People Australia

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People Australia

• Basil DewhurstManager, People Australia

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What is People Australia?

• People Australia will be an online service that
• Provides access to information about People and
  Organisations
• Allows users to find and get physical and/or
  digital resources, by and/or about a person or
  organisation
• Interoperates with partner agencies
• Is a sustainable repository for managing and
  storing information about people and
  organisations

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Architecture

• Repository
• Interoperability
• Z39.50/SRU/SRW
• Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata
  Harvesting (OAI-PMH)
• OpenURL
• OpenSearch
• Web Services
• Web User Interface

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Issues

• Matching/merging entries
• Relationships
• Annotations

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Project Stages and Progress

• Feasibility Study
• Analysis Design
• Pilot Service
• Production Service

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Contact

• Basil Dewhurst
• Manager, People Australia Project
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• Email bdewhurst_at_nla.gov.au