The Metadata for Learning Opportunities (MLO) work attempts to harmonise different metadata specifications around Europe for describing and exchanging information about courses, e-learning offerings, and learning opportunities.
This project was initiated by Norway and had its basis in the Norwegian CDM (Course Description Metadata) work. The CDM specification has been adopted by French universities with some […]
There are a number of metadata application profiles around and some more widely used than others. For example the edna metadata standard (considered an application profile) has been in existence for over ten years now and is still used, or parts of it, by educational projects to describe and organise resources. What I find an […]
Well over a decade ago we started using metadata to enable us to manage online resources. In a sense we were transferring our organisational skills and know- how from the physical environment to the online environment. And in so doing instead of saying we are cataloguing or creating records about online resources we chose terminology […]
A recent report, Metadata for digital libraries: state of the art and the future directions, by JISC Tech Watch looks at the importance of metadata in a networked environment. A suggested barrier to the emergence of a single standard is the complex metadata requirements of digital objects. For example there is need for descriptive metadata, […]
For a long time now we have been using metadata to describe and classify resources so that others looking for then could find them. Our objective has been to create rich databases of quality resources, describe them well and provide both browse and search mechanisms for the end user to browse and search for […]
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 […]
The prevalence of online networking and collaboration has introduced new challenges for web developers — how do we capture information about people their expertise, interests and needs? Well, there are several options, one can create web pages with embedded personal information, try to locate directories of experts, search for communities of practice and hope for […]
The advent of the internet has provided us with a proliferation of online resources but has also presented us with the need to find a mechanism to enable the organisation and discovery of these resources.
DC metadata was developed primarily to assist with the discovery of information and resources. It provided a structure for the description […]
The annual DC conference this year was held in Mexico, 3-6 October and the theme was Metadata for Knowledge and Learning. Presentations are now available from the conference website. The main focus of the presentations is around vocabularies and abstract models. Stuart Weibel’s blog provides an excellent overview and discussion on key issues. The discussion on and importance of abstract models […]
This posting was prompted by Judy O’Connell’s blog entry on “Building an education strategy for metadata”. I agree whole heartedly with the sentiments of the entry and as another information management professional I appreciate the enormous benefits derived from the use of metadata.
We at education.au (national ICT agency) have had an involvement with metadata since […]
