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Title: Local Directgov Schema

Subject: Local Government Services

Status: agreed
Published Date: 27/4/2006
Version: 1.1
Description: The WebPortal schema defines a standard structure for XML data describing the services of an agency and how its services delivered locally through multiple channels, such as the Web, telephone, face to face.

The LocalDirectgov schema applies further restrictions to the WebPortal schema to ensure its data is suitable for use by the Directgov Web site. XML data that complies with the LocalDirectgov schema will comply with the WebPortal schema, but the converse is not necessarily true.

The LocalDirectgov schema forms part of the infrastructure by which Local Government can contribute content to the national portal for Government services Directgov (www.direct.gov.uk/), as described in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister''s Priority Service and Transformation Outcome R3.

Portals to public sector services can use the XML data compliant with the schemas from multiple agencies to provide a directory of services supplied by those agencies.

The schemas were developed with the backing of the Local Directgov programme to support data feeds to Directgov.

esd-toolkit is being enhanced to provide data feeds in the LocalDirectgov.xsd format to Directgov and to individual local authorities. It will also support upload of data into esd-toolkit in this format. Local authorities can also enter relevant data to esd-toolkit by existing manual and interoperable means and by a new ''portal spreadsheet'' under development. Authorities are then urged to share data in the LocalDirectgov.xsd format in their own portals.

esd-toolkit will support upload of data compliant with WebPortal.xsd, but will ignore elements whose services, interactions or channels are from lists other than LGSL, LGIL and LGChL (other lists may be accepted when esd-toolkit is broadened for multi-agency work). esd-toolkit will only download data compliant with LocalDirectgov.xsd and hence will require a ContactPageURL to be specified.

Version 1.0 was published on GovTalk on 10/2/2006. The period of consultation for this schema was set at 6 weeks, the closing date was 24th March 2006.

The schema was updated to Version 1.1 as a result of the consultation. The new version is published here.
   

This schema can be downloaded in the following formats: