CanCore: Guidelines for learning object metadata

The IEEE LOM (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (1990) Learning Object Metadata) standard is both complex and general in character, containing a broad range of elements, and leaving open many possibilities for interpretation. CanCore seeks to simplify, interpret and refine this standard to aid implementers. CanCore began this task by identifying a subset of the many elements in the LOM - selecting them on the basis of their simplicity and their utility for resource discovery and sharing. CanCore’s Guidelines for Learning Object Metadata provide recommendations for the semantics and syntax of all of the LOM elements. These recommendations and refinements are based on best practices in classification and metadata communities.