Identifier

1 and only 1

URI

A globally unique, persistent expression associated with the Resource.

Each repository will assign an identifier to the resources within its collections.  Resources are individual components of a course.  Resources in different repositories that contain the same content are not considered identical and should not share identifiers, however, they should reference each other via the identifiers assigned by each repository.  Both DSpace and OCW use URIs as resource identifiers, Stellar should adopt a similar practice.

http://ocw.mit.edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/OcwWeb/Chemistry/5-37Spring-2009/MIT5_37s09_lec01_Mod7

Title

1 and only 1

String

The name given to the Resource.

Packing of Secondary Structures

Description

1 and only 1

String

A textual description of the content of the Resource.

Lecture presentation on global supply chains and competition across the China Straits.

Contributor

1 or more

Agent

The name of a person or organization that has contributed to the preparation of the Resource.

The form of contributor names should be controlled and consistently applied across all three course-content systems.  This requires a shared resource that defines preferred forms of names, cross references variant forms, and provides identifying information for each contributor.  MIT OpenCourseWare is developing such a resource for its own collections.  If possible, this resource should be shared with the other course-content systems.  Contributions should be characterized by the role of the contributor.  A vocabulary of roles should be adopted.  MIT OpenCourseWare uses the following candidate vocabulary: Course Instructor, Creator.  Course Instructors are those members of the MIT faculty primarily responsible for course preparation and instruction.  Creators are those individuals other than Course Instructors that are responsible for course content.

Lakhani, Karim

Publisher

1 and only 1

Agent

The name of the course-content system in which the Resource was produced and disseminated.

This element allows the three DOS course-content systems to put their imprimatur on resources they have produced.  Values for this element should be restricted to the names of the DOS systems.   It is unlikely that the DSpace value will ever be used.  Courses are published in either Stellar or OCW and are merely transferred to DSpace.  DSpace will record the name of system in which the course was originally published.

"MIT OpenCourseWare" or "DSpace@MIT" or "Stellar Course Management System"

Publication Date

1 and only 1

DateTime

The date a the resource was made available to the audience of a course-content system.

A publication date will be assigned by each system.  This date corresponds to the day when access to the resource is first allowed by the system.  Stellar's publication date is the resource creation date. The DSpace publication date is the date the resource is deposited in the repository.  Resources deposited in DSpace are immediately available to the public. OCW records the date they first ran the resource through the publication engine.  Values for this element should conform to the ISO 8601 date and time format standard.

2007-04-16

Current Status

1 and only 1

Controlled Vocabulary

The name of the course-content system in which the course resides, and its state within that system.

A vocabulary of states needs to be identified.  Potential values for OCW are Unpublished, Staging, Published, Archived.

Language

1 or more

ISO 639-1

The languages in which the Resource is taught.

Values for this element should conform to the ISO 639-1 standard for two letter encoding of languages. Two letter language codes may be supplemented by an additional two letter code for the country of origin.

en-US

Aggregation Level

1 and only 1

Controlled Vocabulary

The kind of object from the DOS content model described by the metadata record.

There are only two kinds of objects for which metadata definitions have been created: Courses and Resources.  Courses are equivalent to OCW Courses and Stellar Sites.  Resources are equivalent to OCW Resources and Stellar Materials.  Both Courses and Resources are likely DSpace Items. 

Resource

Location

1 and only 1

URL

The url at which the Resource may be found.

This element should always start with “http://” and contain the full address.

http://ocw.mit.edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/NR/rdonlyres/Biology/7-88JFall-2007/AE3E6B3F-E462-4C30-8BE0-73BF9A6D600D/0/7_88_assign1.pdf

Format

1 and only 1

Internet Media Type

The MIME type of the Resource file.

Allowable values should be restricted to those registered with the IANA (see http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/).

application/pdf

Size

1 and only 1

Non-negative Integer

The size of the Resource in bytes.

74611

Technical Requirements

0 or 1

String

A textual description of software and hardware requirements for consuming the Resource.

This element is optional.The use of rights metadata is not consistent across all three course-content systems. OCW and DSpace make courses available to the general public while Stellar content is typically available only to students and faculty.  This engenders different intellectual property use policies and different rights metadata requirements.

Scheme software is required to run this .scm file.

Educational Context

1 or more

Controlled Vocabulary

The MIT level of study for which the Resource is appropriate.

This element is governed by a controlled vocabulary. Resource metadata should inherit values for this element from the metadata for the Course(s) to which the Resource belongs.

Undergraduate

Learning Resource Type

1 and only 1

Controlled Vocabulary

The type of Open Educational Material this resource represents.

The value of this element should conform to the OER Commons Material Types vocabulary: Activities and Labs, Assessments, Audio Lectures, Curriculum Standards, Discussion Forums, Games, Homework and Assignments, Lecture Notes, Lesson Plans, Readings, Simulations, Syllabi, Teaching and Learning Strategies, Textbooks, Training Materials, Video Lectures, Other.

Video Lectures

Rights

1 or more

String

The statement of copyright associated with the Resource.

The use of rights metadata is not consistent across all three course-content systems. OCW and DSpace make courses available to the general public while Stellar content is typically available only to students and faculty.  This engenders different intellectual property use policies and different rights metadata requirements.

License

0 or more

CC License (URI)

The URI for the Creative Commons license associated with the Resource.

This field is optional and is subject to the same inconsistencies of use as rights metadata.

Credit

0 or 1

String

A statement of allowance under which the Resource is included within its Course.  Usually identifies the person or organization that has granted usage rights.

This is a form of rights metadata that is not exactly the same as a copyright statement.  The copyright statement informs the user of the copyright status, owner, and allowable uses of the resource.  The credit line is intended to satisfy attribution requirements by identifying the rights granting agency.

Photo by shinyai on Flickr.

Course

1 or more

URI

The URI for the Course to which the Resource belongs.

http://ocw.mit.edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/OcwWeb/Biology/7-88JProtein-Folding-ProblemFall2003

Related Versions

0 or more

URI

The URI for other versions of the resource.

This element should be used to identify other versions of the resource, including prior versions, versions in other formats, and versions in other course-content systems.  Other necessary version relationship may identify themselves.  related version should always be characterized by using the Dublin Core relation element refinements (conformsTo, hasFormat, hasPart, hasVersion, isFormatOf, isPartOf, isReferencedBy, isReplacedBy, isRequiredBy, isVersionOf, references, replaces, requires).

Related Resources

0 or more

URI

The URI for a Resource related to the one described in the metadata record.

Examples of related resources include, but are not limited to: homework assignments and their solutions; homework assignments and student work; original versions of a Resource and revised versions with copyrighted material replaced or removed, preceding and following Resources in a sequence, or Resources outside of OCW upon which the Resource relies, such as textbooks from which homework assignments are taken.