Query about the OCW Metadata

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 UTC