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FILTER metadata study

This page introduces a study of metadata being undertaken by staff at UKOLN as part of FILTER (Focusing Images for Learning and Teaching - an Enriched Resource), a project led by the Insititute for Learning and Research Technology (ILRT) at the University of Bristol.

Introduction

The FILTER project seeks to educate the tertiary education community in the use of digital images and related metadata for learning and teaching purposes.

Project Partners:

Institute for Learning and Research Technology (ILRT), University of Bristol [project co-ordinator]
Learning and Teaching Subject Network Subject Centres
Technical Advisory Service for Images (TASI)
UKOLN, University of Bath

DNER Development Programme factsheet

More detailed information about FILTER is available from the project's Web pages at: <URL:http://www.filter.ac.uk/>

Work on FILTER at UKOLN:

UKOLN has produced a state-of-the-art study of image metadata for the FILTER project. This includes descriptions of selected metadata initiatives that have been developed for the cultural heritage domain, for digitisation projects and geospatial information. These include DCMI, MPEG-7, the AMICO Data Dictionary, SPECTRUM and the METS initiative. An additional section considers the most important educational metadata initiatives.

The report is available at: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/filter/report/

Some resources:

JISC - DNER Standards and Guidelines, v. 1.0 (February 2001).
JISC Image Digitisation Initiative - JIDI Metadata Requirements and Guidelines (1999).
METS - Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard
NISO Z39.87-2002 AIIM 20-2002 Data Dictionary - Technical Metadata for Digital Still Images (released as a Draft Standard for Trial Use on 7 June 2002).
Visual Resources Association Data Standards Committee - VRA Core Categories, v. 3.0 (2000).

UKOLN staff working on the FILTER study:

Michael Day: Research Officer
E-mail: m.day@ukoln.ac.uk

Manjula Patel: Technical Development and Research
E-mail: m.patel@ukoln.ac.uk

Rachel Heery: Assistant Director (Team Leader, Research & Development)
E-mail: r.m.heery@ukoln.ac.uk

Maintained by: Michael Day of UKOLN: the UK Office for Library and Information Networking, University of Bath.
Document created: 07-Mar-2002.
Last updated: 11-Mar-2002.

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