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This report examines mainstream educational metadata schemas available for electronic educational resource discovery on the Internet. The IEEE Learning Object Metadata, the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, the IMS Project schema, the Resource Description Framework and XML are described in relation to their relevance for the requirements of online course directories and preliminary conclusions are drawn as to their usefulness in indexing online courses.

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    Julia Innes & Rory McGreal

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Innes, J., McGreal, R. (2002). Metadata Specifications. In: Adelsberger, H.H., Collis, B., Pawlowski, J.M. (eds) Handbook on Information Technologies for Education and Training. International Handbooks on Information Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-07682-8_17

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