Metadata and Digital Repositories

SIG Meeting Report: University of Bath, 28 Jun 2006

Report by Neil Fegen. Most presentations are also available in mp3 format, which we hope you find a useful supplement to the PowerPoint slides (even though they might be hard to follow at times).

A list of attendees is given at the end of this report.

A summary of the evaluation forms is also available.

Introduction

Phil Barker gave a brief introduction to the day and to the aims and activities of CETIS.

For more details, see Phil's PowerPoint presentation [60kB].

Controlling the flexible, informal repositories relationship with institutions

Dave White presented about the SPIRE Project, talking about use of the LionShare system, and the benefits and drawbacks of P2P.

For more details, see Dave's PowerPoint presentation [837kB] and listen to Dave's PowerPoint presentation (mp3) [8.72MB].

PROWE Project

Lara Whitelaw presented on the PROWE Project, talking about using new networking tools and shared repositories to support part-time distance tutors’ professional development.

For more details, see Lara's PowerPoint presentation [244kB] and listen to Lara's PowerPoint presentation (mp3) [5.57MB].

DCC

Maureen Pennock talked about the DCC, highlighting the aim to solve extensive problems of digital preservation and curation, and talking about information services and advisory services provided by the DCC.

For more details, see Maureen's PowerPoint presentation [218Kb] and listen to Maureen's presentation as an mp3 [6.95Mb].

DC/LOM Update

Pete Johnston (of Eduserv) talked about work being undertaken under the auspices of Dublin Core and IEEE LTSC to map the LOM to the DC abstract model, which should allow LOM data elements to be used in application profiles that follow the DC Abstract Model and Dublin Core bindings (e.g. RDF) to be used for LOM instances.

For more details, see Pete's PowerPoint presentation [381kB] and listen to Pete's presentation as an mp3 [6.00Mb].

DICE Project

Eddie Clarke presented on the DICE Project, talking about the evaluation of the d+ search tool, along with project conclusions.

For more details, see Eddie's PowerPoint presentation (revised 2006-07-20) [79kB].

CD-LOR

Due to illness, Sarah was unable to attend the meeting, but her slides are available here. Sarah was due to talk about CD-LOR, giving an overview of the project and discussing some early findings with the project.

For more details, see Sarah's PowerPoint presentation [217KB].

Defining a specification for a high stakes assessment item bank: how do UK Interoperability and Metadata Standards impact on item banking?

Jenni Squire and Dave Baines talked about the UKCDR Project, where they are trying to define a specification for an item banking tool to enable the storage, exchange and analysis of high stakes assessment items.

For more details, see Dave and Jenni's pdf presentation [605Kb] and listen to Dave and Jenni's presentation as an mp3 [2.00Mb].

Attendees

The following registered for the meeting

Many thanks to all who attended, especially to those who gave presentations, and to those at UKOLN who helped with the organisation.