Instructional Method will typically include ways of presenting instructional materials or conducting instructional activities, patterns of learner-to-learner and learner-to-instructor interactions, and mechanisms by which group and individual levels of learning are measured. Instructional methods include all aspects of the instruction and learning processes from planning and implementation through evaluation and feedback.
A process, used to engender knowledge, attitudes and skills, that the described resource is designed to support.
Instructional Method
Specify the field of a programme of study.
taughtInField
Date of acceptance of the resource.
Date Accepted
Examples of resources to which a Date Accepted may be relevant are a thesis (accepted by a university department) or an article (accepted by a journal).
Access Rights
Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status.
Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies.
A process that is used to engender knowledge, attitudes, and skills.
Method of Instruction
Examples of a Publisher include a person, an organization, or a service. Typically, the name of a Publisher should be used to indicate the entity.
An entity responsible for making the resource available.
Publisher
A second property with the same name as this property has been declared in the dcterms: namespace (http://purl.org/dc/terms/). See the Introduction to the document "DCMI Metadata Terms" (http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/) for an explanation.
The set of conceptual resources specified by the Universal Decimal Classification.
UDC
The set of conceptual resources specified by the Library of Congress Classification.
LCC
Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
A bibliographic reference for the resource.
Bibliographic Citation
Term Group
A group of related terms in a vocabulary.
Spatial topic and spatial applicability may be a named place or a location specified by its geographic coordinates. Temporal topic may be a named period, date, or date range. A jurisdiction may be a named administrative entity or a geographic place to which the resource applies. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the Thesaurus of Geographic Names [TGN]. Where appropriate, named places or time periods can be used in preference to numeric identifiers such as sets of coordinates or date ranges.
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant.
Coverage
The set of codes listed in ISO 3166-1 for the representation of names of countries.
ISO 3166
Usage Note
A reference to a resource that provides information on how this resource is to be used.
Associates the next slot in an ordered list.
has next
testing
The set of dates and times constructed according to the W3C Date and Time Formats Specification.
W3C-DTF
Levels refers to the stages of education. Typically, there are four different ways to specify the levels: age range, year, key stage and phase.
Level
A statement about the intellectual property rights (IPR) held in or over a Resource, a legal document giving official permission to do something with a resource, or a statement about access rights.
Rights Statement
A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful.
Audience
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Rights Holder
Examples include written, spoken, sign, and computer languages.
A system of signs, symbols, sounds, gestures, or rules used in communication.
Linguistic System
A legal document giving official permission to do something with the resource.
License
Mediator
An entity that mediates access to the resource and for whom the resource is intended or useful.
In an educational context, a mediator might be a parent, teacher, teaching assistant, or care-giver.
This document describes a vocabulary for annotating descriptions of vocabularies with examples and usage notes.
VANN: A vocabulary for annotating vocabulary descriptions
Has Version
A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource.
This term is intended to be used with non-literal values as defined in the DCMI Abstract Model (http://dublincore.org/documents/abstract-model/). As of December 2007, the DCMI Usage Board is seeking a way to express this intention with a formal range declaration.
The set of conceptual resources specified by the National Library of Medicine Classification.
NLM
Examples of Agent Class include groups seen as classes, such as students, women, charities, lecturers.
A group of agents.
Agent Class
Key Stage is a way to specify the stage of the state education system in England, Wales, Northern Ireland.
KeyStage
The Ordered Lists Ontology Specification provides basic concepts and properties for describing ordered lists as semantic graph. This document contains a RDF description of the Ordered Lists Ontology as proposed by Samer Abdallah.
The Ordered Lists Ontology
A plan or course of action by an authority, intended to influence and determine decisions, actions, and other matters.
Policy
Date (often a range) of validity of a resource.
Date Valid
Recommended best practice is to identify the resource by means of a string conforming to a formal identification system.
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context.
Identifier
A method by which resources are added to a collection.
Method of Accrual
A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of a resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation.
Provenance Statement
Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as RFC 4646 [RFC4646].
Language
A language of the resource.
A related resource that is required by the described resource to support its function, delivery, or coherence.
Requires
a short cut from a programme of study or a topic of study to the member of its topic of study list
includesTopicOfStudy
A related resource that is supplanted, displaced, or superseded by the described resource.
Replaces
The set of labeled concepts specified by the Medical Subject Headings.
MeSH
Capture the hierarchy of fields of study.
subFieldOf
Nation is the concept to describe the four parts of the UK, i.e. England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Nation
Is Version Of
A related resource of which the described resource is a version, edition, or adaptation.
Changes in version imply substantive changes in content rather than differences in format.
