Re: Translating course descriptions

Thanks Tavis. I closed the XML tags as you suggest. And yes, I agree 
about the identifier issue arising from a change in context.

Phil

On 08/09/17 22:55, Developer, SleepingDog wrote:
> Hi Phil
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> This looks well worthwhile (and actually quite interesting, if like me the reader is interested in data transformations — although, I am kind of retired from the field now). I have used XSLT to generate JavaScript from XML in the past, which would be an alternative to script approaches like Python for your JSON output.
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> A tiny suggestion: if you close XML tags it is easier to copy and paste your sample XML into an editor.
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> I recognise the identifier issue, I think it was always left open as belonging to a different layer (and possibly different skillset) from the XCRI CAP data standard.
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> Tavis Reddick
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>> On 29 Aug 2017, at 14:34, Phil Barker <phil.barker@pjjk.co.uk> wrote:
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>> Hello all.
>> You might be interested in a mapping from the UK's standard for course marketing information in Higher Education (XCRI-CAP) to schema.org Course.
>> In short, with some exceptions, the data from XCRI can be translated to schema.org using Course, CourseInstance and related terms. The main exceptions are credits and qualifications, which I think we knew were gaps. The work at the Credential Engine on a Credential Transparency Description Language[1] will hopefully address the latter.
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>> See https://blogs.pjjk.net/phil/course-description-xcri-cap-schema-org/ for more
>> It's a boring read, but I'm quite proud of some of the pictures.
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>> Phil
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>> 1. http://credreg.net/ctdl
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education.

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