Hello all,
I've lifted this from the Accessibility SIG list, but it covers IMS
AccessForAll Meta-data (ACCMD) so it's relevant here as well.
Apologies to those of you who've seen this before; thanks to Sharon for
the summary!
Phil.
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Subject: CanCore: Interview with Jutta Treviranus on AccessForAll Framework
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 15:58:45 +0000
From: Sharon Perry <[log in to unmask]>
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Hello Everyone
If you would like a simple introduction to the draft ISO "Individualized
Adaptability and Accessibility in e-Learning, Education and Training"
Standard and how it relates to the IMS AccessForAll Meta-data (ACCMD) and
Accessibility for Learner Information Package (ACCLIP) Specifications, you
might find CanCore's interview with Jutta Treviranus useful. Jutta is
head of the Adaptive Technology Resource Centre and a Senior Research
Associate at the Faculty of Information Studies at the University of
Toronto. She is also a representative on working groups on accessibility
in the W3C, IMS, Dublin Core and ISO/IEC JTC1/SC36.
A podcast of the interview is available from
http://www.cancore.ca/jutta.mp3 (12.7Mb, 14 minutes length) and the
transcript from http://www.cancore.ca/access.html.
Just as a quick summary: the AccessForAll Framework has two components -
one that describes a learner's needs and preferences (IMS ACCLIP) and one
that describes a resource's characteristics (IMS ACCMD) - both of which
can work independently of the other. Using both components will help a
system determine whether a resource matches a learner's needs and
preferences or whether alternatives are required. This work is now part
of a multi-part ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
standard which will consist of three parts - a framework, learner needs
and preferences, and a DRD (Digital Resource Description). There may also
be further parts covering, for example: blended learning descriptions, non-
digital resource meta-data, mobile device requirements, etc. In the IMS
ACCMD Specification, there are two types of meta-data - a brief set of
meta-data for the primary resource with a pointer to any alternative
resources; and a set of meta-data that describes for what the alternative
resource is an alternative, e.g. "this is a visual alternative to an audio
resource". However, the ISO work makes no disctinction between the two
categories and contains both types of meta-data in one record. Each
portion of that record is then used as required. The team also aims to
implement the DRD with CanCore.
Best Regards
Sharon.
Sharon Perry,
Accessibility SIG (Special Interest Group) Co-ordinator,
CETIS (Centre for Educational Technology Interoperability Standards),
University of Wales Bangor.
Web: http://www.cetis.ac.uk/accessibility.
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