Metadata a moveable feast

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Metadata a moveable feast

• Sarah-Jane Saravani
• e-Fest 2006
• Wellington Town Hall, Wellington
• 29 September 2006
• sarah-jane.saravani_at_wintec.ac.nz

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What was moving at Wintec?

• 2x Os and 5x Ps
• People
• Project
• OSLOR
• Open source
• Open standards
• Open access
• Outcomes

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Metadata on the move
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National Library of NZ Institutional
Repositories for the Research Sector

• http//wiki.tertiary.govt.nz/static/wikifarm/Insti
  tutionalRepositories.uploads/Main/IR_report.pdf

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Metadata Standards Framework
Syntax
XML
RDF
GovernmentSector
ArchivalSector
EducationSector
LibrarySector
DUBLIN CORE
Discovery
Global
DC-Lib
DC-Ed
DC-Gov
Dublin CoreApplication Profiles
ESMS
NZGLS
Regional
GILSRMS
EADISAD(G)PREMIS
LOMIMS
MARCMODSMETS
Delivery
Global
Local Implementation
Organisational
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The Real Movers and Shakers

• 3 tiers (stages) 1. Creator
• 2. Technical staff
• 3. Editorial/Library staff

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OSLOR Metadata Application Profile

• Moving the pieces together to make a whole
• http//tekupenga.elearning.ac.nz/

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Moving capability Metadata Made Simple

• Online (Moodle), self-paced courseAudience
  - Resource submitters - Those with limited
  knowledge of metadatahttp//tekupenga.ele
  arning.ac.nz/

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Moving Learning?

• Metadata aims to enable learning content to be
  found and shared through
• Management, including description, of the digital
  resource
• Technical requirements and characteristics
• Intellectual property rights and conditions of
  use
• Description of the educational integrity
• the objects curriculum topic
• the potential learning outcomes supported by the
  object
• teaching methods for presenting the material
• the intended audience for the object