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Query about the OCW Metadata

From: Butler, Mark <Mark_Butler@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 11:59:20 +0100
Message-ID: <5E13A1874524D411A876006008CD059F066A1C76@0-mail-1.hpl.hp.com>
To: "'MacKenzie Smith'" <kenzie@MIT.EDU>
Cc: " (www-rdf-dspace@w3.org)" <www-rdf-dspace@w3.org>

Hi Mackenzie

I'm currently updating the Learning Objects Use Case. It currently says
something along the lines of:

"In addition to the IMS metadata, other important OCW metadata is
- The ``discipline'' of each course, written using a controlled vocabulary
called the Classification of Instructional Programs, which is developed by
the National Center for Education Statistics. This is a hierarchical
taxonomy with three levels. The taxonomy is versioned approximately every 10
years, e.g. CIP-1990 and CIP-2000. There is a published crosswalk 
from 1990 to 2000.
- A mechanism for marking ``selected'' learning objects within a course to
be independently archived, in addition to the course as a whole."

So my question is does the OCW metadata already contain these two types of
information, or is this information which we anticipate will be required by
DSpace / SIMILE?

thanks, Mark
Received on Thursday, 8 May 2003 06:59:49 EDT

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