By Stephen Downes
August 5, 2003
An IMS Generator for the
Masses
This is an interesting look into the
possibilities transformations of data offer in the
generation of individualized learning resources, no matter
what the source of the data. "MARTINI's solution has been
to create an 'IMS-Generator' which not only can create the
IMS extensions necessary to hold the data but also allows
for the creation of IMS-conformant XML files of any and all
data held by an institution, regardless of 'native' format
and/or structure." By Kelvin Hai, David Palmer and Chris
Dunlop, ARIADNE, August, 2003
[Refer][Research][Reflect]
Using RSS 2.0 and RDF
Together
This is how to do it: mix RSS, for
syndication, with RDF, for data transport. The example
focuses on job listings, but any sort of data can be
managed in this way, including learning metadata. By Jon
Udell, Jon's Radio, August 5, 2003
[Refer][Research][Reflect]
A Fight for Free Access To Medical
Research
Overview of the Public Library of
Science's (PLOS's) efforts toward "plotting the overthrow
of the system by which scientific results are made known to
the world -- a $9 billion publishing juggernaut with
subscription charges that range into thousands of dollars
per year. In its place the organization is constructing a
system that would put scientific findings on the Web -- for
free." By Rick Weiss, Washington Post, August 5, 2003
[Refer][Research][Reflect]
Copyright Law
For those of you who
enjoy reading case law, here is a comprehensive set of
(U.S.) cases related to copyight. By Various Litigants, My
Notes, July, 2003
[Refer][Research][Reflect]
RSS JournoFunnies
Tim Bray follows
up the CNet article about the great RSS dust-up. Some good
dialogue about what happens when journalists interview
bloggers. And some good bits about the role of
personalities in technology. This, I think, is true: "Who
built the Great Pyramids, and the Roman Roads, and the
Postal System, and the Welfare State and Interstates and
the Internet? People. Do you believe for a microsecond that
any one of those got done without a maelstrom of
passionate, bitter personality issues? Does anyone believe
for a second that RSS would be where it is today without
Dave putting his great big huge personality behind it?" By
Tim Bray, Ongoing, August 5, 2003
[Refer][Research][Reflect]
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