The Governmental Markup Language (GovML)

Tambouris, E; Kavadias, G; Spanos, E

dc.contributor.author	Tambouris, E	en
dc.contributor.author	Kavadias, G	en
dc.contributor.author	Spanos, E	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:54:30Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:54:30Z
dc.date.issued	2005	en
dc.identifier.issn	15424049	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/27424
dc.subject	E-government	en
dc.subject	Generic description	en
dc.subject	GovML	en
dc.subject	Public services	en
dc.subject	Specific description	en
dc.subject	XML	en
dc.title	The Governmental Markup Language (GovML)	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1300/J399v01n02_05	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J399v01n02_05	en
heal.publicationDate	2005	en
heal.abstract	The value of public sector information can be significantly increased by employing standards. For example, the use of a metadata standard for describing governmental resources allows citizens and businesses to locate and retrieve these resources in a more efficient and effective way. Furthermore, the use of a common document template for describing elementary and integrated public services (such as life events) can also substantially improve management and reuse of information and increase citizens' satisfaction. This paper proposes ametadata element set for governmental resources and a template for describing life events and public services. The proposed metadata element set can be used to facilitate the search and retrieval of governmental resources such as electronic documents. The proposed document template, termed the Governmental Markup Language (GovML), is a recommendation for describing public services and life events. It is anticipated that both public organizations and consumers of public services (citizens, businesses and other public organizations) would benefit from such a common information structure. Public authorities will be able to better manage (i.e., create, modify, store, etc.), exchange and reuse their information. Citizens and businesses will enjoy better services when searching for information regarding public services and life events. From amore technical perspective, GovML data vocabularies are proposed XML patterns, validated against an appropriate XML schema. Interoperability among public authorities is ensured as the rules that dominate the document syntax are common. Moreover, GovML-compliant information exploitsXMLpotential; thus it can be displayed in multiple formats and devices, such as Web browsers, PDAs and mobile phones. © 2004 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.	en
heal.journalName	Journal of E-Government	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1300/J399v01n02_05	en
dc.identifier.volume	1	en
dc.identifier.issue	2	en
dc.identifier.spage	59	en
dc.identifier.epage	70	en