Hiya,
I would recommend making allowances for changes to the LOM specification
by incorporating a reference to possible successors or amendments to the
P1484.12.1 standard.
It would also be nice to see this body look at expressions of LOM in
other syndication metadata, most specifically RSS and Atom, and not just DC.
-- Stephen
Mikael Nilsson wrote:
> This is the latest revisions of the PARs, as suggested by Jon:
>
>
> 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 (LOM) instances in terms compatible with the Dublin Core
> Abstract Model (DCAM). The Recommended Practice describes 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 LOM in Dublin
> Core metadata. While this Recommended Practice includes 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, it
> does not address the issue of expressing DCAM elements in LOM terms.
>
> 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 addresses
> this requirement 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 of metadata
> interoperability in learning, education, and training contexts. , The
> Recommended Practice also aims to inform the longer-term process of
> trying to align the abstract models of IEEE LOM and DCAM, as it will
> provide an analysis of fundamental incompatibilities between the two
> models.
>
> ==
>
> 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 (LOM)standard. The Standard makes use of modeling primitives
> from the RDF Vocabulary Description Language (RDF Schema) and the Dublin
> Core Abstract Model(DCAM). The Standard includes 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 includes the specification of URIs to
> use for the terms. The Standard does 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 (RDF). This Standard will form an important basis for making
> IEEE LOM metadata terms useful in this larger metadata context.
>
>
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