A centre of expertise in digital information management Content Packaging for Complex Objects Technical Workshop: Introduction Thursday 1 st February, Watershed, Bristol, United Kingdom UKOLN is supported by: Mahendra Mahey and Rachel Heery Repositories Research Team

A centre of expertise in digital information management Overview Background Aims and Objectives

A centre of expertise in digital information management Funded the Digital Repositories Programme in the UK (2005 – 2008) Phase 1 Joint Information Systems Committee – UK government funding organisation promoting and implementing IT technology in Further (Community College) and Higher Education (Universities) 27 Projects research, learning, information services, institutional policy, management and administration, records management

A centre of expertise in digital information management Metadata standards Metadata quality Persistent identifiers Version control Quality assurance Benchmarking –(Building trusted repositories) Provenance/Ownership Legal issues User requirements Project Priorities E-learning Data Repositories Most of the projects can be grouped into these broad areas Images E-theses Legal and Policy Issues Preservation Integrating infrastructure Clusters

A centre of expertise in digital information management ASK CLADDIERGRADE CDLOR IRS IRIScotlan d MIDESS PERX PROWE: R4L RepoMMan SPECTRa SPIRE STORE Trust DR UK Collab User Needs VERSIONS EThOS GNU Eprints IRRA Community Image Archive Rights Rewards SHERPA Plus Open DOAR Framework For Medical Images Repository Bridge Repositories Research Team

A centre of expertise in digital information management Content in repositories Full text Teaching and Learning Materials Research Data Families of related objects Content in repositories is (can be) complex

A centre of expertise in digital information management Aim of workshop Contribute to summary guidelines on the value and appropriate use of the various content packaging standards (models) to support the exchange of data between repositories

A centre of expertise in digital information management Objectives Reach a better understanding of the use of some content packaging standards / models to describe complex objects. Compare and evaluate the appropriateness of the various content packaging standards in the context of digital repositories.

A centre of expertise in digital information management Format of Workshop Five Presentations: –Moving Picture Experts Group 21 - Digital Item Declaration Language (MPEG 21 - DIDL) –Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS) –Resource Aggregation Model for Learning, Education and Training (RAMLET) –IMS Content Packaging Standards XML Binding –Dublin Core and the Dublin Core Abstract Model –20 minutes, with 10 minutes of questions –List of questions to enable comparison (please ask during question sessions or during discussion) –Discussion in afternoon – focusing around suitability for different repositories –Evaluation sheet