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Metadata: Learning Object Metadata (LOM)
Antonio Devís edited this page Jul 17, 2019
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This category groups the general information that describes this learning object as a whole.
| Codes | Field | LOM | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ----- | Identifier | identifier | A globally unique label that identifies this learning object. |
| ----- | └Catalog | catalog | The name or designator of the identification or cataloging scheme for this entry. A namespace scheme. |
| ----- | └Entry | entry | The value of the identifier within the identification or cataloging scheme that designates or identifies this learning object. A namespace-specific string. |
| ----- | Title | title | Name given to this learning object. |
| ----- | Language | language | The primary human language or languages used within this learning object to communicate to the intended user. |
| ----- | Description | description | A textual description of the content of this learning object. |
| ----- | Keyword | keyword | A keyword or phrase describing the topic of this learning object. |
| ----- | Coverage | coverage | The time, culture, geography, or region to which this learning object applies. |
| ----- | Structure | structure | Underlying organizational structure of this learning object. |
| ----- | Aggregation Level | aggregationLevel | The functional granularity of this learning object. |
This category describes the history and current state of this learning object and those entities that have affected this learning object during its evolution.
| Codes | Field | LOM | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ----- | Version | version | The edition of this learning object. |
| ----- | Status | status | The completion status or condition of this learning object. |
| ----- | Contribute | contribute | Those entities (i.e., people, organizations) that have contributed to the state of this learning object during its life cycle (e.g., creation, edits, publication). |
| ----- | └Role | role | Kind of contribution. |
| ----- | └Entity | entity | The identification of and information about entities contributing to this learning object. |
| ----- | └Date | date | The date of the contribution. |
This category describes this metadata record itself. This category describes how the metadata instance can be identified, who created this metadata instance, how, when, and with what references.
| Codes | Field | LOM | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ----- | Identifier | identifier | A globally unique label that identifies this metadata record. |
| ----- | └Catalog | catalog | The name or designator of the identification or cataloging scheme for this entry. A namespace scheme. |
| ----- | └Entry | entry | The value of the identifier within the identification or cataloging scheme that designates or identifies this metadata record. A namespace-specific string. |
| ----- | Contribute | contribute | Those entities (i.e., people, organizations) that have affected the state of this metadata instance during its life cycle (e.g., creation, validation). |
| ----- | └Role | role | Kind of contribution. |
| ----- | └entity | entity | The identification of and information about entities (i.e., people, organizations) contributing to this metadata instance. The entities shall be ordered as most relevant first. |
| ----- | └Date | date | The date of the contribution. |
| ----- | Metadata Schema | metadataSchema | The name and version of the authoritative specification used to create this metadata instance. |
| ----- | Language | language | Language of this metadata instance. |
This category describes the technical requirements and characteristics of this learning object.
