Use of eGMS.subject.category and DC.Subject

Version 3.0 of the eGMS required that web pages specify one or more categories from the GCL using the 'eGMS.Subject.Category' metadata field. Version 3.1 of the eGMS now requires one or more categories from IPSV term instead, using the 'DC.Subject' field.

The tests for the Subject field are as follows;

1. Is the correct scheme in use?
2. Does the ‘content’ field contain information?
3. Is the information in the ‘content’ field from approved terminology?

Approved Terminology

For an interim period, Sitemorse will be checking for both 'eGMS.Subject.Category' and 'DC.Subject', and both GCL and IPSV - sites using either eGMS 3.0 or eGMS 3.1 will be able to achieve full marks on the eGMS Sitemorse Mark.

Please note however that at some future date (to be announced), we will discontinue support for eGMS 3.0 and sites not using 'DC.Subject' with IPSV will be marked down.

Assigning more than one category

If multiple category terms belong to the same schema they may be included in a single Subject field, separated with a semicolon. Alternatively each field may be placed in separate meta tags to assign additional categories.

Example meta data that would pass eGMS Version 3.1:

<meta name="DC.Subject" scheme="eGMS.IPSV" content="Advertising">

Example meta data that would fail eGMS Version 3.1 - Missing mandatory field

<meta name="DC.Subject" scheme="eGMS.IPSV" content="">

Example meta data that would fail eGMS Version 3.1 - Bad data supplied

<meta name="DC.Subject" scheme="eGMS.IPSV" content="incorrect chosen term here">