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Metadata Catalogue Entry - Cross Government Major

TypeList

This information was last updated on 24/10/2007, and is revision number 1.

Type

Vocabulary

Title

Type List

Description

List of document and other types, suitable for websites and internal systems.

Purpose

Aids retrieval and sorting of information.

Version

1

Current status

Full Version

Location

http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/schemasstandards/metadata_document.asp?docnum=679

Custodian

The National Archives? / Information Domain?

Development

To be decided. Previously held by Cabinet Office. Worked on by Metadata Working Group and its subgroups.

License

Crown copyright

How Implemented

A common descriptive vocabularly that can be used as a basis for local type lists to aid discovery of relevant information.

Benefits

Information not collected centrally.