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Elements: Internal Tags #20

Open torrin47 opened 6 years ago

torrin47 commented 6 years ago

From @torrin47 on September 10, 2018 22:51

Authenticated internal users will be provided with an additional picklist of tags specifying EPA organizational unit. Organizational units are listed here:

https://www.epa.gov/geospatial/epa-metadata-style-guide-keywords-and-epa-organization-names

_Copied from original issue: USEPA/EPA_Environmental_DatasetGateway#69

aergul commented 5 years ago

@torrin47 Where in the record would you like to store these internal tags? keyword? Optional or mandatory? Single or multiple selection? Position on page?

torrin47 commented 5 years ago

Yes, these are keywords, mandatory, single selection, and grouped with the other keywords. There is no current authoritative source for these, the list shown in the linked styleguide above is already significantly out of date. Apparently this has been oft-discussed at the branch level, because of its impact on many other registries, so we're going to push for a broader solution rather than something only applicable to our tool. Will keep you posted.

aergul commented 5 years ago

Any agency could use an Office/Branch Finder Utility (OBFU) to deobfuscate a given name. Given an office/branch name and a calendar date, it would resolve it to the original branch and its successor branch(es) (if any) using a versioned Office/Branch Registry.

Should we put this ticket on icebox or go ahead and implement with existing org chart and revise later for the broader solution when one becomes available?

torrin47 commented 5 years ago

Sounds like a fantastic utility, wonder why the GSA doesn't provide such a service? Let's pause it for a week or so, see if we get any traction with John Harman.