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LGSL-Service List (LA External Services Subset)

Version 3.05

Description

Also known as esd-toolkit's "PID List", LGSL is mature list which has, until this draft version, defined UK local authority citizen facing services.

As the scope of LGSL has expanded in this version to cover services provided by other agency types (in the areas of children's and emergency services) and internal services there remains a need to have a list of local authority citizen facing services.

This subset includes all services in the previous version of LGSL (2.02) used by esd-toolkit together with any additional services requested by local authority officers since version 2.02 was released which are considered to fall within the original scope of LGSL.

List usage

This list is used 137,639 times (reduced to 33,059 times after removal of near duplicate pages) by 67 public sector Web sites - see here for a list of Web sites. View organisations registered as users of this list. See interactive viewer 'Term Usage Count' for details.

XML files

LGSL version 3.05 was released on 30 June 2008:

Description Link
XML document www.esd.org.uk/standards/lgsllaexternalservices/3.05/lgsllaexternalservices.xml

LGSL version 3.06 has a submissions deadline of 30 September 2008 and has a planned release date of 31 October 2008.

This XML file is the official version. The file is still considered to be a draft because there is extensive discussion in the local government community about that and LAWs is eager to accommodate a wide ranger of requirements. It is likely that the format of lgsltermslist.xml will not be subject to much further revision.

Alternative styles and formats for downloading LGSL

The XML file can also be viewed in these human readable formats:

Description Link
Word document www.esd.org.uk/standards/lgsllaexternalservices/3.05/lgsllaexternalservices.doc
Word 2003 XML document www.esd.org.uk/standards/lgsllaexternalservices/3.05/lgsllaexternalservicesword.xml
Adobe Acrobat PDF document www.esd.org.uk/standards/lgsllaexternalservices/3.05/lgsllaexternalservices.pdf
CSV spreadsheet www.esd.org.uk/standards/lgsllaexternalservices/3.05/lgsllaexternalservices.csv

LGSL documents/guidance

Description Link
LAWs and Knowledge Management Generic Content www.esd.org.uk/esdtoolkit/Documents/Redirect.ashx?d=7684
How to write Mediated Content www.esd.org.uk/standards/lgsl/How_to_write_Mediated_Content.pdf
LGSL, LGNL and IPSV made simple www.esd.org.uk/esdtoolkit/Documents/Redirect.ashx?d=9398

LGSL resources

Click here for a diagrammatic representation of the XML resources making up LGSL. Associated schemas and XSLT resources are also given, with hyperlinks to each.

Click here for an interactive tree of LGSL.

Feedback

Please post questions and comments on the LAWs Information Architecture and Standards Forum of the esd-toolkit at www.esd-toolkit.org.

If you are unable to use the esd-toolkit, comments can be sent by e-mail to standards@esd-toolkit.org.

If you create your own XSLT for the List, please send it to us so it can be made available to others via this site.

Liability, Ownership, Protection

LGSL is made available for use, without guarantees and without licensing costs, by local authorities, community organisations and any other bodies referencing local and community resources. Neither the LAWs Project nor any other party will be liable for any losses due to errors or omissions in the List or associated resources.

The content of LGSL and all associated resources on this Web site be reproduced free of charge in any format or media without requiring specific permission. This is subject to the material not being used in a derogatory manner or in a misleading context. The source of the material must be acknowledged as the LAWs Project and esd-toolkit and the title all document must be included when being reproduced as part of other publications or services.