Abstract
A previous report in this series discussed the classification of online course delivery systems according to the Advanced Distributed Learning Partnerships (ADL), and the international standards accepted by the ADL. The standardisation of courseware in this manner is necessary for the development of inter-institutional course sharing and quality control. The present report gives further definitions of the criteria applied by international standards organisations, and lists the principal specifications/ standards bodies now in operation.
Highlights
A previous report in this series discussed the classification of online course delivery systems according to the Advanced Distributed Learning Partnerships (ADL), and the international standards accepted by the ADL
The standardisation of courseware in this manner is necessary for the development of inter-institutional course sharing and quality control
The present report gives further definitions of the criteria applied by international standards organisations, and lists the principal specifications/ standards bodies in operation
Summary
There are other organizations working on metadata that conforms to international metadata specifications. The Canadian Core Metadata Application Profile, or CanCore, is an attempt to interpret and simplify the elements of the IMS model. CanCore (http://www.cancore.ca) is the acronym for The Canadian Core Learning Resource Metadata Application Profile, and is primarily concerned with the vocabularies and semantics associated with IMS metadata elements. Users of the CanCore protocol know that their data will conform to the emerging international standard for educational metadata based on and fully compatible with the IMS Learning Resource Metadata Information Model. CanCore has defined a sub-set of data elements from this IMS model for the purposes of the efficient and uniform description of digital educational resources. CanCore is at the leading edge in providing both semantic and syntactic guidance to the implementation of the IMS and IEEE Learning Object Metadata specifications
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