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Piero Attanasio - mEDRA
ELeONet:
a joint initiative of mEDRA,
Nielsen Book Data and TIB
Bologna, 14 June 2005
IDF Annual Meeting
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Summary
• What is the Eleonet project
• The context
• The expected output
• The consortium
• A picture of the final system
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What is the Eleonet project
• Eleonet stands for: “European Learning Object Network”
• Is a project co-funded by the European Commission within the eTEN programme
• It is described in a single phrase as follow:
Eleonet aims at creating a technological system, based on appropriate DOI application profile(s), to facilitate the
exchange of educational content within the eLearning value chain at European level
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The context:the eLearning value chain
Learning community
eLearning providers
Rights negotiation
Content providers (created ad hoc)
Content provision
eLearning platformsvendors
Service providers
Publishers
Other LO producers
Collective rights org. and DRM
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The role of Eleonet in the eLearning value chain
Learning community
eLearning providers
Eleonet
Search
Other LO producers
Content providers (created ad hoc)
Publishers
eLearning platformsvendors
Service providers
Collective rights org. and DRM
DOI assignment and metadata provision
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The expected output
• A DOI registration system for European Learning Objects (based on mEDRA technology)…
• …including complete metadata schema (based on existing ones, LOM in particular)…
• …possibly mapped within the iDD system
• A database of metadata on LOs
• A search engine to explore and query the DB
• A resolution system, based on DOI technology, to reach multiple repositories
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The consortium
• AIE (co-ordinator) and Cineca, id est the two parent organisations of mEDRA
• Editrain in Spain, a mEDRA partner since 2002
• Nielsen BookData in UK
• L3S / TIB in Germany, the most recently appointed DOI-RA
• INDIRE: an Italian public organisation specialised in metadata for educational content
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The consortium
• Three Registration Agencies involved (mEDRA, Nielsen BookData and TIB)
• Very involved in the publishing industry (AIE, NBD, Editrain)…
• … and in the educational environment (Cineca, TIB, Indire, Editrain)
• Metadata expert (Indire in the educational environment, NDB and AIE in publishing trade)
• High technological experience (Cineca, in particular)
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The importance for the DOI community
• Collaboration within the community is seen as key factor to the outreach of the DOI in a new field
• Common strategic development and possible independent business models
• One key aspect is metadata collection and service provision using such metadata
DOI registration
enablesMetadatacollection
enablesServicesprovision
Business A
Business B
Public service
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Description of the system
Registration and validation service
LOR
LOR
LOR
Registrants(LO
producers)
Registrants(LO
producers)
Metadata DB
Local Handle Server
LHS database
Handl server + web proxy + access log
mEDRA Applications
Persistent citation
Relation tracking
Voluntary deposit
Administration
AccountingBilling
StatisticsAdministrative
DB
UsersUsers
Search facilities
Metadata
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Overview of the workplan
• The funded project will last in 18 months, starting on 1st July 2005
• At the beginning of 2006 we planned a first pilot release, to be validated in the market
• End of 2006 first commercial release of the system
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Conclusion
• Eleonet is a project trying to demonstrate that collaboration within the DOI community is a key factor for our future.
• We are also starting collaboration with the CORDRA project in the US and, in parallel, with the CAL course-pack system
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Thank you for your attention
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