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This is an archived
WebSchemas
proposal Learning Resources (LRMI) schema for
schema.org
. See
Proposals listing
for more.
Note: active
schema.org
development is now based at
github
Overview
The Learning Resources Metadata Initiative has drafted a set of terms to improve schema.org's use with educational materials. This Learning Resources schema is the product of that
LRMI
initiative. See the LRMI site for detailed design discussions, related work and supporting materials.
LRMI 0.7
was submitted
here
In Feb 2012.
LRMI 1.0
was submitted
here
in May 2012 - please review.
Vocabulary
This schema add two new types:
1) AlignmentObject, inherited from Intangible.
Definition: "An intangible item that describes an alignment between a learning resource and a node in an educational framework."
Properties from AlignmentObject
alignmentType
Text
A category of alignment between the learning resource and the framework node. Recommended values include: 'assesses', 'teaches', 'requires', 'textComplexity', 'readingLevel', 'educationalSubject', and 'educationLevel'.
educationalFramework
Text
The framework to which the resource being described is aligned.
targetDescription
Text
The description of a node in an established educational framework.
targetName
Text
The name of a node in an established educational framework.
targetUrl
URL
The URL of a node in an established educational framework.
2. EducationalAudience, inherited from Audience
Properties from EducationalAudience
educationalRole
Text
The role that describes the target audience of the content.
The schema mainly adds new properties (typically but not necc. on
CreativeWork
):
Property
Expected Type
Description
educationalAlignment
schema.org/AlignmentObject
An alignment to an established educational framework.
educationalUse
schema.org/Text
The purpose of the work in the context of education.
Ex: "assignment"
Ex: “group work”
interactivityType
schema.org/Text
The predominant mode of learning supported by the learning resource. Acceptable values are active, expositive, or mixed.
Ex: "active"
Ex: "mixed"
isBasedOnUrl
schema.org/URL
A resource that was used in the creation of this resource. This term can be repeated for multiple sources.
Ex: "
learningResourceType
schema.org/Text
The predominant type or kind characterizing the learning resource.
Ex: "presentation"
Ex: "handout"
timeRequired
schema.org/Duration
ISO 8601
Approximate or typical time it takes to work with or through this learning resource for the typical intended target audience.
Ex: "P30M"
Ex: "P1H25M"
typicalAgeRange
schema.org/Text
The typical range of ages the content's intended end user.
Ex: "7-9"
Ex: "18-"
Example Markup
This example is based on a resource available at
Connexions
. Highlighted lines are those corresponding to LRMI-only terms.
div
itemscope
itemtype
"http://schema.org/Book"
Inside Collection (
span
itemprop
"learningResourceType"
Textbook
span
):
span
itemprop
"name"
Collaborative Statistics
span
link
itemprop
"url"
href
"http://cnx.org/content/m16838/latest/?collection=col10522/latest"
/>
Textbook by:
itemprop
"author"
href
"http://cnx.org/member_profile/billowsky"
Barbara Illowsky, Ph.D.
itemprop
"author"
href
"http://cnx.org/member_profile/sdean"
Susan Dean
Based on parts of
href
"http://example.com/Probability-and-Statistics-book.html"
itemprop
"isBasedOnUrl"
Probability And Statistics
and
href
"http://example.com/Statistics-book.html"
itemprop
"isBasedOnUrl"
Statistics 101
Summary:
span
itemprop
"description"
This module introduces the concept of Probability,
the chance of an event occurring.
span
h3
itemprop
"audience"
itemscope
itemtype
"http://schema.org/EducationalAudience"
span
itemprop
"educationalRole"
Student
span
Learning Objectives
h3
By the end of this chapter, the student should be able to:
ul
li
Understand and use the terminology of probability.
li
li
itemprop
"educationalAlignment"
itemscope
itemtype
"http://schema.org/AlignmentObject"
meta
itemprop
"alignmentType"
content
"teaches"
/>
span
itemprop
"targetName"
><
itemprop
"targetUrl"
href
"http://asn.jesandco.org/resources/S11435AF"
Determine whether two events are mutually exclusive and whether two events are independent.
>span
li
li
itemprop
"educationalAlignment"
itemscope
itemtype
"http://schema.org/AlignmentObject"
meta
itemprop
"alignmentType"
content
"teaches"
/>
span
itemprop
"targetName"
><
itemprop
"targetUrl"
href
"http://example.com/competency502041"
Calculate probabilities using the Addition Rules and Multiplication Rules.
span
li
ul
div
Discussion and related work
See the
discussion list
There is also a proposed
W3C community group
on Open Linked Education, using related technology.
Retrieved from "
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