for Health and Social Care (ISB HaSC)

Information Standards Board for Health and Social Care (ISB HaSC) provides assurance of Information Standards for the NHS and working with other agencies.

ISB HaSC is one of the advisory boards reporting to the NHS National Programme for IT Board. It is independent in its function and draws it's voting members from a broad cross section of stakeholder groups.
NHS & Social Care
NSCL National Statistics Category List (NSCL) The NSCL contains terminology for statistical information in the areas of agriculture, fishing and forestry; commerce, energy and industry; crime and justice; economy; education and training; health and care; labour market; natural and built environment; population and migration; public sector and other; social and welfare; and transport, travel and tourism. The category list can be browsed or searched by keyword. . It is used to structure statistics provided by many government departments
SBR Standardised business reporting taxonomy (SBR)
ScotReg Scottish Enterprise Standards Registry To register and facilitate re-use of the Scottish Enterprise vocabulary Scotland
ScotXed ScotXed School Census definitions & Social Work (Looked After Children) data collection Scotland
SDMX Statistical data & Metadata Exchange format (SDMX) An international initiative to foster standards for the exchange of statistical information. The objective is to establish a set of commonly recognised standards, adhered to by all players, making it possible not only to have easy access to statistical data, wherever these data may be, but also access to metadata that makes the data more meaningful and usable.
SNAC Standard Names and Codes (SNAC) SNAC is an annual database providing tables of ONS standard names and codes for a range of UK geographies. It contains a encoding of each Public Sector agencies that has a geographic boundary e.g Local Authorities. It enables information to be related to geographic hierarchies of Public Sector administration.
SNL Scottish Navigation List (SNL) The Scottish version of the LGNL To provide a standard browse navigation structure for Scottish Local Authority Web sites. Scotland
TypeList Type List List of document and other types, suitable for websites and internal systems. Aids retrieval and sorting of information.