A slot in an ordered list.
has slot
stable
A class of entity, defined in terms of progression through an educational or training context, for which the described resource is intended.
Audience Education Level
An interval of time that is named or defined by its start and end dates.
Period of Time
The set of points in space defined by their geographic coordinates according to the DCMI Point Encoding Scheme.
DCMI Point
A basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated.
Standard
Date of creation of the resource.
Date Created
The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource.
A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation.
Provenance
DCMI Metadata Terms - other
This ontology aims to provide data model and vocabularies for describing the national curricula within the UK
Corrected Labels
Curriculum Ontology
Preferred Namespace Prefix
The preferred namespace prefix to use when using terms from this vocabulary in an XML document.
Examples of language are English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic and Irish Gaelic.
Typically, the subject will be represented using keywords, key phrases, or classification codes. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary.
The topic of the resource.
Subject
A spatial region or named place.
Location
A book, article, or other documentary resource.
Bibliographic Resource
Examples of dimensions include size and duration. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the list of Internet Media Types [MIME].
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource.
Format
Topic of study is topic within the context of a programme of study. It aims to provide a formal learning context to an asset or a collection of assets.
TopicOfStudy
Capture the hierarchy of programmes of study.
subProgrammeOf
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Spatial Coverage
The three-letter alphabetic codes listed in ISO639-2 for the representation of names of languages.
ISO 639-2
Examples include paper, canvas, or DVD.
A physical material or carrier.
Physical Medium
Is Format Of
A related resource that is substantially the same as the described resource, but in another format.
Alternative Title
The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific.
An alternative name for the resource.
Recommended best practice is to identify the related resource by means of a string conforming to a formal identification system.
A related resource.
Relation
Examples of a Creator include a person, an organization, or a service. Typically, the name of a Creator should be used to indicate the entity.
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource.
Creator
the status of a vocabulary term, expressed as a short symbolic string; known values include 'unstable','testing', 'stable' and 'archaic'
A media type or extent.
Media Type or Extent
Link a topic of study or a programme of study to an ordered list of topics of study.
topics
This concept is borrowed from the controlled terms for describing phase of education, which are published by the data.gov.uk. The phases of education include Primary, Secondary and 16-Plus.
Phase
Preferred Namespace Uri
The preferred namespace URI to use when using terms from this vocabulary in an XML document.
The described resource may be derived from the related resource in whole or in part. Recommended best practice is to identify the related resource by means of a string conforming to a formal identification system.
A related resource from which the described resource is derived.
Source
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource.
Date may be used to express temporal information at any level of granularity. Recommended best practice is to use an encoding scheme, such as the W3CDTF profile of ISO 8601 [W3CDTF].
Date
A programme of study is the combination of a nation, an educational level such as Key Stage 3 and the subject being studied, Science, Maths etc.
ProgrammeOfStudy
A slot in an ordered list with a fixed index.
Slot
Link topic of study to a programme of study.
appropriateFor
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
Temporal Coverage
A summary of the resource.
Abstract
Specify an asset is useful for preparing exams provided by an exam board.
examBoard
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Capture the hierarchy of level.
subLevelOf
RFC 5646 obsoletes RFC 4646.
The set of tags constructed according to RFC 5646 for the identification of languages.
RFC 5646
Description may include but is not limited to: an abstract, a table of contents, a graphical representation, or a free-text account of the resource.
An account of the resource.
Description
The upper bound of the age range of a educational level.
upperAgeBoundary
The set of tags, constructed according to RFC 1766, for the identification of languages.
RFC 1766
The extent or range of judicial, law enforcement, or other authority.
Jurisdiction
A legal document giving official permission to do something with a Resource.
License Document
Age or age range is a way to specify the stages of education.
Age
Date Submitted
Date of submission of the resource.
Examples of resources to which a Date Submitted may be relevant are a thesis (submitted to a university department) or an article (submitted to a journal).
The set of labeled concepts specified by the Library of Congress Subject Headings.
LCSH
The property of an asset being in a specific language.
language
The set of media types specified by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority.
IMT
A name given to the resource.
Title
Examples of Agent include person, organization, and software agent.
A resource that acts or has the power to act.
Agent
The set of regions in space defined by their geographic coordinates according to the DCMI Box Encoding Scheme.
DCMI Box
Changes
A reference to a resource that describes changes between this version of a vocabulary and the previous.
Examples include the formats defined by the list of Internet Media Types.
A digital resource format.
File Format
Specify the difficulty level of an asset
paperTier
An index of a slot in an ordered list.
has index
The material or physical carrier of the resource.
