The international standard ISO/IEC 19788: metadata for learning resources: creating a unified Arab educational metadata standard

Authors

  • Rachid Zghbi Assistant Professor, Higher Institute of Documentation, University of Manouba. Director of the Department of Information Systems, Tunisia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12816/0041223

Abstract

This research aims to study the international ISO/IEC 19788 standard and the method used to create
a unified Arab educational metadata standard. In the first part, we will discuss the definition of
educational metadata with a particular focus on the standard Dublin Core and the standard LOM. In
the second part, we will review the most important characteristics and advantages of ISO / IEC
19788 standard. In the last part, we will discuss and analyze the most important educational,
cultural and linguistic characteristics of the Arab world and which must be taken into consideration
when creating an Application Profile to describe digital educational resources.

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Published

2016-12-31

How to Cite

Zghbi, R. (2016). The international standard ISO/IEC 19788: metadata for learning resources: creating a unified Arab educational metadata standard. Cybrarians Journal, (44). https://doi.org/10.12816/0041223

Issue

No. 44 (2016): Issue 44, December 2016

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Copyright (c) 2016 Rachid Zghbi

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