| Role | Personnel | Chief Investigator | Professor Sue McKemmish, Monash University |
|---|---|
| Partner Investigators | Professor Anne Gilliland-Swetland, UCLA Mr Adrian Cunningham, National Archives of Australia |
| Research Associate | Ms Karuna Bhoday (October 2003-December 2005) Ms Barbara Reed (January – June 2006) |
| APA(I) Award | Ms Joanne Evans |
| Programmer | Dr Sergio Viademonte (August 2004-July 2005) Mr Andi Sumartono (August 2005-June 2006) |
| National Archives of Australia Representative | Mr Duncan Jamieson (November 2003- August 2005) Ms Karen Skelton (September 2005-June 2006) |
| State Records New South Wales Representative | Mr Tony Leviston |
| Australian Society of Archivists Committee on Descriptive Standards Representative | Ms Barbara Reed |
| Advisory Group Members | Chair: Mr Adrian Cunningham, National Archives of Australia Ms Kathryn Dan, Records and Archives Services, Monash University Mr John Roberts, National Archives of New Zealand Professor Wendy Duff, University of Toronto Mr Mark Rogers, IP Australia Mr Chris Hurley, Commonwealth Bank Dr Richard Marciano, San Diego Super Computer Center Mr Andrew Waugh, Public Record Office, Victoria Mr David Kennedy Dr Sergio Viademonte (September 2005-June 2006) Dr Kate Cumming Mr Malcolm Todd, National Archives UK Ms Judith Ellis, Enterprise Knowledge Pty Ltd Mr Hans Hofman, Nationaal Archief, The Hague Mr Edward Hay, Deputy Auditor General, Victoria Dr Andrew Wood, DSTC (November 2003-July 2005) Dr Nigel Ward, Australian ADL Partnership Laboratory |
The National Archives provided expert staff contributing to the design of the proof of concept prototype in both iterations, identifying and documenting business case and risk frameworks, and providing vital links to the Government Online, metadata, software development, and records communities. In particular, National Archives staff contributed their knowledge of relevant government metadata standards and government business drivers to help maximise the practical relevance of the research work. Adrian Cunningham, from the NAA, convened and chaired the Advisory Committee, consisting of representatives from government agencies, the software industry, the records and archives profession, and metadata and standards setting communities.
State Records NSW provided expert staff contributing guidance through participation in the Steering and Advisory Committees.
The ASA Descriptive Standards Committee provided support to the project by the involvement of one of its members in the Steering and Advisory Committees. It provided expert advice to the Research Team. It will also facilitate the distribution and dissemination of research findings to national and international descriptive standards bodies.
The proposed project is a continuation of long standing collaboration between the National Archives (NAA), the State Records Authority of New South Wales (SRA NSW), the Australian Society of Archivists (ASA), and Monash University, particularly in the area of identifying and standardising metadata requirements for recordkeeping, a research partnership which was strengthened and extended by involvement in the 1998-99 SPIRT Project which developed the Australian Recordkeeping Metadata Schema and recognised as of world-leading significance in efforts to devise durable recordkeeping strategies that meet the challenges of the digital age. This Linkage project further strengthened and extended research collaboration between the industry and higher education sectors. This particular project grew from a Research Forum involving NAA, SRA NSW, ASA Descriptive Standards Committee and other industry stakeholders. The objective of the meeting was to identify areas for metadata research and development which would meet high priority industry sector needs.
A formal collaborative agreement with the Interpares2 Description Cross Domain group and the Clever Recordkeeping Metadata project resulted in collaboration on work on Metadata Repositories undertaken in the Interpares2 project. Ms Joanne Evans worked with research students at UCLA on the MADRAS initiative of the Interpares2 research project.
The Research Team workshopped and contributed to the development of IDEF models ‘Managing the Records Continuum’ of Mr Hans Hofman, work undertaken within the Interpares2 project.
Professor Sue McKemmish, Joanne Evans, Barbara Reed, Adrian Cunningham, Karen Skelton, Andrew Waugh and Tony Leviston were active contributors to the work of the Standards Australia Recordkeeping Metadata Committee under the auspices of IT 21, Recordkeeping. The successful outcomes of the work from this Committee were fast tracked to the international standards arena and has been incorporated into ISO/DTS 23081-2, 2007, Information and documentation -- Records management processes -- Metadata for records -- Part 2: Concepts and implementation issues.
This working group of the International Standard Organisation’s Sub Committee on Records Management is focused on developing standards for Records Metadata. The work of IT 21/7, which has been incorporated into ISO/DTS 23081-2, 2007, Information and documentation -- Records management processes -- Metadata for records -- Part 2: Concepts and implementation issues is detailed above. In addition Joanne Evans, in collaboration with colleagues from UCLA, has developed a recordkeeping metadata schema evaluation tool which is being considered for adoption as Part 3 of the ISO 23081 suite of standards.