| Codes | Field | LOM | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ----- | Format | format | Technical datatype(s) of (all the components of) this learning object. |
| ----- | Size | size | The size of the digital learning object in bytes (octets). |
| ----- | Location | location | A string that is used to access this learning object. It may be a location, or a method that resolves to a location. |
| ----- | Requirement | requirement | The technical capabilities necessary for using this learning object. If there are multiple requirements, then all are required, i.e., the logical connector is AND. |
| ----- | OrCompposite | orCompposite | Grouping of multiple requirements. The composite requirement is satisfied when one of the composite requirements is satisfied. |
| ----- | └Type | type | The technology required to use this learning object, e.g., hardware, software, network. |
| ----- | └Name | name | Name of the required technology to use this learning object. |
| ----- | └Minimum Version | minimumVersion | Lowest possible version of the required technology to use this learning object |
| ----- | └Maximum Version | maximumVersion | Highest possible version of the required technology to use this learning object. |
| ----- | Installation Remarks | installationRemarks | Description of how to install this learning object. |
| ----- | Other Platform Requirements | otherPlatformRequirements | Information about other software and hardware requirements. |
| ----- | Duration | duration | Time a continuous learning object takes when played at intended speed. |
| Codes | Field | LOM | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ----- | Interactivity Type | interactivityType | Predominant mode of learning supported by this learning object. |
| ----- | Learning Resource Type | learningResourceType | Specific kind of learning object. |
| ----- | Interactivity Level | interactivityLevel | The degree of interactivity characterizing this learning object. Interactivity in this context refers to the degree to which the learner can influence the aspect or behavior of the learning object. |
| ----- | Semantic Density | semanticDensity | The degree of conciseness of a learning object. The semantic density of a learning object may be estimated in terms of its size, span, or—in the case of self-timed resources such as audio or video— duration. |
| ----- | Intended End User Role | intendedEndUserRole | Principal user(s) for which this learning object was designed. |
| ----- | Context | context | The principal environment within which the learning and use of this learning object is intended to take place. |
| ----- | Typical Age Range | typicalAgeRange | Age of the typical intended user. This data element shall refer to developmental age, if that would be different from chronological age. |
| ----- | Difficulty | difficulty | How hard it is to work with or through this learning object for the typical intended target audience. |
| ----- | Typical Learning Time | typicalLearningTime | Approximate or typical time it takes to work with or through this learning object for the typical intended target audience. |
| ----- | Description | description | Comments on how this learning object is to be used. |
| ----- | Language | language | The human language used by the typical intended user of this learning object. |
This category describes the intellectual property rights and conditions of use for this learning object.
| Codes | Field | LOM | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ----- | Cost | cost | Whether use of this learning object requires payment. |
| ----- | Copyright and Other Restrictions | copyrightAndOtherRestrictions | Whether copyright or other restrictions apply to the use of this learning object. |
| ----- | Description | description | Comments on the conditions of use of this learning object. |
This category defines the relationship between this learning object and other learning objects, if any.
| Codes | Field | LOM | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ----- | Kind | kind | Nature of the relationship between this learning object and the target learning object, identified by Relation.Resource. |
| ----- | Resource | resource | The target learning object that this relationship references. |
| ----- | └Identifier | identifier | A globally unique label that identifies the target learning object. |
| ----- | └Catalog | catalog | The name or designator of the identification or cataloging scheme for this entry. A namespace scheme. |
| ----- | └Entry | entry | The value of the identifier within the identification or cataloging scheme that designates or identifies the target learning object. A namespace-specific string |
| ----- | └Description | description | Description of the target learning object. |
This category provides comments on the educational use of this learning object, and information on when and by whom the comments were created.
| Codes | Field | LOM | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ----- | Entity | entity | Entity (i.e., people, organizations) that created this annotation. |
| ----- | Date | date | Date this annotation was created. |
| ----- | Description | description | The content of this annotation. |
This category describes where this learning object falls within a particular classification system.
| Codes | Field | LOM | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ----- | Purpose | purpose | The purpose of classifying this learning object. |
| ----- | Taxon Path | taxonpath | A taxonomic path in a specific classification system. Each succeeding level is a refinement in the definition of the proceeding level. There may be different paths, in the same or different classifications, which describe the same characteristic. |
| ----- | └Source | source | The name of the classification system. |
| ----- | Taxon | taxon | A particular term within a taxonomy. A taxon is a node that has a defined label or term. Either or both the label and the entry may be used to designate a particular taxon. An ordered list of taxons creates a taxonomic path, i.e., "taxonomic stairway": this is a path from a more general to a more specific entry in a classification. |
| ----- | └Id | id | The identifier of the taxon, such as a number or letter combination provided by the source of the taxonomy. |
| ----- | └Entry | entry | The textual label of the taxon. |
| ----- | Description | description | Description of the learning object relative to the stated 9.1:Classification. |
| ----- | Keyword | keyword | Keywords and phrases descriptive of the learning object relative to the stated 9.1:Classification. |