Hi Pierre,
You're right, it isn't obvious.
I don't think that a metadata record would help, there would be no obvious sign
that VDEX was used in its making.
Try this:
start reload_vdex and choose file|new|IMS 1.2.2 Metadata file
In form view, scroll down to the classification section
Choose a source from the drop-down list (the last two are the most interesting)
Click on the browse button next to Taxon-ID and the VDEX browser should launch.
[Hopefully it is obvious how to navigate through the vocabularies.]
When you when you find the term you want to use, press the select button.
It's worth choosing a vocab item from the MESH fragment, and then looking at the
"full" view of the metadata record to see how much information can be passed
from the VDEX browser to the metadata editor.
What I'm not yet sure how to do is change the list of available VDEX
vocabularies in the drop down list, so I'm not sure how you would include a VDEX
vocab you had written yourself, but if it is not easy in this version, it will
be in the next.
All the best, Phil.
Pierre Gorissen wrote:
> Hi Phil,
>
> Would you mind providing an example of a Meta-data record that uses a VDEX
> file so we can use that to figure out how to use the VDEX file in the
> classification section? Creating a VDEX file was easy, but making the
> connection is less obvious.
>
> Best,
>
> Pierre Gorissen
> Fontys University of Professional Education
> The Netherlands
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil Barker" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 6:01 PM
> Subject: VDEX
>
>
> Hello All,
> Two pieces of news about the IMS VDEX specification.
>
> 1) A new version of the Reload-VDEX editor is availble from
> http://www.icbl.hw.ac.uk/vdex/ . As well as letting you create VDEX files
> this
> version shows how VDEX files might be used when filling in the
> Classification
> section of a IMS Learning Resource Meta-data record.
>
> 2) The VDEX spec is nearing the end of its public review stage. If you have
> any
> comments on the specification, now is the time to make them. Comments so far
> (from the last SIG meeting):
> - Why create VDEX when zThes exists?
> - Why have profiles?
> [The answer to the second question is that the idea is to make it clear that
> an
> implementation which only supports flat lists is in no way deficient, so
> implementers can create fast lean applications of VDEX for such cases].
>
> If you want to look at the VDEX spec you can find it here:
> http://www.imsglobal.org/vdex/
>
> Phil
>
> --
> Phil Barker Learning Technology Advisor
> ICBL, School of Mathematics and Computer Science
> Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS
> Tel: work - 0131 451 3278 home - 0131 221 1352
> Web: http://www.icbl.hw.ac.uk/~philb/
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Phil Barker Learning Technology Advisor
ICBL, School of Mathematics and Computer Science
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS
Tel: work - 0131 451 3278 home - 0131 221 1352
Web: http://www.icbl.hw.ac.uk/~philb/
