MACE: D3-6.1 - Metadata taxonomy and their integration

Abstract

This document introduces and describes taxonomies for each metadata type in MACE: Usage and social metadata, context metadata, learning process and design metadata and content and domain metadata. Listed in the MACE Description of Work as separate deliverables, they are combined into this document, with each work package forming one of the main chapters. The purpose of this document is to provide a basis for further project activities by defining candidate metadata attributes that will be used in the enrichment process. This happened in cooperation with requirements analysis activities in work package 2. While the results from work package 2 – described in the deliverables D2.1, D2.2 & D2.3 – define metadata from the user point of view, this deliverable shows what is technically possible. Further efforts on integration and development of the ideas described here will lead to a prototype model of