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IMS Meta-Data

IMS Meta-Data. Thomas D. Wason, Ph.D. IMS Project & GEM twason@imsproject.org. Outline. What is the IMS Project? IMS Meta-Data Role of Meta-Data Tools Meta-Data Registries. IMS Project. A project of the National Learning Infrastructure Initiative of Educause

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IMS Meta-Data

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  1. IMS Meta-Data Thomas D. Wason, Ph.D.IMS Project & GEM twason@imsproject.org 1

  2. Outline • What is the IMS Project? • IMS Meta-Data • Role of Meta-Data Tools • Meta-Data Registries 2

  3. IMS Project A project of the National LearningInfrastructure Initiative of Educause Defining the Internet Architecture for Education. Cooperative creates open specifications and prototype pieces, members create products. 3

  4. IMS Education Members • CSU, Collegis Research Institute, UNC, U. Michigan, Miami Dade, CIC (“Big Ten”), Buena Vista University, George Mason University, JISC, U. Va., Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs (DETYA, Australian Centre), The Centre for Learning Technologies (Singapore), California State University, GEM (Gateway to Educational Materials, Dept. of Ed.) 4

  5. IMS Commercial/Gov’t Members • Microsoft, Apple, IBM, Sun, International Thomson Publishing, Collegis, Farance Inc., KPMG, NIST, Department of Defense, Dept. of Labor, Empower, @Learning, AT&T, Oracle, Asymetrix, Marcomedia, Peoplesoft, Unisys, Educational Testing Service, Pearson Education, 5

  6. IMS Developers’ Network Over 150 members 6

  7. Needs • Find it • Get it • Run it • Track it 7

  8. IMS Components • Profiles • Meta-data • Content • Management (Content, Course, Collaboration) • External Services 8

  9. Collaborative effort • The IMS meta-data is based on the IEEE LOM V2.2 Working Document jointly authored with ARIADNE. • The IMS meta-data effort merged with the NIST Learning Object Metadata effort under IMS. 9

  10. IMS Meta-Data 10

  11. Meta-Data Describes Resources 11

  12. Meta-Data Spec. Scope • DISCOVERY • RETRIEVAL OF LEARNING RESOURCES • PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR RUN-TIME OF RESOURCE • ENABLE EXTENSIBILITY • LOCALIZATION • EASE OF USE • BE INTEROPERABLE • PROVIDE STABILITY 12

  13. Meta-Data Work Groups • Semantic Structures • Taxonomies and Vocabularies • Coding • Registries • Tool 13

  14. IMS Meta-Data is Structured 14

  15. IMS Meta-Data is Structured 15

  16. The Base Meta-Data Categories • General • Characteristics • Life Cycle • Metametadata • Technical • Rights 16

  17. General Category • Identifier (ISBN 0-534-26702-5) • Title (Sniffy The Virtual Rat) 17

  18. Characteristics Category • Language (en_US) • Description (A computer program that enables students to explore the prinicples of shaping and partial reinforcement in operant conditioning) • Discipline • Taxonpath • Source (LCC) • Taxons (Science) 18

  19. Life Cycle Category • Version (4.5) • Create • Date (1995) • Contribute • Role (Creator) • Person (Lester Krames, Jeff Graham, Tom Alloway) • Publish • Organization (Brooks/Cole publishing Company) • Date (1995) 19

  20. Metametadata Category • Create • Date (1999_02_11) • Person (Thomas Wason) • Organization (IMS Project) • Schema (IMS Base 1.0) 20

  21. Technical Category • Format (Binhex) • Location (info@brookscole.com) • O S Requirements (Win 3.1 or later) 21

  22. Rights Category • Role (User: Learner) • Conditions • Price • Monetary Unit ($US) • Amount (39.95) 22

  23. Dictionary Fragment Preliminary 23

  24. Schema Fragment Preliminary 24

  25. XML Instantiation Frag. Preliminary 25

  26. Role of Meta-Data Tools 26

  27. XML Editor Screen Shot 27

  28. The User and Meta-Data • The user wants to search for resources. • The user wants to create labels for resources. 28

  29. Meta-Data Instantiations • The meta-data about resources is located in meta-data repositories. 29

  30. Meta-Data Registry • Information about the meta-data is located in a meta-data registry. 30

  31. Meta-Data Profiles • There may be additional information available in profiles. 31

  32. Meta-Data System • The meta-data system maintains information about what is in the meta-data. 32

  33. Meta-Data Registries 33

  34. Evolution of Meta-Data • Different groups want different meta-data. • The evolution of meta-data within IMS is managed via registries. 34

  35. Base Type May Be Extended 1. Extend the allowable content domain of a given meta-data term, such as use of additional or alternative vocabularies. 2. Specialize a term by refining its constraints (e.g., obligation is changed from "optional" to "mandatory") 3. Introduce new terms into an existing meta-data set using concepts defined in a standard dictionary 4. Introduce new concepts into a dictionary, or create a brand new dictionary with a certain known relationship to the other dictionaries in existence 35

  36. Meta-Data Type Library Library of schema types derived from a common base • Base • Item • Module • Tool 36

  37. Registration Needs • Dictionary elements • Schemas • Value domains (vocabularies and taxonomies) 37

  38. Meta-Data Schema Registry 38

  39. Hierarchy of Registries 39

  40. Balance of Control and Extension • Types defined within registries provide control of meta-data instantiations. • Defined methods of extending the meta-data hierarchy provide freedom to create new properties and types. 40

  41. Contact and Information Tom Wason email: twason@imsproject.org919.839.8187 http://www.imsproject.org 41

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