DC-Education Application Profile

At its face-to-face meetings at DC-2004 in Shanghai, DC-2005 in Madrid, DC-2006 in Manzanillo, and DC-2007 in Singapore, the DC-Ed Community (formerly the Working Group) moved forward in the development of a DC-Education Application Profile (AP).

In Madrid the decision was made to focus effort in 2005/2006 primarily on the educationally significant properties available in Dublin Core. The goal was to set out property usage for the available DCMI properties, including the use of value spaces and best practices within the context of education and training.

In Manzanillo a new Co-Moderator, Sarah Currier, joined Diane Hillmann after Stuart Sutton stepped down, with a view to tapping into her network and experience in the LOM community. Work was planned for 2006/2007 focussing on gathering:

(a) use cases for the AP;

(b) candidate vocabularies for Type and Instructional Method; and

(c) information on possible properties additional to existing Dublin Core (e.g. from IEEE LOM) for consideration for inclusion in the AP.

These goals were completed in 2006/2007.

At DC-2007 in Singapore, it was clear that the DC-Architecture framework for modelling and defining Dublin Core APs had matured to the point where further work on the DC-Ed AP needs to be brought into alignment with it (see the [WWW]Singapore Framework for Application Profiles on the DC-Architecture wiki).

It was decided that a DC-Ed AP Task Group should be formed for 2007/2008 to drive forward completion of the AP, in order to take it to the Usage Board for formal review at its 2008 mid-year meeting. There was also discussion around the idea of seeking funding to support completion of the DC-Ed AP, as it was recognised that this is a significant piece of work, comparable to the DC Scholarly Works AP, which was supported by JISC funding in the UK (see the [WWW]ePrints Application Profile page on the UKOLN wiki for more details).

As noted in the preface to the AP, the Education Working Group is indebted to the excellent, pioneering work of the DC-Libraries Community on the DC-Libraries AP.

The Joint DCMI/IEEE LTSC Taskforce, is producing a joint DCMI/IEEE specification making recommendations for using IEEE LOM Elements in Dublin Core metadata. To find out more about that effort, visit the [WWW]Taskforce wiki

Workplan for Drafting the Application Profile

The original workplan involved a relatively small Drafting Committee to prepare proposals for consideration. We thank the Drafting Committee for their efforts (reflected in versions 0.2 and 0.3, referenced below), and hope they will continue their involvement in the Application Profile. For historical information on the Drafting Committee, see the Drafting Committee Workpage.

The plan for 2006/2007 enlisted the Community as a whole in the effort, coordinated by the DC-Ed Community Moderators, [MAILTO]Diane Hillmann and [MAILTO]Sarah Currier. There was a lot of input and interest, with new people joining.

For 2007/2008, the Community will form a Task Group specifically to work on completing the AP. The Community as a whole will still be able to monitor, discuss and feed back on developments on the [WWW]Community Mailing List and wiki. If you wish to volunteer to be on the Task Group, or have comments or feedback on any of the DC-Ed AP work, please contact one of the Moderators. Community members are strongly encouraged to comment on issues and drafts presented on the mailing list and wiki, and to bring up issues relevant to usage of the AP in their own projects and organizations.

Use Cases

Working Draft of DC-Ed Application Profile

Vocabularies

Correlation Resource

Reference Materials

Draft Versions