From the perspective of the OLIVE project where we are looking at ways to
generate OpenURL s to 'useful resources' using an OpenURL Resolver we've
found the Author of a LO is the most important entity. This is what prompted
me to suggest previously we should be careful what kind of vCard we use to
describe LO in the Learning Object Metadata. One where name is free text
will not work when we are trying to query LOM in any manner (i.e. held in a
repository). Further information on vCARDs can be found at:
http://www.imc.org/pdi/
Howard
-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Barker [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 24 April 2003 14:54
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Subject: Metadata and the Law
I have just attended a conference on E-copyright and was having a think
about the implications for metadata. Maybe I am being a bit pedantic
but, for people implementing the UKCMF, I was wondering if guidelines
should be given to explain the following:
1) The author of a piece of work has the moral right to be identified as
the author so that it may be important to try and include the author in
the 2.3.contribute where possible.
2) Since all materials that have been created on a tangible medium are
copyright protected (unless that right has been waived) then 6.2
copyrightandotherrestrictions should have "yes" as a default setting and
6.3 should say "This resource is copyright protected" by default.
Ed Barker
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