We recommend you run the Audio Set-up You will need a headset/microphone if you want to ask a question in audio Course Data Programme: Data definitions and vocabulary framework Start time: 2 pm and will be recorded. Recording link: 14 March 2012 #coursedata

Agenda How the session will work Intro to Data Definitions and Vocabularies Work Strand Schedule Updates Issues Conclusions and next steps Course Data Programme: Data definitions and vocabulary framework

How the session will work Presentations will be in audio over these slides, which should be visible on your screen You can use the text-chat to engage with other delegates and moderators. –Presenter will not be able to monitor –Moderators will try to pull out any key questions –To make text window bigger, select View > Layouts >Wide layout –To make it smaller or hide it away, adjust the size and position: uncheck View > Layouts > Layout locked If you have technical problems, send a private text-chat message to “moderators” and they will try to help Application sharing – Word docs may be shared at suitable points. How to comment will be explained verbally!

How the session will work: audio Only use your microphone when guided by a moderator To ask a question, –Raise your virtual hand –When invited to, click on the microphone button to speak –Click on the microphone button again when you have finished –Or, type your question into the chat box and the moderators will ask it for you Only one person using the microphone at a time otherwise there is an echo If relevant, use the tick/cross to indicate ‘yes’ or ‘no’ Feel free to use the emoticons available

Relevant sources of information Course Data Programme: ata.aspx ata.aspx XCRI Knowledge Base: Recording & all slides will be available from the XCRI Knowledge Base website. Data definitions: Vocabulary Framework: ulary_Framework2.0.docx ulary_Framework2.0.docx

Who are we? Alan Paull, Lead on Data Defs / Vocabs work Ruth Drysdale, JISC Programme manager Rob Englebright, JISC Tech Prog manager Kirstie Coolin, XCRI Support Team Jennifer Paull, APS, Projects Officer Lisa Vincent, Netskills, Elluminate technical support

#coursedata Any questions? Asking a question Raise your virtual hand When invited to, click on the microphone button to speak Click on the microphone button again when you have finished Or, type your question into the chat box

Agenda How the session will work Intro to Data Definitions and Vocabularies Work Strand Schedule Updates Issues Conclusions and next steps Course Data Programme: Data definitions and vocabulary framework

Intro to Data Defs &Vocabs Work Strand Community-based Accepted and authoritative Practical Interoperable Data Definitions Document –General guidelines –Namespaces –Licencing –Elements and attributes Vocabulary Framework Document –Creation, publication and maintenance –Recommended Course Data Programme vocabularies

Schedule 15 February 2012: First Elluminate session End February 2012: Second draft 14 March 2012: Second Elluminate session 26 March 2012: Final draft published 30 March 2012: Final draft approved 31 March 2012: First release published

Updates Schema locations: –At Google Code: schemas/source/browse/#svn%2Ftrunk%2Fxsdhttp://code.google.com/p/xcri- schemas/source/browse/#svn%2Ftrunk%2Fxsd –At XCRI Knowledge Base: eNewsletter: Next general Course Data Elluminate: –Friday 30 th March 2012 BS 8581: D raft for public comment: Now! e/26-general-news/296-bs8581-aka-xcri-cap- out-for-public-comment.html Spreadsheet version of Data Defs will also be available

Issues Special characters (para 25, page 7) Namespaces (para 29, page 8) Licensing of XCRI-CAP feeds (para 32, page 9) Date (para 40, page 10) Image [standardising on an image size] (page 11) Provider|location|identifier or URI (page 19) Course|identifier [URIs] (page 31) Qualification|identifier [should this be mandatory?] (page 35) Presentation|cost (page 45) Presentation|identifier: [pseudo-URIs?] (page 47/48) Presentation|title: May be inherited from course title (page 52) LATE ADDITION: Preferred, rather than Mandatory? Vocabularies: Should we be insisting on the use of specific vocabularies? If so, which ones?

Next steps 26 March 2012: Final draft published 30 March 2012: Final draft approved 31 March 2012: First release published Till March 2013: Formal version control with update path – plus annexes for communities of practice

#coursedata Any questions? Asking a question Raise your virtual hand When invited to, click on the microphone button to speak Click on the microphone button again when you have finished Or, type your question into the chat box

#coursedata Thank you for participating in Stage 2 of the Course Data programme For any further queries about data definitions and vocabularies please contact: Alan Paull (Lead on data defs/vocab work) Sandra Winfield (Support Team & Data Defs/ Vocabs work Project Manager) Rob Englebright (JISC Technical Programme Manager)