Enhancing the LOM application profiles using the DOI

Enhancing the LOM application profiles using the DOI AIE – Italian Publishers Association Ed. Re. Ne Workshop London, 8 th – 9 th January 2008

Background • AIE is the trade association for Italian publishers of books, magazines and digital products, covering around 90% of the book market in Italy (more than 400 associated publishers). • Through m. EDRA (multilingual European DOI Registration Agency), AIE encourages publishers in adopting standard identifiers and communication formats within the content value chain. In addition to DOI services, m. EDRA offers its customers training and metadata consultancy and is involved in R&D projects for developing innovative applications and services for content industry. • Eleonet -European Learning Objects Network (jan 06 – jul 07): the project extended the scope of the DOI (digital object identifier) technology to the learning objects environment: a specific DOI application profile for learning resources was developed, together with appropriate registration tools. Ed. Re. Ne Workshop London, 8 th – 9 th January 2008

The DOI® (Digital Object Identifier, www. doi. org) is the international standard identifier for any form of Intellectual Property in a digital environment. Main features of the DOI technology are: • Flexibility: the DOI can be assigned to any content type (i. e. textual, audiovisual, still images, etc. ) according to different context of use of resource identified (i. e. bibliographic catalogues, trading, educational environments, etc. ). Each metadata schema for DOI registration defines a specific DOI application profile. • Network Actionability: when used in a network environment, the DOI works as a persistent link resolving to specific information associated to the object (eg. the digital version of the object identified, to the publisher’s website, an ecommerce application). This process is called resolution. • Persistency: The DOI metadata include the URL of the digital resource (s) to which the DOI resolves to. Whenever a resource is moved from a location to another one, it is sufficient to update the DOI metadata once and all the links based on DOI names will keep on working. Ed. Re. Ne Workshop London, 8 th – 9 th January 2008

The DOI at work DOI: 10. 1388/Indi. Scie 49_1 Prefix assigned by the Registration Agency Suffix: arbitrary object description Resolving a DOI: http: //dx. doi. org/ 10. 1388/Indi. Scie 49_1 Using the DOI to create persistent hyperlinks (ex. references pages): 10. 1392/dironix On mouse click, the web user is immediately redirected to the online resource(s) about the object identified Ed. Re. Ne Workshop London, 8 th – 9 th January 2008

The DOI in the LOs field Within the framework of Eleonet project, a specific DOI application profile for learning objects, based on LOM and SCORM standards was developed. The goal was to extend the benefits of DOI technology to the LOs value chain: • To encourage educational publishers and LOs producers to adopt a standard identifier system for managing and trading digital educational resources • To enforce interoperability between the IT systems of different actors involved in the European e-learning value chain (i. e. content producers, national and EU educational repositories, service providers, online catalogues), thus facilitating the exchange of educational content • To provide learning communities with added – value services based on the DOI resolution technology Ed. Re. Ne Workshop London, 8 th – 9 th January 2008

The design of the metadata schema Desk analysis of existing LOM APs and SCORM conformance requirements Design of a LOM metadata application profile overlapping national educational approaches Ed. Re. Ne Workshop London, 8 th – 9 th January 2008 Market needs Comparison between different representations of educational resources at local repositories level (i. e. LOM vocabularies)

DOI registration on LOs A valid DOI registration message includes: • Message Header with information on the DOI registrant (i. e. LOs producer or LOs repository) • DOI metadata: the DOI name and the URL of the online resource to which the DOI resolves on web-user click • LOM metadata record: mandatory data elements according to SCORM conformance requirements + optional data elements for a richer description of the resource, both from a bibliographic and pedagogical point of view. DOI registration tools: • XML direct upload: designed for users who are already familiar with metadata standards • Web editor: a user-friendly web interface for an easier registration of DOI and LOM metadata • Secured web services for B 2 B interactions Ed. Re. Ne Workshop London, 8 th – 9 th January 2008

The DOI Multiple Resolution service allows DOI registrants (content producers, repositories): • to associate multiple information resources and services (i. e. URIs) to each object identified with a DOI • to aggregate information/services according to specific thematic areas • to make information/services available to final users on mouse click m. EDRA has recently launched the MR service for DOI registration on text - based publications (monographs and serials, both print and digital) but it can be easily extended to LOs. The service is now running on Libreka (www. libreka. de), the new search platform by the German Publishers Association providing full text search facilities on the German Books in Print catalogue When resolving a DOI, the user is presented with the different resource options through a friendly web interface… Ed. Re. Ne Workshop London, 8 th – 9 th January 2008

The MR web page Ed. Re. Ne Workshop London, 8 th – 9 th January 2008

The MR in action Ed. Re. Ne Workshop London, 8 th – 9 th January 2008

Extending the MR service to the LOs field Clicking on the DOI assigned to a LO, the web user is redirected to related information resources and/or services provided by the educational repository and/or by third parties (e. g. ecommerce platforms, content providers) Some options: • View metadata • Try the demo DOI • Buy the resource • Access the supporting material • Access related LOs • Go to the publisher website Ed. Re. Ne Workshop London, 8 th – 9 th January 2008

Contacts & Info The DOI and the Multiple Resolution service: www. medra. org The Eleonet project : www. eleonet. org Cristina Mussinelli Maria Loi Giulia Marangoni cristina. mussinelli@aie. it maria. loi@aie. it giulia. marangoni@aie. it Ed. Re. Ne Workshop London, 8 th – 9 th January 2008