Jon, I agree that we need to push this resource type discussion
forward and your suggestion is a good one that we continue the
compilation of as complete a listing of what is being used currently
in the education community as possible. I am having some work
done by my research assistant on the current compilation including:
(1) classification of the entries in the current list (looking for
higher-level aggregations); and (2) looking to see where these derived
classes fit as subclasses of DCT1.
Stuart
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Mason [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 10:07 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Latest resource types
>
>
> Anita,
>
> thanks for your email, which has prompted me to review this issue.
>
> The DCMI Type vocabulary you point to is the latest "cross-domain"
> vocabulary that has been agreed to. However, the DC-Education
> WG has on its
> agenda for this year plans to take forward discussion -- &
> hopefully some
> resolution or recommendation -- to distill a vocabulary for
> Type that is
> particularly useful to learning, education & training.
>
>
> A report from the DC-8 Workshops in Ottawa can be found at:
> http://www.iSchool.washington.edu/sasutton/dc-ed-2000/DCMI-Edu
cation-DC8.htm
> l
>
> Within this report there is an aggregate list of Type values
> that have been
> implemented by various (DCMI-related) education initiatives.
> This list (see
> below) was put together early in 2000 and has not been
> updated since then.
> Certainly from the point of view of EdNA there have been sifgnificant
> changes since this list was drafted and some revision of the
> aggregate list
> is required. Nonetheless, the listing provides a good basis
> to take forward
> discussions. In practical terms, there will need to be some
> careful study of
> this and other intiatives (including, most importantly, those
> based upon the
> IEEE LTSC LOM) before a new recommendation can be formulated.
>
> Aggregate list (May 2000)
> http://www.ischool.washington.edu/sasutton/dc-ed/type/Resource
_Type_Vocabula
> ry.html
>
>
> With regard to how the MOU is being implemeted: first things first.
> Representatives from both communities have put quite a bit of
> effort into
> reaching this important milestone -- establishing a commitment to
> collaborate & cooperate is where it must begin. Clearly, there are
> differences in approach to devising metadata schema &
> harmonising these
> approaches presents a number of challenges - beyond just the
> vocabularies
> that might support particular elements. It is my view that
> with the MOU in
> place some serious dialogue regarding practical matters can
> take place.
> This dialogue will need to take place in forums such as this
> mailing list as
> well as more formally within the Working Group meetings
> associated with the
> IEEE LTSC LOM (see: http://ltsc.ieee.org/wg12/index.html)
>
> March 1st Deadline
> ===============
> Can I suggest that anyone interested in the assisting in the task of
> identifying & compiling a current list of values for Resource
> Type please
> contact me sooner than later
> mailto:[log in to unmask] Given that
> we're aiming to make progress on this by June then I would
> like to make a
> deadline of March 1st for all contributions on the "identification &
> compilation" side of things. Once we have done that block of
> work we can
> then put forward a range of proposals that members on the DC-Education
> mailing list may wish to provide comment on.
>
> Stuart may have some other suggestions on this issue....
>
>
> regards,
> Jon
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Anita S. Coleman <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>
> Cc: DC Education Mailing List <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, 21 January 2001 2:23
> Subject: Latest resource types
>
>
> > Hi Stuart, Jon
> >
> > The latest version of the resource types list is dated 1999-08-05 -
> > http://purl.org/dc/documents/wd-typelist.htm
> >
> > Is there any subsequent, major change from this? Esp. in
> view of the Dec.
> > MOU with IEEE LOM? Acc. to the timeline
> > http://purl.org/dc/groups/education.htm discussion on this
> was scheduled
> for
> > Oct.2000 - June 2001.
> >
> > Can you also expand on how exactly the MOU is being
> implemented? Is each
> > group picking an area to work on and then collaborating for
> consensus?
> > Thanks for a response.
> >
> > Anita Coleman
> > Dept. Of Computer Science
> > University of California at Santa Barbara
> >
> > P.S. I've been to the archives and also Stuart's
> > http://www.ischool.washington.edu/sasutton/dc-ed-f2f/Types.html .
> > Incidentally, this doesn't show the full proposal presented
> at Kattemingga
> > :-(. Also,
> >
> http://www.ischool.washington.edu/sasutton/dc-ed/type/Resource
_Type_Vocabula
> ry. Thanks.
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