Hi all!

I'd like to use the next taskforce meeting (Monday 26th) to make a final
decision on what PARs to submit to the IEEE. The background is that
while we *do* have a formulation of the LOM->DCAM mapping specification,
it seems to me and others that it would be appropriate to produce *two*
specifications: one for the LOM RDF vocabulary, and one for the LOM ->
DCAM mapping.

My proposal is to use the following Scope And Purpose statement for the
mapping:

Title: Recommended Practice for Expressing IEEE Learning Object Metadata
Instances Using the Dublin Core Abstract Model


Scope:
This Recommended Practice describes IEEE LTSC P1484.12.1 Learning Object
Metadata instances in the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Abstract
Model. The Recommended Practice will describe how to use the definitions
of metadata terms defined by the IEEE LTSC P1484.12.x "Standard for
Resource Description Framework (RDF) vocabulary for IEEE LOM Data
Elements" for expressing metadata conforming to the IEEE LOM Standard in
Dublin Core metadata. The recommendation will include a description of
how to combine the specified terms so that metadata instances conforming
to this Recommended Practice also conform to the IEEE LOM Standard.

Purpose:
There is an increasing demand for interoperable definitions of Dublin
Core metadata terms and IEEE LOM data elements which allow these to be
used together in metadata instances. This Recommended Practice will
approach part of this situation by describing how to use IEEE LOM and
Dublin Core terms together in Dublin Core metadata instances. This
represents a partial and short-term solution to the overall issue, which
will still be of great value in the short to medium term for
implementers that are struggling with these metadata interoperability
issues. The Recommended Practice will also be of great value in the
longer-term process of trying to align the abstract models of IEEE LOM
and Dublin Core, as it will provide an analysis of fundamental
incompatibilities between the two models.

And the vocabulary Standard would be:

Title: Standard for Resource Description Framework (RDF) vocabulary for
IEEE LOM Data Elements

Scope:
This Standard defines a Resource Description Framework (RDF) vocabulary
for data elements from the IEEE LTSC P1484.12.1 Learning Object
Metadata standard. The Standard will make use of modeling primitives
from the RDF Vocabulary Description Language (RDF Schema) and the DCMI
Abstract Model. The Standard will include the specification of RDF
terms, including properties, classes, vocabularies, syntax encoding
schemes and vocabulary encoding schemes, that may be used for
expressing RDF metadata using LOM data elements and vocabularies. The
recommendation will include the specification of URIs to
use for the terms. The Standard will not define new terms for data
elements that can be appropriately expressed using sufficiently stable,
existing RDF vocabularies (notably Dublin Core). This Standard does not
address the construction of conforming IEEE LOM metadata instances using
RDF technology.

Purpose:
There is an increasing demand for interoperable definitions of IEEE LOM
data elements which allow these elements to be used in applications
using Semantic Web technologies such as the Resource Description
Framework. This Standard will form an important basis for making IEEE
LOM metadata terms useful in this larger metadata context. 

Comments?

/Mikael
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