Buzz - Learning Object Metadata
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Mining the Archives: Metadata Development and Implementation
Martin White looks through the Ariadne archive to track the development and implementation of metadata in a variety of settings.
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CIG Conference 2010: Changes in Cataloguing in 'Interesting Times'
Rhiannon McLoughlin reports on a three-day conference on cataloguing in a time of financial stringency, held by the CILIP Cataloguing and Indexing Group at Exeter University, from 13-15 September 2010. -
Spinning a Semantic Web for Metadata: Developments in the IEMSR
Emma Tonkin and Alexey Strelnikov reflect on the experience of developing components for the Information Environment Metadata Schema Registry. -
Metadata for Learning Resources: An Update on Standards Activity for 2008
Sarah Currier gives an overview of current initiatives in standards for educational metadata. -
Googlepository and the University Library
Sue Manuel and Charles Oppenheim discuss the concept of Google as a repository within the wider context of resource management and provision in Further and Higher Education. -
DC 2006: Metadata for Knowledge and Learning
Julie Allinson, Rachel Heery, Pete Johnston and Rosemary Russell report on DC 2006, the sixth international conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, held 3 - 6 October 2006. -
Book Review: Metadata for Information Management and Retrieval
Marieke Guy takes a look at a recent introduction to metadata for the information professional. -
News and Events
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
What Are Your Terms?
Pete Johnston introduces the JISC Information Environment Metadata Schema Registry (IEMSR) Project and examines some of the challenges it is facing. -
Editorial Introduction to Issue 41: Forces in Train
Richard Waller introduces Ariadne 41. -
What Do Application Profiles Reveal about the Learning Object Metadata Standard?
Jean Godby assesses the customised subsets of metadata elements that have been defined by 35 projects using the LOM standard to describe e-learning resources. -
RDN/LTSN Partnerships: Learning Resource Discovery Based on the LOM and the OAI-PMH
Andy Powell and Phil Barker explore the technical collaboration currently underway between the RDN and the LTSN and describe the RDN/LTSN LOM Application Profile and its use to support resource discovery. -
Application Profiles: Mixing and Matching Metadata Schemas
Rachel Heery and Manjula Patel introduce a means of establishing a common approach to sharing information between implementers and standards makers. -
IMS Workshop
Tracy Gardner reports on a meeting held in March in the Francis Hotel, Bath.