Open for Comment – Public Draft of LRMI Specification

This page includes a table of properties being developed and discussed by the LRMI TWG. This list, and any information on this page, is in DRAFT form.

There are two tables below: “Education Specific Terms” and “General
Terms.
” The inclusion of the General Terms is to indicate those terms that are important to learning resources but are generally applicable to most (or all) content types.

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Education Specific Terms

Property Expected Type Description LOM approximate DC approx. Schema.org approx.
intendedEndUserRole schema.org/Text The individual or group for which the work in question was produced.

  • Ex: “student”
  • Ex: “teacher”
intendedEndUserRole audience  
teachesCompetencies schema.org/URL The URL where a description of a specific competency and/or skill that the work teaches.

  conformsTo  
requiresCompetencies schema.org/URL The URL where a description of a specific competency and/or skill that the work requires the user to already have.      
assessesCompetencies schema.org/URL The URL where a description of a specific competency and/or skill that the work assesses.      
educationalUse schema.org/Text The purpose of the work in the context of education.

  • Ex: “assignment”
  • Ex: “group work”
  instructionalMethod  
timeRequired schema.org/Duration “Approximate or typical time it takes to work with or through
this learning resource for the typical intended target audience. (from LOM)”
typicalLearningTime (5.9)    
typicalAgeRange schema.org/Text The typical range of ages the content’s intendedEndUser.

  • Ex: 7-9
  • Ex: 18-
typicalAgeRange educationLevel  
interactivityType schema.org/Text The predominate mode of learning supported by the learning resource Interactivity Type    
learningResourceType schema.org/Text The predominate type or kind characterizing the learning resource. Learning Resource Type    

General Terms

Property Expected Type Description LOM approximate DC approx. Schema.org approx.
Not in Schema.org
  These terms are important for terms used with learning resources but are also useful beyond just learning resources. They have no Schema.org equivalent.
useRightsURL schema.org/URL The
URL where the owner specifies permissions for using the resource.
rights:Copyright
and Other Restrictions (6.2)
license
isBasedOn schema.org/URL A
resource that was used in the creation of this resource. For multiple sources
isBasedOn source
Accessibility-related terms
  These terms will be created in partnership with CAST
Already adequately expressed in Schema.org
  These terms are important terms used with learning resources that currently well covered by Schema.org
title schema.org/Text The title of the resource. Title title Thing:name
topic schema.org/Text The subject of the content.   subject CreativeWork:About
license schema.org/URL The copyright status or the copyright license or waiver that the resource is made available under. rights:Copyright and Other Restrictions (6.2) license  
created schema.org/Date The date on which the resource was created. Created created CreativeWork:dateCreated
creator schema.org/Person The individual credited with the creation of the resource. Contribute creator CreativeWork:author
publisher schema.org/Organization The organization credited with publishing the resource.   publisher CreativeWork:publisher
language schema.org/Language The primary language of the resource. Language language CreativeWork:inLanguage
isBasedOn schema.org/URL A resource that was used in the creation of this resource. For multiple sources isBasedOn source  
mediaType       type CreativeWork:genre