Title: The LOM application profile for agricultural learning resources of the CGIAR

Authors: Thomas Zschocke, Jan Beniest, Courtney Paisley, Jehad Najjar, Erik Duval

Addresses: Human Capacity Building Section, United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security, UN Campus, Hermann-Ehlers-Str. 10, 53113 Bonn, Germany. ' Training Unit, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), United Nations Avenue, P.O. Box 30677, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya. ' Training Unit, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), United Nations Avenue, P.O. Box 30677, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya. ' Computer Science Department, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Celestijnenlaan 200 A, 3001 Leuven, Belgium. ' Computer Science Department, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 A, 3001 Leuven, Belgium

Abstract: The international agricultural research centres of the CGIAR have established a repository for agricultural learning resources in collaboration with the ARIADNE Foundation. To make it easier to find these resources, an application profile, CG LOM Core, was developed on the basis of the IEEE Learning Object Metadata (LOM) standard. It defines the collection of metadata elements and value spaces drawn from other namespaces, adapted to the requirements of the CGIAR in describing and sharing their learning resources with an international audience. It maintains increased semantic interoperability within the CGIAR community and preserves compatibility with other repositories outside of the CGIAR.

Keywords: LOM; learning object metadata; application profile; learning technology standardisation; agricultural research; learning resources; semantics; semantic interoperability; learning objects.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMSO.2009.026250

International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies, 2009 Vol.4 No.1/2, pp.13 - 23

Published online: 30 May 2009 *

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