Sarah
we are sitting in the same room and I have seen you and heard you but
no, we have not yet caught up!
The metadata for accessibility is new but it is available in both the
IMS and the DC world and it is currently being implemented in many
major locations - so you have not seen a lot of it yet but it is coming!
The DC version is considered at length on the DC accessibility pages
so that is where you find what I am talking about. The IMS (LOM)
version is available from IMS, and there is the ISO version which is
about to be published by ISO (BTW, BSI is deeply involved in this for
the UK, eg).
I hope we can meet and talk in the next couple of days!
Liddy
On 29/08/2007, at 11:01 AM, Sarah Currier wrote:
> Hi Robyn, et al,
>
> Many thanks for your comments and feedback. It's all extremely
> useful and doesn't need much discussion (from me anyway- everyone
> else go ahead!); the only bit I think I need to respond to right
> now is the comment on accessibility, and I'd like to start a new
> thread on this. Thanks also to Liddy for her previous email re
> accessibility: I had meant to catch up with Liddy in person re this
> here at DC-2007 in Singapore but haven't managed it yet, and in any
> case, it is important to also discuss on the list. We are also
> having our DC-Education AP meeting this afternoon, where I will
> raise the issue. Anyway:
>
>> Accessibility - The application profile should provide for
>> information about the accessibility (or adaptability) of a
>> resource for those with special requirements in educational settings.
>>
>
> Back when I first started working on the DC-Ed AP last year, Liddy
> emailed us re this issue and I responded that I didn't know of any
> education-specific properties of resources related to
> accessibility, and asked to be pointed in the right direction of
> any work in this area. I'm still not sure what "special
> requirements in educational settings" might be, over and above
> accessibility requirements for using any type of resource. I am
> *very* keen to get some clarity on this as it is extremely
> important, but it is not my area of expertise, so would be grateful
> if someone out there could point the DC-Ed community in the right
> direction, or advise us directly.
>
>>
>> If we are to use elements already in existence this could be
>> addressed in IEEE LOM 9.1 Classification Purpose, although the
>> existing value space of “accessibility restrictions” may not be
>> the best way to think of it. Discussion with Liddy and the
>> accessibility group will add much clarity to this thinking!
>>
>
> Yes, I agree, this is likely not an ideal solution, and hasn't been
> used much in the LOM community as far as I know. The LOM
> Classification elements do not sit easily with DC anyway- not sure
> how the LOM/DC Task Force are approaching this one, hopefully will
> find out later today. We may need to propose a new element but I
> am hoping, with all the accessibility work that's been going on
> around the world for years, that we can reuse someone else's, i.e.
> one from another metadata schema.
>
> I emphasise again, to be within scope for the DC-Ed AP, any
> accessibility property would need to be specific to the educational
> nature, attributes or context of a resource.
>
> Best wishes to all from Singapore,
> Sarah
>
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