Conference - Multiple Perspectives on Metadata

Vienna 12/13 November 2009

Tore Hoel: Metadata in the wild - the laborious creation of a new international standard for describing learning resources For a number of years the International standards organisation (ISO/IEC JTC1 SC36) has struggled to come up with a new metadata standard for learning resources. The MLR standard was supposed to be compatible with with Dublin Core and IEEE LOM, the first metadata standard in the Learning, Education and Training domain. When the shortcomings of LOM were discovered, the long and laborious process of agreeing upon a new and "future proof" framework for MLR started. The presentation will outline the principles underlying the upcoming MLR standard and reflect on the process of international standardisation.

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