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Content description

LORN members are required to use a protocol to describe the characteristics of their learning materials. The standard protocol adopted by LORN is called VETADATA - the (VET) system’s official metadata profile. All LORN repositories are required to apply the VETADATA protocol to their learning materials.

VETADATA v1.1	http://e-standards.flexiblelearning.net.au/vetadata/index.htm
Based on IEEE LOM v1.0	http://www.ieeeltsc.org/

Implementation guide

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Content packaging

The exchange of learning objects - LORN's primary aim - requires adaptation of formal specifications relating to how content is stored, retrieved and interpreted. LORN currently permits the use of the following standards for content packaging.

IMS Content Packaging Version 1.1.2

http://www.imsglobal.org/content/packaging/index.html

Or

Shareable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) version 1.2

http://www.adlnet.gov/scorm/history/Scorm12/

LORN reference guide

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Metadata harvesting

'Harvesting' in LORN refers to the process of transferring content from repository service providers (RSPs) to a central storage point, the federated search provider (FSP). It also involves the process of gathering, indexing and storing object's metadata in a central repository.

LORN follows the industry standard OAI-PMH (Open Archive Initiative – Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) version 2.0 for its harvesting activities

The IMS Digital Repository Interoperability (IMS DRI) framework	http://www.imsglobal.org/digitalrepositories
Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH)	http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/openarchivesprotocol.html