GEM: Using Metadata to Enhance Internet Retrieval by K-12 Teachers.

Sutton, Stuart A.; Oh, Sam G.

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ERIC Number: EJ552684

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Publication Date: 1997

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GEM: Using Metadata to Enhance Internet Retrieval by K-12 Teachers.

Sutton, Stuart A.; Oh, Sam G.

Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, v24 n1 p21-24 Oct-Nov 1997

Describes the GEM (Gateway to Educational Materials) project being developed to provide enhanced access to lesson plans and other Internet-based educational materials through metadata. Highlights include controlled vocabularies; NIDR (networked information discovery and retrieval); the Dublin Core element set; syntax; prototype interfaces; and conceptual schema. (LRW)

Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Interfaces, Information Retrieval, Instructional Materials, Internet, Lesson Plans, Metadata, Syntax, Vocabulary

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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