<s>
The	O
Registry	O
Interchange	O
Format	O
-	O
Collections	O
and	O
Services	O
(	O
RIF-CS	B-Language
)	O
is	O
an	O
XML	B-Protocol
vocabulary	I-Protocol
for	O
representing	O
metadata	O
about	O
data	O
collections	O
and	O
related	O
entities	O
based	O
on	O
ISO	O
2146	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
how	O
MARC	O
standards	O
are	O
used	O
by	O
library	O
systems	O
to	O
describe	O
books	O
,	O
RIF-CS	B-Language
is	O
used	O
to	O
describe	O
data	O
collections	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
a	O
RIF-CS	B-Language
record	O
can	O
describe	O
a	O
spreadsheet	O
containing	O
experimental	O
results	O
:	O
it	O
might	O
contain	O
the	O
title	O
,	O
description	O
,	O
creator	O
,	O
keywords	O
,	O
date	O
the	O
experiment	O
was	O
conducted	O
and	O
a	O
URL	O
to	O
obtain	O
the	O
actual	O
spreadsheet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
RIF-CS	B-Language
record	O
can	O
describe	O
the	O
person	O
who	O
created	O
the	O
spreadsheet	O
:	O
it	O
might	O
contain	O
their	O
name	O
,	O
address	O
and	O
contact	O
email	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RIF-CS	B-Language
documents	O
,	O
containing	O
RIF-CS	B-Language
records	O
,	O
are	O
exchanged	O
between	O
computer	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
a	O
university	O
can	O
send	O
the	O
RIF-CS	B-Language
documents	O
to	O
a	O
national	O
database	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
indexed	O
and	O
searched	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
People	O
can	O
download	O
RIF-CS	B-Language
records	O
from	O
a	O
national	O
database	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
information	O
to	O
find	O
out	O
more	O
about	O
the	O
data	O
and/or	O
the	O
researcher	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RIF-CS	B-Language
represents	O
metadata	O
about	O
the	O
following	O
types	O
of	O
entities	O
,	O
which	O
it	O
calls	O
registry	O
objects	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
RIF-CS	B-Language
is	O
used	O
in	O
Australian	O
universities	O
and	O
industry	O
as	O
a	O
format	O
for	O
submitting	O
metadata	O
to	O
the	O
Australian	O
National	O
Data	O
Service	O
(	O
ANDS	O
)	O
Research	O
Data	O
Australia	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RIF-CS	B-Language
is	O
only	O
a	O
representation	O
of	O
the	O
metadata	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
exchange	O
RIF-CS	B-Language
a	O
protocol	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
OAI-PMH	O
,	O
is	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
example	O
RIF-CS	B-Language
document	O
contains	O
a	O
collection	O
record	O
and	O
a	O
party	O
record	O
.	O
</s>
