AGLS Jurisdiction Vocabulary Encoding Scheme

Namespace: http://www.agls.gov.au/agls/terms/

Term URI: http://www.agls.gov.au/agls/terms/AglsJuri

HTML/XHTML scheme syntax: AGLSTERMS.AglsJuri

XML/RDF scheme syntax: aglsterms:AglsJuri

The coverage and jurisdiction properties and the AGLS Agent and AGLS Availability Syntax Encoding Schemes provide information about jurisdictions associated with a resource. The AGLS Jurisdiction Vocabulary Encoding Scheme is a controlled list of terms for providing Australian jurisdiction values in AGLS metadata records.

Jurisdiction & abbreviation		Definition
[Commonwealth of] Australia	AU	Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK)
Australian Antarctic Territory	AAT	The Australian Antarctic Territory plus the subantarctic territories of Heard and McDonald Islands
Australian Capital Territory	ACT	Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909 (NSW) Seat of Government Surrender Act 1915 (NSW)
Indian Ocean Territories	IOT	Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island
New South Wales	NSW	Constitution Act 1902 (NSW)
Norfolk Island	NI	Norfolk Island Act 1979 (Cth)
Northern Territory	NT	Northern Territory Acceptance Act 1910 (Cth)
Queensland	QLD	Letters Patent erecting the Colony of Queensland 1859 (UK) Letters Patent altering the western boundary of Queensland 1862 (UK) Queensland Coast Islands Act 1879 (Qld)
South Australia	SA	South Australian Act (Foundation Act) 1834 (UK) Letters Patent establishing the Province of South Australia 19 February 1836 (UK)
Tasmania	TAS	Order-In-Council Separating Van Diemen’s Land From New South Wales 1825 (UK)
Victoria	VIC	General Instructions to the Superintendent of Port Phillip, 1839
Western Australia	WA	Letters Patent re Constitution 25 August 1890 (UK)
Other		Any other Australian jurisdiction not named here
Note: Geographical boundaries of the Australian jurisdictions are contained in the various Acts, Letters Patents, Orders, and Commissions listed above.

Use the Australian Standard Geographic Classification (ASGC) Vocabulary Encoding Scheme to describe Local Government Areas.

Examples

HTML


<meta name="DCTERMS.coverage" scheme="AGLSTERMS.AglsJuri" content="Australia">

<meta name="AGLSTERMS.jurisdiction" scheme="AGLSTERMS.AglsJuri" content="Western Australia">

<meta name="AGLSTERMS.jurisdiction" scheme="AGLSTERMS.AglsJuri" content="NSW">

XHTML


<meta name="DCTERMS.coverage" scheme="AGLSTERMS.AglsJuri" content="Australia" />

<meta name="AGLSTERMS.jurisdiction" scheme="AGLSTERMS.AglsJuri" content="Western Australia" />

<meta name="AGLSTERMS.jurisdiction" scheme="AGLSTERMS.AglsJuri" content="NSW" />

XML


<dcterms:coverage>

  <dcx:valueString dcx:vocabEncSchemeQName="aglsterms:AglsJuri">

  South Australia</dcx:valueString>

</dcterms:coverage>

<dcterms:coverage>

  <dcx:valueString dcx:vocabEncSchemeQName="aglsterms:AglsJuri">

  WA</dcx:valueString>

</dcterms:coverage>

<aglsterms:jurisdiction>

  <dcx:valueString dcx:vocabEncSchemeQName="aglsterms:AglsJuri">

  Tasmania</dcx:valueString>

</aglsterms:jurisdiction>

<aglsterms:jurisdiction>

  <dcx:valueString dcx:vocabEncSchemeQName="aglsterms:AglsJuri">

  NSW</dcx:valueString>

</aglsterms:jurisdiction>

RDF


<dcterms:coverage>

  <rdf:Description>

    <dcam:memberOf rdf:resource="aglsterms:AglsJuri" />

    <rdf:value>South Australia</rdf:value>

  </rdf:Description>

</dcterms:coverage>

<dcterms:coverage>

  <rdf:Description>

    <dcam:memberOf rdf:resource="aglsterms:AglsJuri" />

    <rdf:value>WA</rdf:value>

  </rdf:Description>

</dcterms:coverage>

<aglsterms:jurisdiction>

  <rdf:Description>

    <dcam:memberOf rdf:resource="aglsterms:AglsJuri" />

    <rdf:value>Tasmania</rdf:value>

    <rdf:value>Tas</rdf:value>

  </rdf:Description>

</aglsterms:jurisdiction>

<aglsterms:jurisdiction>

  <rdf:Description>

    <dcam:memberOf rdf:resource="aglsterms:AglsJuri" />

    <rdf:value>NSW</rdf:value>

  </rdf:Description>

</aglsterms:jurisdiction>