Treating metadata as annotations: separating the content mark-up from the content

The use of digital learning resources creates an increasing need for semantic metadata, describing the whole resource, as well as parts of resources. Traditionally, schemas such as Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) have been used to add semantic markup for parts of resources. This is not sufficient for...

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Published in:International journal of emerging technologies in learning 2007, Vol.2 (1), p.1
Main Authors: Paulsson, Fredrik, Engman, Jonas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computer science
content markup
Datavetenskap
Information technology
Informationsteknik
metadata
Semantic Web
TECHNOLOGY
TEKNIKVETENSKAP
XML
XPointers
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Summary:The use of digital learning resources creates an increasing need for semantic metadata, describing the whole resource, as well as parts of resources. Traditionally, schemas such as Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) have been used to add semantic markup for parts of resources. This is not sufficient for use in a ”metadata ecology”, where metadata is distributed, coherent to different Application Profiles, and added by different actors. A new methodology, where metadata is “pointed in” as annotations, using XPointers, and RDF is proposed. A suggestion for how such infrastructure can be implemented, using existing open standards for metadata, and for the web is presented. We argue that such methodology and infrastructure is necessary to realize the decentralized metadata infrastructure needed for a “metadata ecology".
ISSN:1863-0383
1868-8799
1863-0383