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Overheid.nl Web Metadata Standard (NL-OWMS)

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How to use

The code for this list is
NL-OWMS. When you have located the organization you wish to identify in this list, you should either:

Enter it in an identifier database field prefixed with NL-OWMS.

NL-OWMS-[ IDENTIFIER ]

Examples

              
NL-OWMS-rfmcie
              
NL-OWMS-'s-Graveland_(gemeente)

Alternatively, use it within a two-part identifier, with NL-OWMS as the 'scheme', and the identifier you have located as the 'identifier' field.

Description

Overheid.nl is the central access point to all information about government organisations of the Netherlands.

The Overheid.nl Web Metadata Standard ( OWMS ) is the metadata standard for information from the Dutch government on the Internet.

It contains URIs for a wide range of government bodies, including national, local and regional government and water boards.

It provides a linked open dataset which contains ontological information about the relationship between those organisations (e.g. listing parent agencies, or noting organisations that succeed previous organisations).

A management plan is in place for updating of the information [1].

[1]: http://standaarden.overheid.nl/owms/beheer

  • Coverage: NL

Search options

Linked data available

Find and use identifiers

Look for the list of values for the kind of organisation you wish to identify [1].

A full list of government entieis can be accessed at http://standaarden.overheid.nl/owms/terms/Overheidsorganisatie.html

Each organisation is assigned a URL in the list. Use the last portion of this URL as the identifier.

For example: "http://standaarden.overheid.nl/owms/terms/rfmcie" is the identifier given for the 'Referendum Commission'. To construct an identifier from this, use 'NL-OWMS-rfmcie'.

Note: some identifiers may contain ' and ( and other similar characters.

[1]: http://standaarden.overheid.nl/owms/4.0/doc/waardelijsten

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