> In the eLearning world, is it generally accepted that a learning object
> repository isn't really a learning object repository unless it supports
> the IMS DRI specification (at least in part)?
>
> I'd be interested to know how many of the listed repositories can
> export
> LOM records using the OAI-PMH for example.
Another IMS DR spec example: a cross-searchable (via Z39.50/SRW)
database with LOM results. But shouldn't the 'type' be defined by the
*content* of the repositories, rather than by the technology protocols
and metadata formats they support?
Boon
On 5 Aug 2004, at 15:57, Andy Powell wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Aug 2004, Ben Ryan wrote:
>
>> Perhaps we should be thinking of what the *type* of the
>> repository is?
>
> Yes, I was wondering along similar lines... and about, dare I say it,
> what
> the definition of a repository is!?! In the eprints world, I think it
> is
> fair to say that an eprint archive isn't really an eprint archive
> unless
> it exposes metadata about the eprints it contains via the OAI-PMH.
> (Well... I'm sure that some people would jump up and down and tell me
> I'm
> wrong - but I think there is fairly widespread acceptance that what I'm
> suggesting here is correct).
>
> In the eLearning world, is it generally accepted that a learning object
> repository isn't really a learning object repository unless it supports
> the IMS DRI specification (at least in part)?
>
> I'd be interested to know how many of the listed repositories can
> export
> LOM records using the OAI-PMH for example.
>
> Andy.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Fred Riley [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> Sent: 05 August 2004 13:23
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Learning object repository index
>>
>>
>> I was wondering about what learning object repositories currently
>> existed and thought I'd better do a quick Google search to try to
>> answer
>> my own questions, and came across the wonderful Uni of Texas LO
>> Repositories list at
>> http://elearning.utsa.edu/guides/LO-repositories.htm which I thought
>> was
>> worth sharing with you all, as not only does it list repositories
>> worldwide but also has useful metadata (or perhaps meta-metadata? ;-))
>> on them all. Apologies to those who already know about this. I'd be
>> interested to know if there are any other repository indexes
>> (indices?)
>> that are as good, or is this the definitive 'repository of
>> repositories'?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Fred
>>
>> Fred Riley
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