Action Requested: 

• The NMWG to lead the development a National Implementation Plan aimed at rolling out the core Metadata Tools, associated documentation and comprehensive education into all the appropriate State and Territory government spatial capabilities.

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Expected benefits of completing this Action for the EM Sector:

• Consistent understanding and approach to metadata creation and its importance across the country.

• Improved linkages between EM Agencies and State data.gov.au i.e. a feeling of ownership and not something forced upon them.

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Implication of not completing this Action to the EM Sector:

• Metadata creation, storage and accessibility will continue to be inconsistent across the state and territory EM Capabilities.

• Expect higher reliance on Commonwealth resources and knowledge.

• Missed opportunity for the entire Spatial Sector, not just the EM Sector.

Action Requested: 

• EMSINA encourages ICSM and the NMWG to prioritise the creation of a central website for access to all your Metadata tools and information.  

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Benefits of completing this Action for the EM Sector:

• Provides users of the Metadata Tools a central access point to all the required content (not just the EM related information).

• Provision of a centralised knowledge exchange platform that can be used to engage with your community.

• Alleviate the EMSINA Group of having to maintain our own Metadata guide. The Group has always viewed our metadata webpages as a short term solution. We expect to eventually redirect all users (including EM users) to your website where they will have access to a much larger set of metadata tools and documentation.

• Develop your own brand.

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Implication of not completing this Action to the EM Sector:

• The EMSINA Group's website is completely developed and maintained by volunteers.  There is no guarantee that this website and its content will be available and/or maintained into the future.  The associated risk with the metadata content not been accessible will need to be acknowledged and accepted by ISCM. 

Action Requested: 

• EMSINA would like to partner with the NMWG develop a series of supporting products that educate EM users about the importance of Metadata in evidence based decision making. 

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Benefits of completing this Action for the EM Sector:

• Ensures all users and/or potential users have access to formal and consistent education material.

• Provides current and future EM Sector staff with no excuses for not understanding the importance of Metadata in their decision making processes. 

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Implication of not completing this Action to the EM Sector:

• The Sector continues to push forward the current Metadata material and rely on officers to put it into an EM context.

• Inconsistent understanding of the importance of metadata in the EM Sector. 

Action Requested: 

• EMSINA would like the NMWG undertake an audit of State/Territory CSW capabilities that are available for use by the relevant jurisdictional EM agencies. 

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Benefits of completing this Action for the EM Sector:

• Develop a documented understanding of the current CSW capabilities across all jurisdictions.

• Allows ICSM and others to make future capability decisions on the facts.

• Allows the EM Sector (and others) to make decisions on progressing toward machine to machine harvesting of ISO standard metadata in specialised spatial catalogues i.e. EM-LINK Hub.  

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Implication of not completing this Action to the EM Sector:

• The National CSW capability situation continues to be unknown.

• Much harder to push for uplift funding without that background evidence.

• Potentially less uptake as the end benefit of EM users creating metadata once and seeing it flow through the system is not achieved.