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Metadata and Digital Repositories |
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Please note: this site is no longer updated. For the current Metadata and Digital Repository SIG website, please visit http://wiki.cetis.ac.uk/Metadata. welcomeThe CETIS Metadata and Digital Repository Special Interest Group has been set up for those in UK Higher and Further Education who are interested in creating, storing and serving educational metadata. The group is a forum for members to share their experiences and knowledge, and support each other. The focus of the group is on how relevant specifications can be used in the Higher and Further Education sectors of the UK. aimsThe aims of the group are to:
activitiesApart from this website, dissemination of information and discussion is via a jiscmail mailing list, see http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/cetis-metadata.html and regular meetings. See the membership section of this website for information on how to join. The SIG also undertakes various tasks, such as the production of guides explaining metadata standards and specifications, and documenting who is using these standards and how. The outputs from these tasks can be found in the resources section of this website. JISC CETIS conference reportThe 2005 JISC CETIS conference "The eFramework Priorities and Challenges for 2006" was held in Edinburgh in November 2005. Places were limited, but those who could not attend can access recordings of all the presentations from the conference website, including the repositories strand. A report of the repositories strand is also available (MS Word, 81Kb). ContactsCoordinatorPhil Barker phone: 0131 451 3278 Research AssociateNeil Fegen phone: 0131 451 3280 |
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Maintained by Phil Barker and Neil Fegen. |