28th June 2006, Bath

The following report is from the 28th June 2006 Metadata and Digital Repositories SIG Meeting, held at the University of Bath and hosted by UKOLN. Report by Neil Fegen. Most presentations are also available in mp3 format, which we hope you find a useful supplement to the PowerPoint slides (even though they might be hard to follow at times).

A list of attendees is given at the end of this report and a summary of the evaluation forms is also available.

Introduction
Phil Barker gave a brief introduction to the day and to the aims and activities of CETIS.

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Controlling the flexible, informal repositories relationship with institutions
Dave White presented about the SPIRE Project, talking about use of the LionShare system, and the benefits and drawbacks of P2P.

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PROWE Project
Lara Whitelaw presented on the PROWE Project, talking about using new networking tools and shared repositories to support part-time distance tutors’ professional development.

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DCC
Maureen Pennock talked about the DCC, highlighting the aim to solve extensive problems of digital preservation and curation, and talking about information services and advisory services provided by the DCC.

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DC/LOM Update
Pete Johnston (of Eduserv) talked about work being undertaken under the auspices of Dublin Core and IEEE LTSC to map the LOM to the DC abstract model, which should allow LOM data elements to be used in application profiles that follow the DC Abstract Model and Dublin Core bindings (e.g. RDF) to be used for LOM instances.

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CD-LOR
Due to illness, Sarah was unable to attend the meeting, but her slides are available here. Sarah was due to present on CD-LOR, giving an overview of the project and discussing some early findings with the project.

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 * PowerPoint

DICE Project
Eddie Clarke presented on the DICE Project, talking about the evaluation of the d+ search tool, along with project conclusions.

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Defining a specification for a high stakes assessment item bank
Defining a specification for a high stakes assessment item bank: how do UK Interoperability and Metadata Standards impact on item banking? Jenni Squire and Dave Baines talked about the UKCDR Project, where they are trying to define a specification for an item banking tool to enable the storage, exchange and analysis of high stakes assessment items.

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Attendees
The following people registered for the meeting.

Many thanks to all who attended, especially to those who gave presentations, and to those at UKOLN who helped with the organisation. End of page - back to top