Learning Objects Metadata

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Learning Objects Metadata

• IEEE P1484.12
• Learning Technology Standards Committee
• Sedona, Arizona, USA
• Sept. 27 28, 2000
• (3 1.5 hour sessions)
• Chaired by Wayne Hodgins, Autodesk Inc.
• Technical Editor Erik Duval, Catholic Univ.
  Leuven, BE

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Agenda

• Call to order
• Minutes of last meeting approved online
• Review approve agenda
• Old business
• New business
• Adjournment, 1730 Fri. Sept. 22, 2000
• Next LTSC LOM meetings
• December 4-7, 2000
• Athens, Greece

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Objectives this week

• Finalize WD5
• Review and Resolution of remaining issues
• Achieve maximum consensus in preparation for
  balloting v1
• Preparation for submission to SEC LOM Balloting
  Group
• Forming the LOM Balloting Group
• Preparation for IEEE balloting
• Plan to proceed with transition to draft standard
• Next revision of P1484.12
• P1484.12.xx new PARs, Plans Proposals

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LOM Sessions Agenda

• LOM Session 1 (1.5 Hours)
• Finalization of P1484.12.1
• Review of Issues list Resolved, proposed,
  unresolved
• New issues raised Brendon Towle
• PAR, LOM Balloting Group, Balloting process
• LOM Session 2 (1.5 Hours)
• Items Issues for next revision of P1484.12.1
• P1484.12.xx plans, proposals and PARs
• ISO/IEC 11404 data model of LOM Frank Farance
• XML Binding IMS/ARIADNE
• LOM Session 3 (1.5 Hours)
• IEEE Registration Authority Kevin Riley
• Glossary review resolutions
• Remaining Unresolved issues
• Next Steps, Adjourn

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IEEE Standards Development Process
Idea for Standard
Develop Approve PAR
LOM is HERE
Organize Working Group
Develop Draft Standard
Ballot Draft Standard
Approve Draft Standard
Publish Approved Standard
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Standards Draft Writing Process
Write Scope Purpose
See Related Stds. Pubs
Draft Outline
Fill in Outline
LOM is HERE
Revise, Revise, Revise
Finalize Document
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LOM session 1 (1.5 hours) Thurs 1630 1800

• Call to order, approve Agenda (gt10 min)
• Progress update report (gt10 minutes)
• Revised PAR, Scope Purpose (approved 2000-06-19
  )
• 'Yes 21 'No' 0 'Abstain 4 Non response
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• Total number of eligible voters 32
• Re-initiated LOM Balloting Group        
• Finalization of P1484.12.1 (version 1)
• Review of Issues list Resolved, proposed,
  unresolved
• New issues raised and needing resolution for v1
• 1. Closed/Open vocabularies in LOM?
• 2. Structural deficiencies in Classification?

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P1484.12.1 PAR (approved)

• SCOPE
• This standard specifies a conceptual data schema
  that defines the structure of a metadata instance
  for a learning object. For this standard, a
  learning object is defined as any entity, digital
  or non-digital, that may be used for learning,
  education or training.
• For this standard, a metadata instance for a
  learning object describes relevant
  characteristics of the learning object it applies
  to. Such characteristics can be regrouped in
  general, educational, technical and
  classification categories.
• The conceptual data schema specified in this
  standard will allow for linguistic diversity of
  both learning objects and the metadata instances
  that describe them.
• The conceptual data schema defined in this
  standard specifies the data elements that a
  metadata instance for a learning object is
  composed of.
• This standard will be referenced by other
  standards that will define the implementation
  descriptions of the data schema so that a
  metadata instance for a learning object can be
  used by a learning technology system, to manage,
  locate, evaluate or exchange learning objects.
• This standard does not define how a learning
  technology system will represent or use a
  metadata instance for a learning object.

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P1484.12.1 PAR (approved)

• PURPOSE
• The purpose of this standard is to facilitate
  search, evaluation, acquisition, and use of
  learning objects, for instance by learners or
  instructors. The purpose is also to facilitate
  the sharing and exchange of learning objects, by
  enabling the development of catalogs and
  inventories, taking into account the diversity of
  cultural and lingual contexts in which the
  learning objects and their metadata will be
  exploited.
• By specifying a common conceptual data schema,
  bindings of Learning Object Metadata will have a
  high degree of semantic interoperability. As a
  result, transformations between bindings will be
  straightforward.
• The intent of this standard is to specify a base
  schema, which can be used to build on as practice
  develops, for instance in order to facilitate
  automatic, adaptive scheduling of learning
  objects by software agents.

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P1484.12.1 Issues List (as per TE 2000-09-20)

• Participants list
• what is the applicable rule for being an
  'official' participant?
• who satisfies that rule?
• Clause 2 References
• should be completed
• Clause 4.4 Vocabularies
• This subject has received some renewed discussion
  on the maillist. Little if any reference has been
  made in that discussion to the fact that the
  current vocabulary construct in LOM already
  supports extensibility in a number of ways,
  allowing users to add additional detail, provide
  a user defined value, or refer to an external
  classification structure. The only extra
  requirement for restricted vocabularies is that
  one (presumably the best matching) value from the
  vocabulary must be provided.

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P1484.12.1 Issues List (as per TE 2000-09-20)

• Clause 5 Conformance
• Should instance based conformance be replaced
  with processing entity based conformance (à la
  11404), as included in WD5?
• Or should both versions of conformance be
  included in the document?

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LOM session 2 (1.5 hours) Fri. 1415 1545

• Resolve Clause 5 Conformance issue (from session
  1)
• Items Issues for next revision of P1484.12.1
• Classification issues Brendon Towle
• Glossary review resolutions? Katherine
  Sinitsa
• IEEE Registration Authority Kevin Steve
• P1484.12.xx plans, proposals and PARs
• ISO/IEC 11404 data model of LOM Frank Farance
• XML Binding IMS/ARIADNE
• RDF IMS (Robby)

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LOM session 3 (1.5 hours) Fri. 1600 1730

• Future Vocabulary improvements Dan Rehak
• Remaining Unresolved issues
• Items Issues for next revision of P1484.12.1?
• Summary of next steps
• Votes, action items
• Estimated schedule for next 6 months
• Forming LOM Sponsor Ballot Group?
• Adjourn LOM,
• Next meetings Dec. 4-10, 2000, Athens, Greece

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Thank You!!

• Questions or Comments?