Content Packaging for Complex Objects Technical Workshop Introduction

Content Packaging for Complex Objects Technical Workshop: Introduction Thursday 1 st February, Watershed, Bristol, United Kingdom UKOLN is supported by: Mahendra Mahey and Rachel Heery Repositories Research Team www. bath. ac. uk www. ukoln. ac. uk/repositories A centre of expertise in digital information management

Overview • Background • Aims and Objectives www. ukoln. ac. uk/repositories A centre of expertise in digital information management

Joint Information Systems Committee – UK government funding organisation promoting and implementing IT technology in Further (Community College) and Higher Education (Universities) Funded the Digital Repositories Programme in the UK (2005 – 2008) Phase 1 http: //www. jisc. ac. uk/whatwedo/programmes/programme_digital_repositories. aspx 27 Projects research, learning, information services, institutional policy, management and administration, records management www. ukoln. ac. uk/repositories A centre of expertise in digital information management

Project Priorities • • • Metadata standards Metadata quality Persistent identifiers Version control Quality assurance Benchmarking Images Data Repositories – (Building trusted repositories) • Provenance/Ownership • Legal issues • User requirements Legal and Policy Issues E-learning Integrating E-theses infrastructure Preservation Most of the projects can be grouped into these broad areas www. ukoln. ac. uk/repositories A centre of expertise in digital information management Clusters

CLADDIER ASK PERX Rights Rewards SHERPA Plus Repositories Research Team User Needs PROWE: IRS IRIScotlan d CDLOR MIDESS UK Collab GRADE R 4 L Repo. MMan Repository Bridge SPIRE SPECTRa VERSIONS Community Image Archive IRRA Trust DR STORE ETh. OS Open DOAR Framework For Medical Images www. ukoln. ac. uk/repositories A centre of expertise in digital information management GNU Eprints

Content in repositories • • • Full text Teaching and Learning Materials Research Data Families of related objects Content in repositories is (can be) complex www. ukoln. ac. uk/repositories A centre of expertise in digital information management

Aim of workshop • Contribute to summary guidelines on the value and appropriate use of the various content packaging standards (models) to support the exchange of data between repositories www. ukoln. ac. uk/repositories A centre of expertise in digital information management

Objectives • Reach a better understanding of the use of some content packaging standards / models to describe complex objects. • Compare and evaluate the appropriateness of the various content packaging standards in the context of digital repositories. www. ukoln. ac. uk/repositories A centre of expertise in digital information management

Format of Workshop • Five Presentations: – Moving Picture Experts Group 21 - Digital Item Declaration Language (MPEG 21 - DIDL) – Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS) – Resource Aggregation Model for Learning, Education and Training (RAMLET) – IMS Content Packaging Standards XML Binding – Dublin Core and the Dublin Core Abstract Model – 20 minutes, with 10 minutes of questions – List of questions to enable comparison (please ask during question sessions or during discussion) – Discussion in afternoon – focusing around suitability for different repositories – Evaluation sheet www. ukoln. ac. uk/repositories A centre of expertise in digital information management