Lorna M. Campbell wrote:
> If we were to keep a mandatory element set, ideally what should this
> core consist of?
>
That depends what the UK LOM Core is for! If it aims to promote
interoperability, then it is enough for it to work on an
element-by-element level providing definitions and vocabularies suitable
for UK use. It'll be a small document I guess, saying use CanCore with
these changes.
If it aims to promote the creation/supply of enough metadata to satisfy
the needs of Learning Resource users, then I think the current core
might be justified. (Although we need to make sure that we don't limit
the way the metadata creation process is managed in such a way that
inhibits practices aimed at improving the quality of the metadata produce).
It's because I believe there needs to be a broader aim than just
swapping bits of metadata (a metadatum anyone?) that I think that the
WAI model is worth considering (and perhaps rejecting).
Phil
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Phil Barker Learning Technology Adviser
ICBL, School of Mathematics and Computer Science
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS
Tel: work - 0131 451 3278 home - 0131 221 1352
Web: http://www.icbl.hw.ac.uk/~philb/
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