Last update: 01/2004
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What is IDA MIReG?
Objectives
How does it work?
Achievements
Who benefits?
The role of IDABC
Technical information
Documentation
What is MIReG?
MIReG is a project that aims to develop extensions to the Dublin Core for government information based primarily on the national metadata recommendations of the Member States' public administrations.
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Objectives
The Dublin Core metadata element set (ISO 15863) is a standard for cross-domain information resource description. It is probably the most widely used and recommended metadata set. In addition, many Member States have either mandated the Dublin Core as the standard for metadata in their public administrations or have already developed their own national metadata sets or variations of the Dublin Core. The purpose of MIReG is to look at these national recommendations and other international recommendations for metadata for public sector information and, based on these, to develop extensions to the Dublin Core for government information.
MIReG is also concerned with tools for the management of metadata through the storage and retrieval of XML schemata.
The objective of this action is to produce a metadata framework for government information in pan-European applications, with associated vocabulary control, ontologies and topic maps, and best practice guidelines.
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How does it work?
Member States and European institutions are developing metadata models to describe their information holdings. The development of a metadata model (based on the Dublin Core metadata model) and national models will improve access to public sector information and assist the development of trans-border government services.
In order for these models to be accepted and used by interested parties, it is necessary that standards are defined and agreed upon with the greatest possible consensus. This action will therefore develop the MIReG metadata model and framework that can then serve as a reference for the use of a standardised set of metadata.
In addition, as official information often has a long life, the management of these records, and the ability to locate them after a government's structural changes, is a challenging task, notably now that electronic records are making many of the established systems superfluous. In their search for efficiency, governments are looking for a system that will allow the creation of metadata that will see information resources through their long lives, minimising the need to repeat or edit data.
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Achievements
This action was created, at the request of the Member States, following a seminar held in Brussels in June 2001, under the general title 'Managing Information Resources for eGovernment' (MIReG).
Concrete results are:
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Who benefits?
All who wish to organise, manage and retrieve public sector information. This would include the day-to-day management of electronic information holdings, the development of eGovernment services based on aggregated public sector information, retrievals required under Freedom of Information regulations and the long-term archival storage of public sector information.
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The role of IDABC
This action has been financed and co-ordinated by IDABC, in close co-operation with an advisory group of participants from the Danish National IT and Telecom Agency (IT og Telestyrelsen) , the Office of the E-Envoy (UK), the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative and the European Parliament Secretariat.
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Technical information
Starting date of the project
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2001
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Completion date
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2003
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IDA contribution
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2001 € 232.400
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Responsible service
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DG Enterprise and Industry - IDABC Unit
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Contact
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idabc@ec.europa.eu
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Member states involved
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Denmark, United Kingdom and Dublin
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Documentation on MIReG
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