Technical issues are being investigated with papers exploring various metadata elements prepared for the IAR Working Group. A pilot project involving the Cabinet Office, Department for Education and Employment, Department of Health and the Office for National Statistics is to be launched in January 2000. Possible links to other government initiatives were also discussed, including e-commerce and the DTI s Information Age Partnership Group. The possibility of publishing the IAR Working Group minutes on the HMSO Web site was suggested. The issue of legal deposit was raised in relation to electronic texts.
Voluntary codes exist.
The Library and Information Commission would take the lead in submitting a report on deposit and archive issues to the next meeting of the User Group. Appeals and Complaints Procedur e HMSO tabled a draft discussion document on a proposed complaints procedure. It was agreed that the document could be circulated to others outside the Group to canvass a wider selection of views. The areas of complaint that should be dealt with by HMSO and the section on unsatisfied complaints needed clarification. Class Licence A draft one page licence has been prepared by the group.