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Amaxus - Standards Compliant

Amaxus is based on XML and established web standards. Standards compliance ensures:

  • Systems can communicate
  • Information can be shared
  • Best practices are adopted

Implementation of standards within Amaxus includes:

Technology and Interoperability: The architecture has been developed according to e-Government Interoperability Standards. A key benefit of Amaxus is the ability to share information between websites using XML. Content can be displayed on multiple channels (e.g. digital TV, PDA) and in multiple formats (e.g. Low-graphics version, text only, PDF etc).

Metadata: Consistent with the e-Government Metadata Framework/Dublin Core.  Can be easily configured for any metadata schema and hierarchical classification system(s)/thesauri.

Accessibility: Amaxus enables organisations to easily meet the relevant accessibility standards. Accessible content is easily created with Amaxus, usually with no manual intervention.

Summary

  • Full e-GIF (Government Interoperability Framework) compliance.
  • Incorporation of the Government Metadata Standard (e-GMF).
  • Capability to include the automatic creation of low-graphics/text only versions, ensuring all sites meet W3C Level 2 or Level 3 accessibility standards.
  • Dynamic creation and publishing of RDF (Resource Description Framework) files, for sharing information with other organisations.
  • News and Event syndication with multiple sites using RSS (RDF Site Summary)
  • Documented guidelines on accessibility, usability and metadata.
     
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Glossary

RDF
Resource Description Framework
XML
Extensible Markup Language
PDA
Personal Digital Assistant
W3C
World Wide Web Consortium
RSS
RDF Site Summary
Amaxus
XML Content Management System
e-GIF
e-Government Interoperability Framework
e-GMF
e-Government Metadata Framework
PDF
Portable Document Format
Dublin Core
A recommended set of fields for describing a resource.
Metadata
Metadata is structured data about data.

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Published: 6th Mar 2004