Best Practices for ADL Registry Metadata Thursday, August 29, 2007 Nina Pasini Deibler Joint ADL...

Best Practices for ADL Registry Metadata

Thursday, August 29, 2007

Nina Pasini DeiblerJoint ADL Co-Lab

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Topics

• What does DoDI 1322.26 require?

• What is the ADL Registry?

• What should I register?

• What metadata is required?

• Where do I start?

• Where do I go for help?

What does DoDI 1322.26 require?

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Some Requirements fromDoDI 1322.26

• All acquired or developed systems and content packages shall conform to SCORM (current version)

• All acquired or developed SCORM-conformant content packages shall– Include metadata– Be registered in the ADL Registry– Be maintained in DoD Components’

repositories that are searchable and accessible

What is the ADL Registry?

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ADL Registry Definition

• A central search point for DoD training content

• The digital equivalent of a library card catalog– Contains all of the cards (registered

entries) that contain a standard set of information (metadata) about all of the books (training content) in the library (repository)

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ADL Registry Requirements

• ADL Registry-defined metadata about your content– Plus additional LOM metadata, if desired

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Repositories and the ADL Registry

ADL Registry

Web Portal

Army

Navy

Air Force

Marines

JFSC JFCOM

DAU

Your organization’s local repository stores the content. The ADL Registry stores

metadata records about the content.

What Should I Register?

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Register All New Content

• Content packages– Courses, aggregations, and SCOs that

others could share, reuse, or repurpose• Others are more likely to reuse small pieces

of content than larger ones

• Collections of learning objectives– Courses– Modules– Units– Other…

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Register Legacy ContentThat Is Useful to Others - 1

• Applicable to or required by multiple services or other organizations within DoD– Combating Trafficking in Persons– Combat Care for Blast Injuries– Tactical: Patrolling, Defensive Operations

• Non-government specific– Accounting– Leadership

– Medical– Compliance

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Register Legacy ContentThat Is Useful to Others - 2

• Governed by Federal, rather than DoD policy– Air traffic control– Hazardous materials transportation– Federal acquisition regulations

• Not weapon-system specific– Principles of navigation (flight or naval

training)– HWMMV maintenance

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Register Legacy ContentThat Is Useful to Others - 3

• Other guidance (in PDF files)– Style Guides

• Defense Ammunition Center e-Learning Style Guide

– Glossaries• ADL Terminology

– Reference Manuals• SCORM Best Practices Guide for

Content Developers

What Metadata is Required?

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High-Level Description• Title

– “Transporting Hazardous Materials”

• Description– “Provides an introduction to hazardous

materials classes/divisions, placarding requirements and safety considerations during transit. Also describes MSDSs and the ERG.”

• Keywords– “hazmat, hazardous materials

classes/divisions, hazmat placards, hazardous materials transportation,MSDS, ERG”

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Configuration Control

• Version– “4.0”

• Status (fixed value set)– “under development”

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Author and Technical

• Author– “Defense Ammunition Center (DAC)

Directorate for Training1 C Tree RoadMcAlester, Oklahoma+1-918-420-8813 admin@dac.army.milhttps://www3.dac.army.mil/AS/”

• Format– “HTML”, “FlashPlayer”

• SCORM Version– “SCORM 2004”

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Rights Management

• Copyright– “No”

• Distribution Restrictions– “Not for foreign distribution”

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Contributor

• Individual ID– “William Scott”

• Group ID

– “4444.grp/10031dacgroup2”

• Always the same for your group

– Group 1 is assigned to users

– Group 2 is assigned to managers

• Repository ID

– “100.50./10017daclms”

• Always the same for your repository

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Persistent Identification

• Training Content Identifier– Handle prefix “4444.22”

• Always the same for your organization

– Handle suffix “nskdfoipsdf2154sdf5s4d”• Unique for each version registered

• Training Content Location– “https://ammoschool.com/Id=B85A6E3.

zip”• A URL where an outside entity can

access the training content

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Other LOM Metadata

• May be added at your discretion– Will be indexed for search

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Completing Fields

• These fields are always the same

– Group ID

– Repository ID– Handle prefix

– Metadata Schema– MetaMetadata

Schema• Unclassified

– Collection• DOD

• This fields can be automatically generated– Timestamp of

Submission– Handle suffix

Content developers don’t need to

focus on these fields!

Where Do I Start?

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Use a Team Approach

• Instructional designers don’t need to be XML gurus– They know the content, audience, and

application

• XML gurus don’t need to be training experts – They know the technical specifications

and requirements

• Work together throughout the process to be successful

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Apply “Constraints”

• Standardize and limit – Metadata fields

– Entries within metadata fields

– Metadata generation process/workflow• What do instructional designer write?• What do the XML gurus create?

• Document team policies and procedures in a Style Guide– Defense Ammunition Center e-Learning

Style Guide

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Divide Responsibilities

• Instructional Designer– Title– Description– Keywords– Version, Status– Author

• Contact Information

– Cost, Copyright– And more…

• XML Guru– Content

Identifier– File formats– Location– Platform

requirements

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Use a Content Librarian

• Standardizes the creation and

maintenance of metadata records for

assets, SCOs, aggregations, and

content packages

• Works with ISD and XML guru to

ensure accurate and effective

tagging of all materials

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Designer’s Version of Metadata

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XML Guru’s Version of Metadata

Where Do I Go for Help?

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Resources for ADL Users

• ADL-Registry Portalhttps://adlregistry.org/

• ADL Portalhttp://www.adlnet.gov/

• Joint ADL Co-Lab Support Toolshttp://www.jointadlcolab.org/support/

• ADL Community Websitehttp://adlcommunity.net/course/

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Questions?

• Contact Information

– Nina Pasini Deibler• Operations Research Analyst,

Joint ADL Co-Lab• npdeibler@gmail.com • +1.412.885.4659