JISC investigate the creation of a new application profile for learning materials.
A metadata scoping study is proposed by Phil Barker, JISC CETIS, that will draw on all relevant domains to identify domain specific issues that could inform managers of learning materials repositories. We can all appreciate that learning materials include a variety of resources including audio files, guides, tutorials, assessment material, web pages, etc. And as Phil alludes the online space is not getting any easier in accommodating all information needs in managing repository content. Rights management along with accessibility issues are the current challenges facing us. The following is the starting list of domains that will be analysed.
• general resource discovery (DC, MARC)
• Education (LOM, context descriptions)
• Accessibility (Access4All)
• Curation / preservation (premis, METS)
• Complex object management (IMS CP, METS, DIDL, OAI-ORE)
• Technical (technical metadata)
• Digital rights (ODRM, XrML)
• Repository management (admin metadata)
• Assessment (IMS QTI metadata)
• Scholarly publishing / citations (OpenURL, SWAP, PRISM?)
• Images (MIX)
• Videos
• Geo-spatial
For more details see Phil’s JSC CETIS blog.
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