Medium
Type
Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the DCMI Type Vocabulary [DCMITYPE]. To describe the file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource, use the Format element.
The nature or genre of the resource.
Topic can highlight the content of the learning resources in a way more specific than the Field of Study. For example, energy is a topic of physics.
Topic
Examples include a number of pages, a specification of length, width, and breadth, or a period in hours, minutes, and seconds.
A dimension or extent, or a time taken to play or execute.
Size or Duration
human-oriented documentation, examples etc for use of this term
Date Modified
Date on which the resource was changed.
A ordered list of topics of study
TopicOfStudyList
Examples of a Contributor include a person, an organization, or a service. Typically, the name of a Contributor should be used to indicate the entity.
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource.
Contributor
The set of identifiers constructed according to the generic syntax for Uniform Resource Identifiers as specified by the Internet Engineering Task Force.
URI
The set of places specified by the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names.
TGN
An established standard to which the described resource conforms.
Conforms To
Rights
Typically, rights information includes a statement about various property rights associated with the resource, including intellectual property rights.
Information about rights held in and over the resource.
Link topics of study to BBC assets.
providesContextTo
RFC 3066 has been obsoleted by RFC 4646.
The set of tags constructed according to RFC 3066 for the identification of languages.
RFC 3066
An ordered list with a given length an indexed items.
Ordered List
Examples of a Creator include a person, an organization, or a service.
The policy governing the addition of items to a collection.
Accrual Policy
The set of time intervals defined by their limits according to the DCMI Period Encoding Scheme.
DCMI Period
Exam board is the organization holds some exams.
ExamBoard
An item of a slot in an ordered list.
has item
The set of conceptual resources specified by the Dewey Decimal Classification.
DDC
A related resource that is included either physically or logically in the described resource.
Has Part
The frequency with which items are added to a collection.
Accrual Periodicity
The set of three-letter codes listed in ISO 639-3 for the representation of names of languages.
ISO 639-3
A related resource that requires the described resource to support its function, delivery, or coherence.
Is Required By
Specify the nation of a level.
taughtInNation
The length of an ordered list.
has length
A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format.
Has Format
Specify the level of a programme of study.
taughtAtLevel
Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available.
Date Available
This vocabulary was created in the FOAF project, based on experience with FOAF, Dublin Core and other early RDF vocabularies. Deployment experience shows that changing namespace URIs is expensive and unrewarding, so this vocabulary provides terms to support in-place evolution of structured data vocabularies. By indicating status at the level of terms rather than vocabularies, dictionary-style, fine grained improvements become easier. Different organizations and parties can agree or disagree on the status of a vocabulary term; however the status published alongside the term may deserve special attention. Future work could include patterns for citing announcements and decisions, or using SKOS to decentralise the extension of the basic status levels.
An RDF vocabulary for relating SW vocabulary terms to their status.
Fields of study refers to the disciplines of a curriculum, e.g. Science, Maths, Science, etc.
FiledOfStudy
Paper tier reflects the difficulty of a exam. It can be standard or higher.
PaperTier
RFC 4646 obsoletes RFC 3066.
The set of tags constructed according to RFC 4646 for the identification of languages.
RFC 4646
Is Replaced By
A related resource that supplants, displaces, or supersedes the described resource.
A file format or physical medium.
Media Type
A list of subunits of the resource.
Table Of Contents
Dublin Core Metadata Element Set, Version 1.1
An ordered list of an slot.
has ordered list
The PID of the depiction (image).
depictionPID
Capture the hierarchy of topics.
subTopicOf
Examples of a Publisher include a person, an organization, or a service.
Associates the previous slot in an ordered list
has previous
The date when a programme of study is published
publishedAt
The set of classes specified by the DCMI Type Vocabulary, used to categorize the nature or genre of the resource.
DCMI Type Vocabulary
The size or duration of the resource.
Extent
Link topic of study views to topics.
about
more information about the status etc of a term, typically human oriented
The lower bound of the age range of a educational level.
lowerAgeBoundary
A location, period of time, or jurisdiction.
Location, Period, or Jurisdiction
The method by which items are added to a collection.
Accrual Method
References
A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource.
Examples of a Contributor include a person, an organization, or a service.
A material thing.
Physical Resource
Date Copyrighted
Date of copyright.
Date Issued
Date of formal issuance (e.g., publication) of the resource.
A rate at which something recurs.
Frequency
Year is a way to specify the stages of education.
Year
A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource.
Is Referenced By
Example
A reference to a resource that provides an example of how this resource can be used.
Specify an asset could be useful for a certain nation
nation