Facilitators: Lorna M. Campbell, CETIS Deputy Director, and Phil Barker, CETIS Metadata and Digital Repository Coordinator.

This theme will investigate what requirements the JISC funded teaching and learning focused repository projects place on reference models, and whether these may be incorporated into reference models developed for the wider repository domain. We will include:

• introductions to current work on repository reference models;
• identification of some the types of repository relevant to the eLearning domain;
• identification of some high-level requirements of eLearning-related repositories.

An overview of this strand is available:
Repositories Theme Strand report (MS Word, 81 KB).

Agenda

Day One
13:30-13:35	Welcome (Phil Barker & Lorna Campbell)
13:35-13:50	Introductions (All)
13:50-14:10	Overview (Rachel Heery) Presentation | Audio
14:10-14:25	Report from JISC e-Framework Reference Models Programme Meeting of 15 Sept (Sarah Currier) Presentation | Audio
14:25-14:40	Discussion (All)
14:40-15:10	The "discovery to delivery" business requirement in the DLF Service Framework (Andy Powell) Presentation | Audio
15:10-15:30	Coffee
15:30-16:30	Discussion with contribution from projects. Exploratory discussion on issues relating to what a reference model is and what services it should cover and how these services vary or not across different types of repositories.
Day Two
09:30-09:40	Summary presentation of previous days discussion (Lorna & Phil)
09:40-10:30	Discussion. Can we agree on the parameters for repository reference models? Is the DLF approach a suitable model? How can we take this forward with the DR support posts?
10:30-11:00	Coffee
11:30-12:30	Conclusion and summary Plenary presentation preparation Presentation

Discussion of the different types repository relevant to eLearning, as illustrated by, for example, McLean and Blinco's "Wheel of Fortune", and whether the different types have different implications for the business requirements and process of a reference model. We will focus on drawing out concrete requirements that can be fed into future repository reference models.

Resources

• DLF Service Framework for Digital Libraries, Lorcan Dempsey and Brian Lavoie.
• Service Frameworks and Reference Models,  Bill Olivier .
• The Ecology of Repository Services: A Cosmic View, Neil McLean [includes the "Wheel of Fortune"].

Last updated 14 October 2008