[Aust-NZ] Help write Spatial at Gov keynote speach

[Cameron Shorter]

OSGeo Aust/NZ chapter,

Pia Waugh, who is helping write Senator Kate Lundy's keynote speech at 
the Spatial at Gov conference Monday/Tuesday next week has asked if we can 
provide information about spatial metadata that should be incorporated 
into Kate's speech.

What we need to do is provide Pia with ideas before Saturday evening if 
we want to get the messages aired.
Off the top of my head, I think we should cover:

History of Australian Geospatial Metadata & initiatives
* ...
* ANZLIC backing of Geonetwork
* ANZLIC announcing the release of ANZ Met Lite at Spatial at Gov
* Melbourne Uni project in this space

What is the world perspective on Metadata
* OGC standards
* INSPIRE initiatives?

The value of metadata
*

The difficulty in collecting quality metadata
*

What can government do
* Require researchers to collect metadata with their research in an 
appropriate format

Please reply with any ideas you have on any of these topics. I plan to 
collate comments on Saturday evening.

-- 
Cameron Shorter
Geospatial Systems Architect
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