Section 5.4.5 Responsibility Convention
The Murdoch Responsibility Convention to be practiced in the
preparation of Content includes:
- Determining
the person or position with responsibility for modifying Content on a
Server
- Determining
the person or position with responsibility for authorising Content to be
prepared, produce, modified, or published
- Determining
the person or position with responsibility for authorising the accuracy
and currency of information within Content
- Use
of metadata to identify the persons or positions with responsibility for
Content
Responsibility Statements
The metadata that accompanies Content shall include one or
more responsibility statements. The metadata shall be displayed in a manner
that enables an end-user to determine the person or persons to contact should
they need to query the currency or accuracy of information within Content. The
statements should be constructed in such a way that an email address is also
available.
META Tag Used to Identify Responsibility for Content
The metadata that accompanies Content shall include the use
of:
- The
META tag ‘DC.Creator’ to identify a person, organisation or service
primarily responsible for making the content of the resource
- The
META tag ‘MU.Modified’ to identify the person who last modified the
Content
- The
META tag ‘MU.Authorised’ to identify the position that has authorised the
publication of the Content, and the name of the person in that position
- The
META tag ‘MU.OrgUnit.Custodian’ to identify the organisation unit
responsible for the publication of the Content
- The
META tag ‘MU.OrgUnit.Maintainer’ to identify the organisation unit
responsible for maintaining the Content (on behalf of another unit or
area).
Document Information Footers
The metadata that accompanies Content shall include the use
of document information footers or metadata popups accessed by a link on a page
titled Page Information. The footer or popup display shall include one or more
responsibility statements, depending on the Content Subcategory.
For Content that is prepared as a document set only the
initial page need display the statements of responsibility.
Modification of Content
The statement of responsibility for the modification of
Content shall identify the Content Provider as the person responsible for last
modifying Content, indicating:
(a) the name
(b) position title
(c) organisation unit or resource area, and use a
(d) link to an email address.
In the case of programs, applications and databases used to
generate documents in HTML format, the footer of a generated page should
indicate the creator of the program and the person who last modified the
program or application. Where appropriate, the person responsible for modifying
the data used by that program or application should also be stated.
For example:
Modified by Jo Bloggs, Office of Information Technology
Services.
Authorisation of Content
The statement of responsibility for the authorisation of
Content shall identify the Content Custodian as the position responsible for
authorising the Content, indicating:
(a) the name
(b) position title
(c) organisation unit or resource area, and use a
(d) link to an email address (either a personal or a functional
address).
For example:
Authorised by: Jo Bloggs, Director, Office of Information
Technology Services.
Due to the ongoing need to contact responsible persons, the
association of a functional rather than a personal email address is recommended
for a named Content Custodian. In the absence of a Content Custodian, a Web
Liaison Officer for an organisation unit or resource area shall be identified
as the person responsible for authorising Content.
To determine the required statement of responsibility META
tags for Content Subcategories, Content Providers preparing University Content
should refer to the Guidelines for Metadata to Accompany MurdochNet Content.
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