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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>