[Oer-community] SUSPECT: Re: Metadata for OER and International Open Access Association

[Pat Lockley]

How does an open community assess using metadata that has costs?


On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 3:15 PM, Phil Barker <phil.barker at hw.ac.uk> wrote:

> On 24/11/12 16:54, Stracke, Christian wrote:
> > MLR is based on DC and OAI and 100% compliant with them (RDF and triple
> based) but enriched for learning elements.
> > And due to its strict rules for implementation and extensions, any
> application profile can be developed (by keeping 100% interoperability).
> > I strongly recommend to use MLR as basis for any system of listing,
> mapping and tagging OER.
> We've certainly come a long way since Dublin Core and IMS LRM. They were
> free. IEEE LOM will cost you about $100 (though if you Google you'll
> find the final draft for free).   What's published so far of ISO MLR
> costs from CHF 98 - 170  per part, so for 10 parts that's well over
> US$1,000 just to see whether it's useful.  Or is there an open access
> copy somewhere?
>
> Phil Barker
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