The JISC IE standards framework document at
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/distributed-systems/jisc-ie/arch/standards/
and some of the other documents listed below might well be of interest to
some of you.
Regards,
Andy
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Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 14:14:36 +0100 (GMT Daylight Time)
From: Andy Powell <[log in to unmask]>
To: JISC IE discussion <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: JISC IE Architecture Standards Framework
I've put together a short document that "provides a list of the key
standards and protocols that make up the JISC IE technical architecture".
JISC IE Architecture Standards Framework
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/distributed-systems/jisc-ie/arch/standards/
This document covers similar ground to the older and longer
Standards and Guidelines to Build a National Resource
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=projman_standards
document, but I've tried very much to focus in on technical standards and
protocols only.
As far as I know, the new document is as up to date as it can be and it
brings in IMS/elearning standards at appropriate points. As I say in the
introduction, it is explicitly intended for "developers, in order to
provide them with a single point of reference to the main technologies
that they should be using when working in the context of the JISC IE".
I would hope to be able to flesh out the last section ('11. Service
registry') fairly soon. Alan Robiette has also offered to supply a
longer paragraph for the 'Authentication and authorisation' section, which
I'll add in due course.
It would also be nice to flesh out the 'Metadata usage guidelines'
section, including some guidance on the use of qualified DC as well as
simple DC. While I don't think we are quite ready to do that, there are
several documents around that you may find useful in this area:
Using simple Dublin Core to describe eprints
http://www.rdn.ac.uk/projects/eprints-uk/docs/simpledc-guidelines/
UK Common Metadata Framework
http://metadata.cetis.ac.uk/guides/
RDN/LTSN LOM application profile
http://www.rdn.ac.uk/publications/rdn-ltsn-ap/
RDN cataloguing guidelines
http://www.rdn.ac.uk/publications/cat-guide/
RDN OAI rdn_dc XML schema(s)
http://www.rdn.ac.uk/oai/rdn_dc/
The last document provides access to the XML schemas that are used by the
RDN for internal sharing of qualified DC metadata records using the
OAI-PMH.
Comments on any/all of the above are welcome...
Andy
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Distributed Systems, UKOLN, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK
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