Metadata Made Simple

LMS² seminar1 February 2006

Sarah-Jane SaravaniCarolyn Paulsen

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The Hidden Sleuth - Metadata

“data about data”corsetry of the digital world?identifies, describes, locates, maintains, displaysPrimary e.g.s - Dublin Core Metadata Element Set – 15 descriptive data elements ; Learning Object Metadata - 70 elements

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Types of metadata

Resource discovery/descriptive

Administrative/Technical

Structural

Preservation

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Selection of mark-up languages

Constantly evolving developments• SGML• HTML• XML• XHTML• SVG

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DC Information CategoriesContent Intellectual

PropertyInstantiation

Title Creator DateSubject Publisher TypeDescription Contributor FormatSource Rights IdentifierLanguageRelationCoverage

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Dublin Core Element Sets• Dublin Core Metadata Element Set, Version

1.1: Reference Description • http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/

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DCMI Education Metadata Set

• http://www.schemas-forum.org/registry/schemas/DCMI-Education/

• DCMI Application Profile• http://www.schemas-forum.org/reg

istry/schemas/DCMI-Education/dced-ap

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IEEE LOM CategoriesGeneral Lifecycle Meta-metadata Technical Educational Rights RelationAnnotation Classification

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Metadata schemes and educational resources

• The GEM (Gateway to Educational Material) Element Set

• IMS (Instructional Management Systems) Meta-data Specification

• IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee (LTSC) Learning Object Metadata (LOM)

• EUN European School Net metadata scheme• EdNA (Education Network Australia)

metadata scheme

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Getting along with each other

• Application profiles

• Crosswalks

• SCORM

• Interoperability

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Te Kete Ipurangi

The repository• http://www.tki.org.nz/

The metadata record• http://www.tki.org.nz/e/tki/help/metadata

.php

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MARC

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Using Metadata

• Learning Object Repositories• OSLOR Project• ReLOAD• Moodle

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OSLOR

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Metadata for everyoneWill metadata become as ubiquitous as

McDonalds, will the big M come to mean something

quite

different?