Ben: Scoping Meta-Data [update]

Have had a brief (informal) meeting with Sam Rowley about XML Meta-Data templates for HIVE. He assured me that many of the templates use some (not all) of the attributes available for that template.

With this in mind - it seems that there is a possibility to match the validation process 'key' data with attribute fields that already exist in specific XML templates. This would allow the validation documents (learning objects) to be marked up for the repository and then be available for 're-purposing' in other systems (IEEE standards for interoperability). In addition, there is an option to 'link' documents through relationship data. This is useful for searching - as it should help complete aggregated searches for all related documents - representing the validation process.

• See wiki entry for IEEE 1484.12.1 – 2002 Standard for Learning Object Metadata
• See IEEE website for a breakdown of this standard
• See Metadata for Learning Resources: An Update on Standards Activity for 2008 (thanks to Fleur Corfield for this resource)

Images - types of meta-data templates in HIVE / Types of attribute fields (example for IMS 1.2.1)